December 31, 2024
2024 was a productive year for researchers in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology. In this In the Loop: Year in Review newsletter, explore their scientific discoveries, uncover upcoming opportunities for collaboration and learning, and gain insights into the faculty and students that power the department’s culture and scientific breakthroughs. Download a PDF of …
December 16, 2024
The Department of Cell Biology and Physiology held its annual holiday party on December 11th. Students, faculty, and staff from the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology gathered on December 11th to show appreciation for each other and celebrate another successful year of research and collaboration. The event included an array of food and desserts …
December 3, 2024
Sarah Cohen and her collaborators received a 2024 Allen Distinguished Investigator Award to develop a game-changing microscopy tool for visualizing multiple organelles in live cells. Cells are anything but stagnant. From wound healing to metastasis, diverse cell types shuttle around the body to complete vastly different tasks. What few people tend to notice, though, is …
November 26, 2024
CBP students and faculty participate in the first of several planned events that span from 2024 to 2025 with Wake Tech Community College to foster scientific collaboration and community. Students and faculty from the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology (CBP) kicked off an exciting new partnership with Wake Tech Community College on November 15, …
November 12, 2024
An image from Berfin Azizoglu’s team showing the vascular organization underlying blood drainage from the liver wins the School of Medicine’s 2024 Art in Science Competition! A snapshot of this image’s research significance What does this image show? This image shows the three-dimensional vascular organization of the adult mouse liver. The liver has two lobes, each …
October 31, 2024
Neurons are among the few cells that can halt cell death and recover from apoptosis. Now scientists know why. “Neurons can reverse their decision to die from a point that’s considered impossible in most other cells,” said Mohanish Deshmukh, a neuroscientist in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology. In a recent study published in …
October 24, 2024
Sleep disturbances during early development alter key synaptic proteins involved in autism spectrum disorder. Anyone who has ever put a toddler to bed knows it’s a struggle. While sleep might be the bane of a toddler’s existence it is also an essential component for their brain development. Toddlers need an average of 11-14 hours of …
October 23, 2024
A team of researchers led by Kathleen Caron investigating new therapeutic approaches for treating debilitating migraines in women is the first in the School of Medicine to receive a prestigious Sprint for Women’s Health Award. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Sprint for Women’s Health award funds research that addresses critical unmet challenges …
October 22, 2024
A stunning image from Lori O’Brien‘s team showing a rare congenital defect that causes a kidney to have two ureters wins the School of Medicine’s 2024 Art in Science Competition! A snapshot of this image’s research significance What does this image show? This image shows a postnatal mouse kidney immunostained for the renal arterial tree …
April 1, 2024
Dr. Shahzad Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, has been selected for the 2024 Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MINDS) program, an NINDS-supported program that focuses attention on diversity individuals who are early in their careers as faculty members in the neurosciences. Over the next year, Shahzad will have the opportunities …
