The News & Observer Honors the Late Larysa Pevny, PhD, 1965-2012
November 13, 2012
"In a life ended too early, she made key scientific gains"
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10/30/2012: 13th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium
October 30, 2012
250 neuroscientists gathered for the 13th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium held October 25, 2012
10/22/12: Philpot Lab Publishes in Neuron
October 22, 2012
A new activity-dependent role for the protein heavily implicated in autism, Neuroligin-1, identified
10/15/12: UNC Neuroscience Community Mourns the Loss of Larysa Pevny, PhD, 1965-2012
October 15, 2012
Larysa Pevny, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics, member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, and Director of the UNC Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, passed away on Sept. 30, 2012. She was a pioneer in the fields of neuroscience and stem cell biology and is remembered as a...
10/15/12: Snider Lab Publishes in Neuron
October 15, 2012
MEK Is a Key Regulator of Gliogenesis in the Developing Brain
8/22/2012: Schedule for 13th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium Announced
August 22, 2012
13th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium Speakers
6/22/12: Zylka lab recognized for their work on PAP injections for pain treatment
June 25, 2012
Mark Zylka and Julie Hurt are recognized for their work on using injections of an enzyme called PAP into an acupuncture point behind the knees of mice relieved pain caused by inflammation for up to six days, much longer than normal acupuncture. PAP injections in mice with inflamed paws made...
6/25/12: Stuber lab publishes in Nature Neuroscience
June 25, 2012
Activation of lateral habenula inputs to the ventral midbrain promotes behavioral avoidance
6/15/12: Pierre Morell Research Day – Dr. Huda Akil
June 21, 2012
Dr. Huda Akil, was invited to speak by the students and gave a talk entitled “The Depressed Brain: Here Lies the Winter of Our Discontent”. The day started with an introduction of the new students who will be joining the Neurobiology Curriculum followed by the presentation of the UNC Faculty...
6/7/12: Philpot lab publishes in Neuron about an Underlying Cause for Seizures in Angelman syndrome patients
June 7, 2012
New research by scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine may have pinpointed an underlying cause of the seizures that affect 90 percent of people with Angelman syndrome (AS), a neurodevelopmental disorder.