January 2011 - Bhat lab postdoctoral fellow Courtney Thaxton, PhD, will receive a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA).

December 2010 – Research instructor Carie Facemire, PhD, and assistant professor Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD, have been approved for funding by the University Research Council. Grants will fund Facemire’s project “Regulation of blood pressure by vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2” and Azcarate-Peril’s work on “Impact of ileocecal resection ICR on...

December 2010 – William Arendshorst, PhD, has been granted an R01 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health. The grant will provide one year of funding for the lab’s research on renal vascular reactivity in hypertension.

October 2010 – Congratulations to Carol Otey on her promotion to the rank of full professor. Dr. Otey received her PhD in cell biology from UCLA. She then joined UNC as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Keith Burridge in the Lineberger Cancer Center. Afterward, she spent five years...

November 2010 - Dr. Arjun Deb awarded the Louis N and Arnold M. Katz Basic Science Research Prize for Young Investigators

September 2010 - The UNC press release, news outlets and latest issue of Endeavors

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...

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...

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.

June 2010 - Faber lab publication rated "exceptional" and "may well be the seminal paper in one of the most important mysteries in vascular biology."