Mark Cronan, a member of the Johnson Lab and a graduate student in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department successfully defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. on May 25, 2010.

Gift packages received by James Evans’ unit in Iraq. In May the administrative staff mailed several large packages full of food and other items to Master Seargent James Evans, a staff member who, as a member of the Army Reserves, is currently serving in Iraq.  James shared the contents with other personnel in his unit, … Read more

Brady DC, Alan JK, Madigan JP, Fanning AS, Cox AD.  The transforming Rho family GTPase Wrch-1 disrupts epithelial cell tight junctions and epithelial morphogenesis. Mol Cell Biol. 29:1035-1049, 2009. González-Pérez V, Reiner DJ, Alan JK, Mitchell C, Edwards LJ, Khazak V, Der CJ, and Cox AD.  Genetic and functional characterization of putative Ras/Raf interaction inhibitors … Read more

Tiffany Ricks, Tanya Zand and Jamie Alan received their PhD’s May 8, 2010. Four graduate students received their PhD’s at Spring Commencement on Sunday, May 9, 2010.  They are Jamie Alan, Randal Hand, Tiffany Ricks and Tanya Zand. Graduates also attended a Hooding Ceremony on Saturday, May 8. Jamie Alan has taken a position as … Read more

“Rho kinase inhibition rescues the endothelial cell cerebral cavernous malformation phenotype.” J Biol Chem 285:11760-11764.

Pharmacology Staff adds greenery to the 4th floor atrium.

“Hippocampal Short- and Long-term Plasticity are not Modulated by Astrocyte Ca2+ Signaling.” Science 327(5970): 1250-1254, 2010.
Commentary in Science on paper [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/327/5970/1212]
Nature’s Highlighting of paper [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7286/pdf/464144d.pdf]
Nature Review Neuroscience’s Highlighting of paper [http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v11/n5/full/nrn2847.html]
A link for free access to Science’s online full-text article can be found on the McCarthy faculty page under publications. [https://www.med.unc.edu/pharm/people/primaryfaculty/ken-d-mccarthy-1/ken-d-mccarthy]

Paper reexamining glial function published in Science and highlighted in Nature. Cendra Agulhon is first author.

Nicole Vincent Jordan receives the Thomas Collum Butler Award 2009 from Dr. Lee Graves March 5, 2010. Nicole Vincent Jordan, a member of the Johnson Lab, received the Thomas Collum Butler Award March 5, 2010 at the postdoc/graduate student seminar held that day. Nicole received a check for $1000 and a one-year fellowship. The Thomas … Read more

Related article: “The transforming Rho family GTPase Wrch-1 disrupts epithelial cell tight junctions and epithelial morphogenesis.” Mol Cell Biol 29(4): 1035-1049.
Online cover image and description [http://mcb.asm.org/content/vol30/issue3/cover.dtl]