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Bryan Roth and Collaborators Have Back to Back Papers Published in Science on Discovery of Structure of Serotonin Receptors

March 22, 2013
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.

Samulski Lab clinical trials results for Canavan Disease treatment published in Science Translational Medicine

January 24, 2013
Canavan disease is an autosomal recessive degenerative neurological disorder caused by defective ASPA gene. ASPA is responsible for the production of the enzyme aspartoacylase, an enzyme essential for breaking down concentrated brain molecule N-acetyl aspartate. The lack of this breakdown interferes with growth of myelin sheath of the nerve fiber,...

Wang Lab paper highlighted in Science Daily, E!Science News and Santelog

January 22, 2013
A Wang Lab paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology has been highlighted in E! Science News, Science Daily and Santelog (France) online. “Dark matter made visible before the final cut Research findings from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine are shining a light on an important...

Science Writers Visit the Hahn Lab

January 14, 2013
33 Science writers for various scientific journals from around the country visited the Hahn Lab October 26, 2012 for a demonstration of live cell imaging.

Bryan Roth Interviewed for Bloomberg TV and Nobel Prize Website

January 14, 2013
Blakeway Productions filmed an interview with Dr. Bryan Roth for Bloomberg TV to be aired the week the Nobel Prizes are awarded in December. The interview will also be available on the Nobel Prize website. Filming of the interview took place in the Roth Labs at ºÚÁÏÍø on November 6,...

Jobin Lab publishes paper in Science

December 14, 2012
The Jobin lab has published a paper in the October 2012 issue of Science titled" Intestinal inflammation targets cancer-inducing activity of the microbiota" in which they identify the intestinal microbiota as a target of inflammation that affects the progression of colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CRC). First author on the paper is...

Wang Lab Publishes Paper in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

September 19, 2012
The Wang Lab had a paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology September 16, 2012 titled, “Intronic splicing enhancers, cognate splicing factors and context-dependent regulation rules.” Yang Wang, Research Assistant Professor in the Wang lab, is first author on paper. Along with Zefeng Wang, co-authors are Meng Ma, from...

Dr. Zefeng Wang wins Jefferson Pilot Award

September 19, 2012
Dr. Zefeng Wang, Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, has received a Jefferson Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine. Dr. Wang will receive $20,000 to be paid over a four-year period in equal installments of $5,000 per year. The award is to be used at the discretion of the recipient for support of...

Department bids farewell to Pilar Blancafort

September 11, 2012
The Pharmacology department held a goodbye party for Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort, who will be moving on to a new position in the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia in Crawley, Australia.

Elston Lab Paper Nominated as Being of Special Significance by F1000

July 20, 2012
The paper is of special significance in the field of Genomics & Genetics. John Houser, Elston lab member, is first author on the paper.