The lab of Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, was part of a large research project led by the University of California-San Francisco to identify viral proteins and virus-host protein interactions that could become important drug targets to treat people with COVID-19.
Congratulations to the Schisler Lab for receiving a $2.5 million NIH grant to study cellular aging, and deterioration of motor skills and cognitive function.
Pharmacology faculty, Bryan Roth and Blossom Damania, are working together with other School of Medicine researchers across disciplines, to combat the COVID-19 virus.
Roth Lab team and collaborators create molecules that selectively target the MT1 melatonin receptor to modulate the biological clocks in animal models of jet lag.
Congratulations to Mike Emanuele, PhD, for receiving the Office of Graduate Education Excellence in Mentoring Award for 2019/2020!
Congratulations to Thomas Kash, PhD, who was recognized by the Society for Neuroscience for his research on the neural basis of addiction-related behaviors.
Congratulations to Juan Song, PhD, Associate Professor in Pharmacology,who has been named as a Houpt Distinguished Investigator Awardee!
Congratulations to Juan Song who is a Recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the UNC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs! This is one of two mentoring awards she has received this year!
Congratulations to Wesley Legant for being selected as a recipient of one of the National Institutes of Health 93 awards to fund highly innovative, high-impact biomedical research as part of its High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program!
The technique, dubbed VEGAS and created in the lab of Bryan L. Roth, works in mammalian cells and can yield useful new molecules within days, providing scientists with a powerful new research tool and a potential route to better therapeutics for various diseases.
