Faculty Archives - Department of Cell Biology and Physiology

Neurons in the basolateral amygdala - Greg Scherrer

Experts at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are focused on a pain drug candidate that can target an area of the brain that controls the ‘unpleasantness’ associated with pain. Chronic pain is a struggle for so many and has staggering impact on the lives it affects. Matt Mauck, MD, …

A picture of Ellen Weiss in her office before retirement

From working with wild squirrels to discovering unknown G protein-coupled receptor kinases, Ellen Weiss’s research opened new doors for understanding the human eye and retinal degenerative diseases. In 1990, when Ellen Weiss picked up the phone as a postdoc in Gary Johnson’s lab at the National Jewish Center in Denver, Colorado, she had no clue …

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A new, non-addictive painkiller is on the horizon

Celebrating Ellen Weiss’s successful research career