DORA aims to stop the use of the “journal impact factor” in judging an individual scientist’s work
The SAN FRANCISCO DECLARATION ON RESEARCH Assessment (DORA) “aims to stop the use of the ‘journal impact factor’ in judging an individual scientist’s work. The Declaration states that the impact factor must not be used as “a surrogate measure of the quality of individual research articles, to assess an individual scientist’s contributions, or in hiring, […]
BUSM Researchers Discover Possible Mechanism for Anxiety and Depression
“Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered what they believe to be a major brain mechanism responsible for a heightened state of anxiety and possibly depression. The study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, involves a protein called pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP), a hormone and molecule in the brain, and its relationship with […]
Pharmacology Research Fellow wins Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fellowship
Hirohide Asai, M.D., Ph.D., a physician scientist working as a post-doctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular NeuroTherapeutics, was recently recognized by BrightFocus Foundation (formerly the American Health Assistance Foundation). Dr. Asai has been awarded a 2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fellowship for his work on the cellular mechanism of tau dissemination under the supervision of […]
Camron Bryant Receives 2013 IBANGS Outstanding Junior Faculty Travel Award
Congratulations to Dr. Camron Bryant on receiving the Outstanding Junior Faculty Travel Award for the 2013 International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) in Leuven, Belgium. Dr. Bryant was selected to present his work at the special oral Awardee presentation session on May 21. In addition to a stipend to cover his travel expenses, Dr. […]
Dr. Anurag Singh Receives OTD-HTS Ignition Award
Kudos to Anurag Singh, Ph.D., on being awarded the OTD-HTS Ignition Award for his proposal on “Identification of Subtype Selective Therapeutic Agents for Pancreatic Cancer.” This award covers the costs of HTS Core sevices for a Full and/or a Pilot HTS screen. Dr. Singh is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental […]
Richard Wainford Receives 2013 APS Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award
Congratulations to Richard Wainford, Ph.D. for being selected as the recipient of the American Physiological Society’s 2013 Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award. Established in 1998 in memory of Shih-Chun Wang, a renowned neuroscientist and pharmacology professor, this award recognizes an individual demonstrating outstanding promise in the field of central nervous system physiology. Dr. Wainford will […]
Casey Carmichael to Receive the 2013 Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiological Association
Hats off to Casey Carmichael who has been chosen to receive the 2013 Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiological Association! The award is one of three based on abstract submissions that are offered by the APS for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Casey was selected by the Women in Physiology […]
Dr. Richard Wainford to Receive the American Physiological Society Central Nervous System Section’s 2013 New Investigator Award
Congratulations to Richard D. Wainford, Ph.D., FAHA, on being selected to receive the American Physiological Society Central Nervous System Section’s 2013 New Investigator Award. This award is given to an outstanding investigator in the early stages of his/her career who has made meritorious contributions to the field of the study represented by the Central Nervous […]
Stefan Yohe joins Bayer’s Berkeley site as a Process Development Engineer
Stefan Yohe, a graduate student working under the supervision of Dr. Mark J. Grinstaff in the Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology, recently completed the Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. degree and Biomolecular Pharmacology training program. In November he successfully defended his dissertation, entitled “Superhydrophobic Materials for Drug Delivery”. Stefan received multiple job offers from all over the […]
Richard Wainford Named International Society for Hypertension New Investigator for December
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Wainford on being selected as the International Society for Hypertension’s December 2012 New Investigator. Richard recently received recognition for presenting the Best Poster at the 2nd International Society for Hypertension New Investigators Symposium. Dr. Wainford is an assistant professor in the Departments of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Medicine, Division of […]