Grad program alumnus Peter Mohler named named director of research institute at The Ohio State University
April 8, 2011
Peter Mohler, PhD, named director of the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute at The Ohio State University
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McCoy awarded postdoctoral fellowship from Autism Science Foundation
March 21, 2011
Grants from ASF fund grants student/mentor teams conducting research in autism interventions, early diagnosis, biomarkers, and animal models.
Bhat lab describes molecular mechanisms at the nodes of Ranvier
March 21, 2011
January 2011 - Bhat lab research describes a key molecular mechanism in nerve fibers that ensures the rapid conductance of nervous system impulses.
Philpot lab publication sheds light on function of NMDA receptors
February 25, 2011
Nature Neuroscience, volume 14, number 3 March 2011 March 2011 – Researchers in Dr. Ben Philpot’s lab have discovered a new role for a class of receptors that underlie learning and memory in the brain. In a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, they found that one type...
UNC Researchers Awarded Prestigious Grant for Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
February 18, 2011
UNC Researchers Philpot, Zylka and Roth are awarded a prestigious grant from the Simons Foundation for research in autism spectrum disorders
Gottschalk lecture postponed
February 15, 2011
2011 Gottschalk Lecture postponed “The Intrarenal/Intratubular Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertension” L. Gabriel Navar, PhD, FAHA, FASN Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology School of Medicine Tulane University Time/date TBA
First-author review article by graduate student Adam Gracz published in the American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
February 10, 2011
February 2011 - In this review, Gracz and Magness discuss the current body of knowledge pertaining to the role of Sox factors in gastrointestinal stem cells.
Andrew C. Dudley, PhD, joins department
February 3, 2011
January 2011 – The department welcomes new faculty member, Assistant Professor Andrew C. Dudley, who joined the department as of December 2010. He earned his PhD in Molecular Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. He was most recently an instructor with the Vascular Biology Program...
Bhat lab findings on axonal membrane protein Neurofascin published in the journal Neuron
January 27, 2011
January 2011 - The protein called Neurofascin 186, which accumulates in the membranes of axons at the nodes of Ranvier, has critical role in nerve impulse conduction
Thaxton awarded a National Research Service Award
January 10, 2011
January 2011 - Bhat lab postdoctoral fellow Courtney Thaxton, PhD, will receive a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA).