Dustin Bosch, a member of David Siderovski’s lab, successfully defended his dissertation and received his Ph.D. March 21, 2013. The title of his dissertation was “Elucidating G protein signaling and ubiquitin conjugation in Entamoeba histolytica.” Our congratulations to Dustin!
Pharmacology held an Alumni Career Symposium May 16, 2013
Dr Henrik Dohlman, newly elected Associate Editor for JBC Henrik Dohlman, Ph.D., a joint faculty member of the Department of Pharmacology has been elected as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC). Dr. Dohlman is currently an editorial board member of JBC with https://www.med.unc.edu/pharm/directory/henrik-dohlman-phd/an area of expertise in signal transduction. He will … Read more
Dr. Danielle Cook Danielle Cook, a member of the Der Lab, successfully defended her thesis and received her Ph.D. on March 14, 2013. Our congratulations to Danielle! The title of her dissertation was “Mechanism of Ect2 regulation in cytokinesis and oncogenesis.” Danielle is currently a postdoc in the Der lab. Photo below: At Danielle’s PhD … Read more
Tim Martin, a member of Channing Der’s lab, successfully defended his thesis March 19, 2013 and received his Ph.D, graduating with Honors! Our Congratulations to Tim!The title of his dissertation is “The role and regulation of Ral GTPases in oncogenesis.” Tim’s mom, Lou Martin of Raleigh NC, along with his dad and his wife, Tim … Read more
Photo above (left to right): Raul Doyle, Jakovin Lee, Alex Sabol, Jennifer Frevert, and Kinsey Qi, the 2013 Carolina Summer Fellowship students. We extend a warm welcome to the 2013 Carolina Summer Fellows! The fellows arrived Monday, May 20 to begin a summer of research in Pharmacology labs. The new fellows, the schools they … Read more
Our congratulations to Chris MacNevin, a postdoctoral fellow in the Hahn lab, who placed second for his research poster entitled “The small molecule based biosensor CaMbio reports calmodulin activation dynamics in cells and in vivo.” The 3rd Annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium Postdoctoral Research Poster Forum was held Friday, April 19 with 44 university postdoctoral … Read more
In the first application of this approach, the UNC researchers showed how a protein called Src kinase influences the way cells extend and move, a previously unknown role that is consistent with the protein’s ties to tumor progression and metastasis.
Karen Marcus, 10-Year Service Award Recipient Karen Marcus received her 10-Year Service Award honoring her 10 years with UNC from Mike Miley April 9. Our congratulations to Karen! Karen joined UNC in March 2003 in the Program for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (PMBB) at the Immunology Core Facility after taking 8 years off to … Read more
Wang lab members surprise Xinni Yuan with cake and a party to celebrate her 5-Year Service Award! Our congratulations to Xinni! Xinni received her 5-Year Service Award March 20, honoring her 5 years with UNC. Currently a Research Specialist in the Wang lab, Xinni joined the Department of Pharmacology in 2007 as a member … Read more
