Receives PhD with High Honors!

Couple receive PhD’s in Pharmacology

John Bauman, recent Ph.D. recipient attends ceremonies.

Katy Cappell, a member of the Whitehurst Lab, has received a P.E.O. Scholar Award. It was awarded by the International Chapter of the P.E.O Sisterhood, a Philanthropic Educational Organization. The award is a one-time merit-based award for $15,000 given to women pursuing their doctoral degree.

“MAP3K4/CBP-Regulated H2B Acetylation Controls Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Trophoblast Stem Cells.” Cell Stem Cell 8(5): 525-537, 2011.
Commentary: “An Epigenetic Mark that Protects the Epithelial Phenotype in Health and Disease” in Cell Stem Cell 8(5): 462-463, 2011. [http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909%2811%2900176-7]

Amy Abel, Research Assistant Professor, and Nicole Vincent-Jordan, graduate student, are first authors on paper published in Cell Stem Cell May 6, 2011.

Dr. Henrik Dohlman Two papers by Henrik Dohlman’s lab have been highlighted in Science & Science Signaling. Henrik Dohlman is a joint professor in the Department of Pharmacology. The most recent one, “The Crystal Structure of a Self-Activating G Protein α Subunit Reveals Its Distinct Mechanism of Signal Initiation” with lead author Janice C. Jones, … Read more

Receives award for second year in a row

Research to understand the mechanisms of drug resistance in leukemia honored

Eric Zimmerman, Ph.D. with Dr. Lee Graves, his mentor Eric Zimmerman, a member of the Graves Lab, successfully defended his Ph.D. Thursday, March 24, 2011. The title of his thesis is “Lyn kinase regulation of microRNA and Mcl-1 in drug-resistant myelogenous leukemia.” A party was held afterward in 4007 GMB to celebrate. Eric has a … Read more