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The start of a new collaboration to share in the culture of science

November 26, 2024
CBP students and faculty participate in the first of several planned events that span from 2024 to 2025 with Wake Tech Community College to foster scientific collaboration and community. Students and faculty from the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology (CBP) kicked off an exciting new partnership with Wake Tech...

Carl W. Gottschalk: a collector and innovator

November 25, 2024
A tour of Carl W. Gottschalk’s collection of historical books reveals the breadth of renal physiology’s history and Gottschalk’s place as a pioneer in the field. As a child, Carl W. Gottschalk loved collecting. He collected stamps, coins, and most notably butterflies. At just 15 years old, he discovered a...

The black hole deep inside the liver

November 12, 2024
An image from Berfin Azizoglu’s team showing the vascular organization underlying blood drainage from the liver wins the School of Medicine’s 2024 Art in Science Competition! A snapshot of this image’s research significance What does this image show? This image shows the three-dimensional vascular organization of the adult mouse liver. The...

Neuronal survival: from the brink of death

October 31, 2024
Neurons are among the few cells that can halt cell death and recover from apoptosis. Now scientists know why. “Neurons can reverse their decision to die from a point that’s considered impossible in most other cells,” said Mohanish Deshmukh, a neuroscientist in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology. In...

Making the connection between sleep and autism

October 24, 2024
Sleep disturbances during early development alter key synaptic proteins involved in autism spectrum disorder. Anyone who has ever put a toddler to bed knows it’s a struggle. While sleep might be the bane of a toddler’s existence it is also an essential component for their brain development. Toddlers need an...

CBP researchers selected to receive a $3 Million award from ARPA-H’s Sprint for Women’s Health

October 23, 2024
A team of researchers led by Kathleen Caron investigating new therapeutic approaches for treating debilitating migraines in women is the first in the School of Medicine to receive a prestigious Sprint for Women’s Health Award. The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Sprint for Women’s Health award funds research...

Seeing double: a duplex kidney image wins the 2024 SciArt competition

October 22, 2024
A stunning image from Lori O’Brien‘s team showing a rare congenital defect that causes a kidney to have two ureters wins the School of Medicine’s 2024 Art in Science Competition! A snapshot of this image’s research significance What does this image show? This image shows a postnatal mouse kidney immunostained...

Scientists discover brain circuits for placebo effect pain relief

July 24, 2024
Led by Greg Scherrer, PharmD, PhD, and Chong Chen, MD, PhD, at the şÚÁĎÍř, research published in Nature reveals a new pain control pathway from the cortex to the cerebellum crucial to placebo analgesia – when the expectation of pain relief leads to pain alleviation without a...

Researchers in the lab of Dr. Ben Philpot Identify Potential Treatment for Angelman Syndrome

July 8, 2024
Angelman syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the maternally-inherited UBE3A gene and characterized by poor muscle control, limited speech, epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities. Though there isn’t a cure for the condition, new research at the şÚÁĎÍř is setting the stage for one. Ben...

Shahzad Khan, Ph.D. Selected to 2024 Class of Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MINDS)

April 1, 2024
Dr. Shahzad Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, has been selected for the 2024 Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MINDS) program, an NINDS-supported program that focuses attention on diversity individuals who are early in their careers as faculty members in the neurosciences. Over the next year,...