October 8, 2010
News spreads about recent work in the Faber lab
September 2010 - The UNC press release, news outlets and latest issue of Endeavors
October 8, 2010
September 2010 - The UNC press release, news outlets and latest issue of Endeavors
October 1, 2010
28 September 2010 – The graduate program in cell and molecular physiology ranked well in the recent National Research Council assessment of research doctoral programs. Our program made a strong showing in several categories, including two overall rankings, and more specific assessments of research activity and of student services and outcomes. Click here for the …
September 8, 2010
August 2010 – Department Chair James M. Anderson, MD, PhD, has accepted a position with NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, as as the Director of the NIH Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI). Dr. Anderson has chaired the department since 2002, and has seen the department through change and growth, including its relocation …
August 6, 2010
Mark Zylka and colleagues have identified an enzyme that blocks chronic pain by robbing a major pain pathway of a key ingredient. The enzyme could prevent lasting pain after surgery.
July 12, 2010
June 2010 - Faber lab publication rated "exceptional" and "may well be the seminal paper in one of the most important mysteries in vascular biology."
June 30, 2010
June 2010 - McCormick's project "PECAM-1 regulation of eNOS activation" will be supported by a two-year fellowship.
June 10, 2010
June 2010 – Research instructor Silvia Goicoechea, PhD, will receive a University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF) Core Facility Pilot Project Grant. The title of the proposal is “Establishment of an in vivo model of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma in mice to study the role of palladin in tumor growth.” Click here for more information about these …
May 12, 2010
May 2010 – The Otey lab and collaborators have published a paper in the online journal PloS One describing their recent discovery of palladin’s role in pancreatic cancer and its potential as a molecular marker for early detection. Research instructor Silvia Goicoechea, PhD, is first author. Local television station WRAL visited the Otey lab to …
May 10, 2010
May 2010 – Graduate program alumnus, Jason Clayton, MD, PhD, has matched to a pediatric residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Jason, his wife Kathleen and their four-month old son Ben will relocate to Boston in June. Kathleen will begin a postdoctoral position at MIT. Jason completed his PhD in the department under the …
May 10, 2010
Yashiro Graduate program alumnus, Koji Yashiro, PhD, has accepted a position with Astellas Pharma Inc. Astellas is the second largest pharmaceutical company in Japan and ranks seventeenth in global pharmaceutical revenues. The research facility is located in the city of Tsukuba, the center for research in Japan. Koji will join the Department of Urology and …