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Dr. Danielle Cook Danielle Cook, a member of the Der Lab, successfully defended her thesis and received her Ph.D. on March 14, 2013. Our congratulations to Danielle! The title of her dissertation was “Mechanism of Ect2 regulation in cytokinesis and oncogenesis.” Danielle is currently a postdoc in the Der lab....

Tim Martin, a member of Channing Der’s lab, successfully defended his thesis March 19, 2013 and received his Ph.D, graduating with Honors! Our Congratulations to Tim!The title of his dissertation is “The role and regulation of Ral GTPases in oncogenesis.” Tim’s mom, Lou Martin of Raleigh NC, along with his...

 Photo above (left to right): Raul Doyle, Jakovin Lee, Alex Sabol, Jennifer Frevert, and Kinsey Qi, the 2013 Carolina Summer Fellowship students. We extend a warm welcome to the 2013 Carolina Summer Fellows! The fellows arrived Monday, May 20 to begin a summer of research in Pharmacology labs. The...

Our congratulations to Chris MacNevin, a postdoctoral fellow in the Hahn lab, who placed second for his research poster entitled “The small molecule based biosensor CaMbio reports calmodulin activation dynamics in cells and in vivo.” The 3rd Annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium Postdoctoral Research Poster Forum was held Friday, April...

In the first application of this approach, the ºÚÁÏÍø researchers showed how a protein called Src kinase influences the way cells extend and move, a previously unknown role that is consistent with the protein’s ties to tumor progression and metastasis.

  Karen Marcus, 10-Year Service Award Recipient Karen Marcus received her 10-Year Service Award honoring her 10 years with ºÚÁÏÍø from Mike Miley April 9. Our congratulations to Karen! Karen joined ºÚÁÏÍø in March 2003 in the Program for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (PMBB) at the Immunology Core Facility after...

  Wang lab members surprise Xinni Yuan with cake and a party to celebrate her 5-Year Service Award! Our congratulations to Xinni! Xinni received her 5-Year Service Award March 20, honoring her 5 years with ºÚÁÏÍø. Currently a Research Specialist in the Wang lab, Xinni joined the Department of Pharmacology...

The Roth Lab in collaboration with Ray Stevens' Lab at Scripps Research Institute had 2 papers published on Science's advanced online publishing website, Science Express, March 21, 2013. The papers describe the structure of serotonin receptors and how the structure of the receptors shapes drug effects.

Marty Farrell, a member of the Roth lab, successfully defended his thesis February 27, 2013 and received his Ph.D. The title of his dissertation was ""Pharmacosynthetics and the Cell-Type Specific Control of Neuronal Signaling."

The Pharmacology Department sponsored a military family through the Family Operation Homefront Program for the holidays. The family we sponsored was the Rogers family from Fayetteville, NC, a family of four with two young boys: Collin who is 8 years old, and Grant who is 12 years old. The Rogers...