2016 CSF students (L to R): Brandon Koo, Ami Shiddapur, Christina Kresser, Wendy Klein, Daniel Zeitouni, Maria Miggs and Tim Qi. Each year the Department of Pharmacology selects a number of undergraduate students to receive Carolina Summer Fellowships (CSF) that will allow them to do a research project for the summer in one of … Read more

The image is from their paper, “Trim9 Deletion Alters the Morphogenesis of Developing and Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons and Impairs Spatial Learning and Memory, ” published in collaboration with Stephanie Gupton’s lab in the same edition.

  Dr. Ejiofor Ezekwe with his mother, Carmella Ezekwe Ejiofor Ezekwe, a graduate student in Alex Duncan’s lab, successfully defended his PhD April 28, 2016. The title of his thesis is “Cellular mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus α-hemolysin-mediated activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome.“ Ejiofor, who is in the MD/PhD program, will return to UNC School of … Read more

The Pharmacology Department held it’s first “From Lab to Life” seminar April 15, 2016. This series features Pharmacology Alumni returning to share their stories. Our first “From Lab to Life” talk featured Emily Zhou.

Szu-Aun Lim Congratulations to Szu-Aun Lim, an undergraduate researcher in the Song Lab, for receiving Highest Honors for her Senior Honor’s Biology Thesis titled, “Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis by the Hippocampal Cholecystokinin Network!” To learn about the requirements for this prestigious distinction, visit the biology department’s official webpage on the subject. *Szu-Aun will graduate with … Read more

  Tim Stuhlmiller, Pagano Award Recipient Congratulations to Tim Stuhlmiller, a postdoctoral fellow in the Johnson Lab, for being selected to receive a Joseph S. Pagano Award for one of the best papers by a Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center postdoctoral fellow in 2015: “Inhibition of Lapatinib-induced Kinome Reprogramming in ERBB2-positive Breast Cancer by Targeting BET … Read more

Dr. Bingying Zhou with advisor, Dr. Adrienne Cox Bingying Zhou, a graduate student in Adrienne Cox’s lab, successfully defended her PhD thesis April 7, 2016. The title of her thesis is “Ras signaling and therapeutic resistance in melanoma.” Our congratulations to Bingying!

Reid Olsen wins a 2015 Joy Cappel Young Investigator award.

Meagan Ryan, CCBTP trainee and graduate student in the Der and Cox Labs, has been selected to receive a Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Scholar Award.

  Reid Olsen Reid Olsen, a graduate student in the Roth Lab, was the recipient of a Trainee Professional Development Award given by the Society for Neuroscience. The award is a merit-based monetary award as well as registration/membership fees for the 2015 annual conference, which was held in Chicago. “Trainee Professional Development Awards are presented … Read more