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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
February 2010 – Congratulations to Ben Philpot on his promotion to Associate Professor, effective February 1, 2010. Dr. Philpot earned his PhD in Psychology/Psychobiology from the University of Virginia, under the guidance of Dr. Peter Brunjes. Philpot went on to postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Bear at Brown University. Before joining UNC, … Read more
Micro RNA Regulation of Human Airway Epithelial Phenotype Hammond, Randell and Hayes December 2009 – Airway epithelial cells respond to injury and are integral to the progression of lung disease. However, many basic mechanisms regulating their function remain poorly understood. There are few specific therapies for disease related phenotypic changes in the airway epithelium. Micro … Read more
Why Certain Cancer Treatments Cause High Blood Pressure
Assistant professor Mark Zylka was awarded one of 42 NIH Roadmap Transformative R01 grants for his project Harnessing Ectonucleotidases to Treat Chronic Pain.
September 2009 – Assistant professor Ben Philpot has been awarded a two-year grant from the Angelman Syndrome Foundation for his research proposal titled “Novel therapeutics for Angelman syndrome by manipulating Ube3a expression.” Funds have been allocated for support of these studies in collaboration with Dr. Bryan Roth. Additional funding for new equipment in the … Read more
Philpot lab postdoctoral fellow Adam Roberts’ first author publication featured in faculty of 1000
July 2009 – The Rawls lab publication, “Ontogeny and nutritional control of adipogenesis in zebrafish (Danio rerio),” has been selected as the cover article in the August issue of the Journal of Lipid Research. [at left: The optical transparency of the zebrafish provides new opportunities to study adipocyte biology. We have developed methods for visualizing … Read more
