Drs. Mark Zylka, Bryan Roth and Ben Philpot, recipients of Simons Award Drs. Ben Philpot, Mark Zylka, and Bryan Roth were awarded a prestigious grant from the Simons Foundation to identify drug-like compounds for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders. This includes work with an animal model of Angelman syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by … Read more
Pictured above: Tom Kash. Below left: John Allen. Both are recipients of NARSAD Young Investigator Awards. Two members of the Pharmacology Department have won NARSAD: The Brain and Behavior Research Fund Young Investigator Awards. They are John A. Allen, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow with the Roth Lab, and Thomas L. Kash, Ph.D., Assistant Professor. The … Read more
The Harden and Sondek labs publish a paper in Science that describes the mechanism of activation and inactivation of the Gq/phospholipase-β signaling complex.
Department of Defense grants award to study Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
Department of Defense grants Breast Cancer IDEA Award to study breast cancer stem cells.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 — In a paper published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, UNC’s Klaus M. Hahn, PhD, describes a new technique called engineered allosteric regulation, which provides a new tool for scientists who study the interactions of proteins within living cells.
Yanping Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation-Oncology and Joint Associate Professor in Pharmacology receives the Third Annual Battle Award.
Paper reexamining glial function published in Science and highlighted in Nature. Cendra Agulhon is first author.
Dr. Klaus Hahn, newly elected Fellow of AAAS. Dr. Klaus Hahn, Thurman Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, was honored by being elected to the rank of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Hahn received the honor for his distinguished contributions in the field of cell biology, particularly in the area of … Read more
Klaus Hahn receives prestigious NIH Transformative Award in 2009
