Arlene Sandoval and Eddie Gill Win Staff Excellence Awards for 2010 December 13, 2010 Chris Turner receives award honoring his 20 years of service to the department.
John Bauman Receives PhD December 7, 2010 John Bauman with Dr. Ryszard Kole, his advisor. John Bauman, a member of Dr. Ryszard Kole’s lab, successfully defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. Dec. 6, 2010. The title of John’s thesis was “Modification of Bcl-x and Mcl-1 pre-mRNA splicing using splice-switching oligonucleotide.” Congratulations, John! Way to go! John...
Student Halloween Party 2010 December 7, 2010 Pumpkins entered in the Pumpkin Carving Contest Graduate students relaxed with a Halloween party and pumpkin carving contest. There were lots of Halloween treats and some very cool decorations! From the looks of things, a good time was had by all! Here’s a few pictures of the costumes partiers...
Harden and Sondek Labs Publish Paper in Science October 21, 2010 The Harden and Sondek labs publish a paper in Science that describes the mechanism of activation and inactivation of the Gq/phospholipase-β signaling complex.
Yang Wang Wins Postdoc Research Excellence Award October 19, 2010 Yang Wang, recipient of Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year Yang Wang, a postdoctoral research associate in Zefeng Wang’s lab, in the Department of Pharmacology has won a Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year. The award was given in recognition of Yang’s...
Dr. Tom Kash Receives Department of Defense Award September 28, 2010 Department of Defense grants award to study Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
Dr. Pilar Blancafort Receives Department of Defense Award August 10, 2010 Department of Defense grants Breast Cancer IDEA Award to study breast cancer stem cells.
Aurelie Gresset Receives PhD August 10, 2010 Aurelie Gresset stands with John Sondek after successfully defending her PhD. Aurelie Gresset, a member of the Sondek Lab, successfully defended her PhD on August 5, 2010. The title of her thesis was: “Mechanism of phosphorylation-induced activation of phospholipase C-gamma isozymes.” A reception was held immediately after in 4007 Genetic...
Cendra Agulhon Wins Postdoc Research Excellence Award August 5, 2010 Cendra Alguhon, recipient of Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year Cendra Agulhon, a postdoctoral research associate in the McCarthy Lab, has won the Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2010-2011 academic year. Cendra was notified July 28 of the award. The award was given in...
Ellen Stevens Receives PhD July 21, 2010 Dr. Ellen Stevens stands with Dr. Channing Der after defending her thesis. Ellen Stevens of the Der Lab successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis June 3, 2010. The title of her thesis was “Identification of Novel Therapeutic Approaches and Targets for the Treatment of Ovarian Carcinoma.” The reception was held in...