Jeran Stratford, a member of Jen Jen Yeh and Channing Der’s labs received his Ph.D. after successfully defending his thesis July 3, 2014. Our congratulations to Jeran!

The four Carolina Summer Fellows made presentations of their summer research July 21, 2014. The students, their mentors and the titles of their talks were Caye Dorrier, Colin McDowell, Laura Weng and Raymond Zhang.

Doug Ornoff, a member of Nancy Allbritton’s lab, successfully defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. June 19, 2014. Our congratulations to Doug!

Sarah Rhie (Song Lab) and Marie Rougie (Hahn Lab) receive 2014 Star Heel Awards from the University.

Dr. Terry Kenakin to Receive the 2014 Gaddum Memorial Award from the British Pharmacological Society.

Alfred Dolge, Purchasing Manager for the Department of Pharmacology, received his 15 Year Service Award in May.

  Dr. Juan Song Juan Song received a 4- year, $308,000 award from American Heart Association. In the proposed experiments, the Song lab will investigate the local interneuron circuits that mediate stroke-induced neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus for endogenous neural regeneration upon brain injuries. For more information visit the Song Lab or American Heart Association. … Read more

Pictured above: First row (L-R): Cayce Dorrier (Tom Kash’s lab); Laura Weng (Alex Duncan’s lab); Raymond Zhang (Lee Graves’ lab) Second row: Dr. Rob Nicholas and Dr. Lee Graves; and Colin McDowell (Rob Nicholas’ lab). Click for larger image. Each year the Department of Pharmacology selects a number of undergraduate students to receive Carolina Summer … Read more

Seven new BBSP Students gave end of year presentations upon joining the Pharmacology Department’s graduate program.

Justin English, a member of Henrik Dohlman’s lab, defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. April 1, 2014. The title of his thesis is “Stress on a Deadline: Setting a Timer for Adaptation in Living Cells.” Justin will be working as postdoc in the lab of Bryan Roth in the Pharmacology Department at UNC-CH via … Read more