July 7, 2009
The Journal of Neuroscience publishes findings by the Zylka lab, in collaboration with labs at Caltech and the University of Pittsburgh, that the G protein-coupled receptor called Mrgprd enhances excitability in nociceptive (pain-sensing) neurons.
June 30, 2009
June 2009 - Caron lab graduate student, Mahita Kadmiel, has been awarded two years of support from the American Heart Association.
June 15, 2009
June 2009 - Maggie McCormick and Samantha Strickland are accepted into UNC's Integrative Vascular Biology Training Program.
May 15, 2009
Philpot lab reverses plasticity defects in a mouse model of the mental retardation Angelman syndrome Philpot 5/10/2009 – Researchers in Ben Philpot’s lab have discovered in mice how a single disrupted gene can cause a form of severe mental retardation known as Angelman syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. In a study published in the journal …
January 8, 2009
January 2009 – Assistant Professor Kathleen Caron, PhD, has been awarded the American Heart Association’s National Established Investigator Award! This five year award “supports mid-term investigators with unusual promise who have demonstrated a commitment to the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular science area as indicated by prior publication history and accomplishments.” Only 17 Awards were made this …
November 19, 2008
November 2008 - Goicoechea et al publish paper in Oncogene.
November 19, 2008
October 2008 - Please welcome Andrea Azcárate-Peril, PhD
November 10, 2008
Video: Mark Zylka, PhD, and members of his lab, together with colleagues at the University of Helsinki, have discovered a new therapeutic target for pain control, one that appears to be eight times more effective at suppressing pain than morphine.
October 15, 2008
October 2008 - Kathleen Caron, PhD, is one of three awardees to receive a Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship.
October 13, 2008
September 2008