Project I: The Effect of NETPs on Lung Hydration and Inflammation
November 7, 2013
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Philpot, Thaxton and Zylka awarded Pitt Hopkins grant
November 7, 2013
November 2013 鈥� Drs. Ben Philpot, Courtney Thaxton, and Mark Zylka have been awarded $50,000 to study Pitt Hopkins mouse models. Pitt Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS) is a rare genetic disorder affecting a specific gene in chromosome 18, called TCF4. PTHS is characterized by intellectual disability and developmental delay which range...
Tarran funded by FDA, NIH to establish Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
September 19, 2013
黑料网-Chapel Hill School of Medicine is one of 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science created by FDA, NIH. Research from new program to inform potential tobacco regulatory activities.
Kechele receives two-year NRSA Fellowship
September 16, 2013
Graduate student Dan Kechele is awarded National Research Service Award from the National Cancer Institute.
Caron named inaugural chair of department of cell biology and physiology
September 12, 2013
Kathleen Caron, PhD, is associate professor of cell biology and physiology and genetics. Her research focuses on vascular biology and modeling human diseases in mice. She has served as assistant dean for research for the School of Medicine since 2010.
Mark Zylka awarded 2013 Hettleman Prize
August 22, 2013
August 2013 - The Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prize recognizes the achievements of outstanding junior tenure-track faculty or recently tenured faculty.
Thaxton awarded two-year NARSAD Young Investigator grant
August 19, 2013
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly known as NARSAD, or the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression) awards $11.8 million in 200 new two-year grants for young researchers in brain and behavior science.
BBSP students join the department
June 14, 2013
Please welcome our newest graduate students, Vicki Brings and Bailey Zwarycz, who have joined the graduate program in cell and molecular physiology and will work with Mark Zylka and Scott Magness, respectively. In August, MD/PhD student Kelly Gewain will also join the department to work with Susan Henning and Chris...
James Faber awarded new R01 funding from NIH-NINDS
May 29, 2013
May 2013 鈥� Professor James Faber will receive R01 funding from the National Institutes of Health 鈥� National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for his project, 鈥淭argeting the pial collateral circulation for mitigation of cerebral ischemia.鈥� This project will: 1) use congenic fine-mapping and other approaches to identify the...
Zylka lab’s Bonnie Taylor-Blake wins first place in Art of Science competition
May 24, 2013
Congratulations to Bonnie Taylor-Blake in Mark Zylka鈥檚 lab for her first place win in the recent Art of Science Competition with her image 鈥淪kin: Branching Out鈥� (below). The Carolina Biosciences Alumni Reunion and Symposium sponsored the competition, a celebration of 鈥渢he intersection of art and science,鈥� open to all 黑料网...