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Manzoor Bhat interviewed in National Multiple Sclerosis Society winter research news

December 9, 2011
December 2011 - Manzoor Bhat, PhD, discusses his research and recent grant in an interview with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Philpot and Zylka receive R01 grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health

December 8, 2011
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grants Philpot and Zylka an R01 to study drugs that regulate expression of the protein Ube3a.

Postdoctoral fellow Jordan Cocchiaro receives Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award

December 2, 2011
The NRSA will provide 2 years of support for Jordan's project in the Rawls lab.

Tzima lab grad student Dan Sweet publishes first author paper in “Blood”

November 28, 2011
Nov. 28, 2011 - Tzima lab publication in the journal "Blood" identifies the protein Shc as central player in the formation of new blood vessels

Arjun Deb, MD, and colleagues find that scarring after heart attack necessary to prevent additional muscle damage

November 16, 2011
November 2011 - A study published in the EMBO Journal indicates that scarring after injury prevents further damage and weakening of the heart muscle.

Department graduate students Sarah Bortvedt and Maggie McCormick awarded 2012 Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Awards

October 31, 2011
October 2011 - Congratulations to physiology graduate students Sarah Bortvedt and Maggie McCormick, 2012 recipients of 's Graduate Education Advancement Board (GEAB) Impact Award

Bhat Lab Receives Grant Support from the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society for their research project entitled “Disorganization and Re-organization of Axonal Domains in Myelinated Axons.”

October 31, 2011
October 2011 - Bhat Lab Receives Grant Support from the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society for their research project entitled “Disorganization and Re-organization of Axonal Domains in Myelinated Axons.”

Graduate student Maggie McCormick awarded NC TraCS funding

September 25, 2011
September 2011 - Maggie McCormick funded by a pilot grant from the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute

Philpot lab members receive National Research Service Award funding

September 16, 2011
December 2011 - Postdoctoral fellow Matt Judson and graduate student Mike Wallace are funded.

Philpot lab members write commentary for Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) explaining connections between autism, Angelman syndrome and the UBE3A gene

July 20, 2011
July 2011 - Ben Philpot and postdoctoral fellows Angela Mabb and Matthew Judson write commentary for the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) on the role of UBE3A and its connections to autism and Angelman syndrome.