Bryan Roth and collaborator Raymond Stevens’ Nature paper on “Molecular control of δ-opioid receptor signalling” was selected as one of the Best Breakthroughs in Signaling in 2014 in the Jan. 6 issue of Science Signaling. Gustavo Fenalti was first author on the paper.
Congratulations to Dr. Mauro Calabrese, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, who has received the 2014 Basil O’Connor Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Foundation.
Two Pharmacology professors along with four other UNC professors elected Fellows of the AAAS.
The National Institute of Mental Health director Tom Insel recognized Byran L. Roth, MD, PhD, for his innovative research tool.
Congratulations to Juan Song, Mauro Calabrese, Denis Tsygankov, Steve Angus and Adriana Beltran on receiving rhe UNC 2015 Junior Faculty Development Award!
On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, the Department of Pharmacology celebrated Dr. Bryan Roth’s election to the Institute of Medicine with a pizza party. Why pizza you may ask? Bryan likes pizza.
Joseph DeSimone, PhD, the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry and a joint Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. This election represents the third time Desimone has been elected to a U.S. National Academy.
Roth’s research to create innovative tools for neuroscientists and discover potential targets for therapeutics has earned him one of the highest honors in the field of medicine.
Led by Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, three UNC labs will develop the next generation neuroscience tool-kit to accelerate novel treatments for neuropsychiatric and a host of other diseases. ~by Mark Derewicz
Drs. Bryan Roth and Gary Johnson receive 2 of 9 grants awarded by the NIH Illuminating the Druggable Genome Initiative which is supporting research to study 4 of the most commonly drug-targeted protein families
