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Congratulations to our new PhD, Dr. Tania Bellinger!

April 9, 2026
Dr. Bellinger successfully defended her PhD thesis,"Structural, Functional, and Transcriptional Responses of Nucleus Accumbens Microglia to Long-access Cocaine Self-Administration," under the guidance of Dr. Kate Reissner!

Congratulations to our new PhD, Amy Aponte

April 9, 2026
Dr. Aponte successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Post-translational Regulation of the RB Tumor Suppressor in Response to CDK4/6 Inhibition" under the mentorship of Dr. Mike Emanuele!

Terry Kenakin named Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (FASPET)

January 7, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Terry Kenakin on being named a Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (FASPET) as part of the 2025 Fellows Class.

Yinglong Miao’s groundbreaking research into G-proteins earns major media attention

January 7, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Yinglong Miao for earning major media attention for his team’s groundbreaking study revealing, for the first time, how G-protein complexes detach from activated GPCRs—a key step in cell signaling.