Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., Ph.D., selected to receive the Massachusetts Neuroscience Consortium Award
Congratulations to Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., Ph.D., who was selected to receive the Massachusetts Neuroscience Consortium Award for his proposal to identify the target(s) of action of the TDP-43 inclusion-inhibitory compounds that he has identified. The Massachusetts Neuroscience Consortium, “is designed to accelerate pre-clinical research available to the pharmaceutical industry, introduce, academic researchers to the challenges of […]
Anurag Singh, Ph.D., receives the American Lung Association Lung Cancer Discovery Award
Congratulations to Anurag Singh, Ph.D., on being awarded the competitive American Lung Association Lung Cancer Discovery Award for his proposal on “Identifying a KRAS-Regulated Micro-RNA Signaling Network in Lung Cancer.” According to Dr. Singh, “KRAS mutant lung cancers are notoriously refractory to chemotherapeutic agents. This research proposal will seek to identify novel strategies for the […]
Congratulations to Graduating Biomolecular Pharmacology Students!
Featured from left to right: Jiang-Fan Chen, M.D./Ph.D., Catherine Wei, M.D./Ph.D., Carol T. Walsh, Ph.D., and Catherine’s parents Six students in the Biomolecular Pharmacology Program were honored at graduation ceremonies this past weekend for earning their M.A., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. degrees. Our congratulations go to them for their academic accomplishments, their discoveries through thesis or dissertation research, and their […]
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 […]