October 1, 2014
Author Archives: Janice Warfford
September 25, 2014
Spencer Smith receives funding to create new microscope as part of BRAIN Initiative
Spencer Smith, PhD, was awarded one of 36 grants, valued at $300,000, by National Science Foundation for exploratory technology development research. The Simons Foundation also awarded him and Princeton researcher Jonathan Pillow a $540,000 grant to support experiments using this new technology to examine how brain areas work together. These grants will support his objective: …
September 10, 2014
Caron Lab has high-profile paper published in Developmental Cell
Popular cancer drug target implicated in cardiovascular defects
August 25, 2014
Philpot Lab manuscript published in Neuron
Synapse-Specific Control of Experience-Dependent Plasticity by Presynaptic NMDA Receptors
July 29, 2014
Deshmukh Lab research featured in News and Observer
UNC study of cancer cell protein may help in fighting Parkinson’s disease
July 29, 2014
Matt Geden awarded NRSA Fellowship
Matt Geden, Graduate Research Assistant in the lab of Dr. Mohanish Deshmukh, was awarded an NRSA Fellowship from the NCI on his thesis research on chemotherapy induced axon degeneration.
June 19, 2014
Shalini Menon receives AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Shalini Menon, a Postdoctoral Fellow within the lab of Dr. Stephanie Gupton, has received an AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for 2 years!
June 9, 2014
Doug Cyr receives Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics grant
Doug Cyr receives $200,000/year grant to study mechanisms for therapeutic restoration of rare CFTR mutant function in CF patients.
June 9, 2014
Liz Lessey-Morillon receives her PhD
Liz successfully defended her dissertation on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, under the direction of Dr. Keith Burridge. The title of her dissertation was "The RhoA GEF, LARG, mediates ICAM-1-dependent mechanotransduction in endothelial cells to stimulate transendothelial migration"
June 9, 2014
Sarah Andres receives her PhD
Sarah successfully defended her dissertation on Thursday, March 27, 2014, under the direction of Dr. Kay Lund. The title of her dissertation was "Expression patterns and roles of the insulin receptor in the intestinal epithelium"