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Philpot lab publication sheds light on function of NMDA receptors

February 25, 2011
聽 Nature Neuroscience, volume 14, number 3 March 2011 March 2011 鈥� Researchers in Dr. Ben Philpot鈥檚 lab have discovered a new role for a class of receptors that underlie learning and memory in the brain. In a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, they found that one type...

黑料网 Researchers Awarded Prestigious Grant for Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

February 18, 2011
黑料网 Researchers Philpot, Zylka and Roth are awarded a prestigious grant from the Simons Foundation for research in autism spectrum disorders

Gottschalk lecture postponed

February 15, 2011
2011 Gottschalk Lecture postponed 聽 鈥淭he Intrarenal/Intratubular Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertension鈥� L. Gabriel Navar, PhD, FAHA, FASN Professor and Chairman Department of Physiology School of Medicine Tulane University Time/date TBA

First-author review article by graduate student Adam Gracz published in the American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

February 10, 2011
February 2011 - In this review, Gracz and Magness discuss the current body of knowledge pertaining to the role of Sox factors in gastrointestinal stem cells.

Andrew C. Dudley, PhD, joins department

February 3, 2011
January 2011 鈥� The department welcomes new faculty member, Assistant Professor Andrew C. Dudley, who joined the department as of December 2010. He earned his PhD in Molecular Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. He was most recently an instructor with the Vascular Biology Program...

Bhat lab findings on axonal membrane protein Neurofascin published in the journal Neuron

January 27, 2011
January 2011 - The protein called Neurofascin 186, which accumulates in the membranes of axons at the nodes of Ranvier, has critical role in nerve impulse conduction

Graduate student Maggie McCormick publishes first-author paper

January 10, 2011
January 2011 - Paper by McCormick and colleagues appears in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

Thaxton awarded a National Research Service Award

January 10, 2011
January 2011 - Bhat lab postdoctoral fellow Courtney Thaxton, PhD, will receive a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA).

University Research Council funds Facemire and Azcarate-Peril

December 11, 2010
December 2010 鈥� Research instructor Carie Facemire, PhD, and assistant professor Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD, have been approved for funding by the University Research Council. Grants will fund Facemire鈥檚 project 鈥淩egulation of blood pressure by vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2鈥� and Azcarate-Peril鈥檚 work on 鈥淚mpact of ileocecal resection ICR on...

Arendshorst receives R01 funding from NIH

December 10, 2010
December 2010 鈥� William Arendshorst, PhD, has been granted an R01 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health. The grant will provide one year of funding for the lab鈥檚 research on renal vascular reactivity in hypertension.