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  Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan win 20th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize

  The UNC School of Medicine has awarded the 20th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize to Lily Jan, PhD, and Yuh-Nung Jan, PhD, both at UC San Francisco, for the “discovery and functional characterization of potassium channels.” The husband-and-wife team will visit Chapel Hill March 26, 2020 to receive the prize – a $20,000 award – and give … Continued

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  Thomas Kash, PhD, Receives Jacob P. Waletzky Award

  Thomas Kash, PhD, was recognized by the Society for Neuroscience for his “creative research on the neural basis of addiction-related behaviors and its illumination of potential paths forward for understanding and treating the pathological behaviors associated with addiction.” The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) presented the Jacob P. Waletzky Award to Thomas Kash, PhD, at Neuroscience … Continued

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  Researcher Signature Series: Stephanie Gupton

  The Researcher Signature Series features researchers across the School of Medicine. Read about Stephanie Gupton, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, in our second issue. Growing up in a rural town in North Carolina, Dr. Stephanie Gupton was captivated by the natural world, which has been the motivation and foundation … Continued

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  Researchers identify possible approach to block medulloblastoma growth

  UNC Lineberger’s Timothy Gerson, MD, PhD and colleagues reported in the journal Development that by blocking a signal called GSK-3, they could control tumor growth in a subtype of medulloblastoma. Their preclinical findings may provide clues to a possible new targeted treatment strategy. “This work could lead to new insights into developmental brain malformations and also to new treatments … Continued

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  Philpot Lab Receives NIH Grant to Create Therapy for Rare Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome

  The UNC School of Medicine lab of Ben Philpot, PhD, will build upon research previously funded by the Pitt-Hopkins Research Foundation to develop a therapy to treat children with this neurodevelopmental disorder. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has funded the lab of Ben Philpot, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology … Continued