Category: Student & Postdoc News

Pictured above: Tom Kash. Below left: John Allen. Both are recipients of NARSAD Young Investigator Awards. Two members of the Pharmacology Department have won NARSAD: The Brain and Behavior Research Fund Young Investigator Awards. They are John A. Allen, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow with the Roth Lab, and Thomas L....

Bryan Richardson, Thomas Collum Butler Award Recipient 2010 Bryan Richardson, a member of the Johnson Lab, received the Thomas Collum Butler Award 2010today, February 2, 2011. The award comes with a check for $1000 and a one-year fellowship. The Thomas Collum Butler Award supports outstanding advanced graduate students who are...

John Bauman with Dr. Ryszard Kole, his advisor. John Bauman, a member of Dr. Ryszard Kole’s lab, successfully defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. Dec. 6, 2010. The title of John’s thesis was “Modification of Bcl-x and Mcl-1 pre-mRNA splicing using splice-switching oligonucleotide.” Congratulations, John! Way to go! John...

  Pumpkins entered in the Pumpkin Carving Contest Graduate students relaxed with a Halloween party and pumpkin carving contest. There were lots of Halloween treats and some very cool decorations! From the looks of things, a good time was had by all! Here’s a few pictures of the costumes partiers...

Yang Wang, recipient of Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year Yang Wang, a postdoctoral research associate in Zefeng Wang’s lab, in the Department of Pharmacology has won a Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year. The award was given in recognition of Yang’s...

Aurelie Gresset stands with John Sondek after successfully defending her PhD. Aurelie Gresset, a member of the Sondek Lab, successfully defended her PhD on August 5, 2010.  The title of her thesis was:  “Mechanism of phosphorylation-induced activation of phospholipase C-gamma isozymes.” A reception was held immediately after in 4007 Genetic...

Cendra Alguhon, recipient of Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year Cendra Agulhon, a postdoctoral research associate in the McCarthy Lab, has won the Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year. Cendra was notified July 28 of the award. The award was given in...

Dr. Ellen Stevens stands with Dr. Channing Der after defending her thesis. Ellen Stevens of the Der Lab successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis June 3, 2010. The title of her thesis was “Identification of Novel Therapeutic Approaches and Targets for the Treatment of Ovarian Carcinoma.” The reception was held in...

Sunday, June 27, 2010 — In a paper published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, UNC's Klaus M. Hahn, PhD, describes a new technique called engineered allosteric regulation, which provides a new tool for scientists who study the interactions of proteins within living cells.

We extend a warm welcome to the Carolina Summer Fellows who arrived in May to start work on summer research projects with the Department of Pharmacology. The five fellows attended a faculty seminar on June 8, 2010, at which this photo was taken. Photo left to right: Edina Wang (Andrea...