Drs. Pietro Cottone and Valentina Sabino become U.S. citizens. Dr. Cottone Records Album/Shares Perspective in the Boston Globe and BU Today.
Congratulations to Drs. Pietro Cottone and Valentina Sabino who recently became U.S. citizens in a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum with approximately 200 other immigrants. Pietro and Valentina, natives of Italy, are Associate Professors in Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Co-Principal Investigators in the Laboratory of Addictive Disorders. Since joining Boston […]
Drs. Valentina Sabino, Camron Bryant, and Chris Gabel Among the 2019 Jack Spivack Excellence in Neuroscience Awards Recipients
Congratulations to Drs. Valentina Sabino, Camron Bryant, and Chris Gabel for being among the 2019 Jack Spivack Excellence in Neuroscience Awards recipients. Drs. Gabel and Sabino have been named as Spivack Emerging Leaders and Dr. Bryant has been honored as the Spivack Young Investgator. Valentina Sabino, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, is the […]
Dr. Wendy Qiu is corresponding author on BU Alzheimer’s Study Examining the Role of Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease
As reported in the Friday, October 19, 2018 edition of The Boston Globe, Boston University researchers published results of their study on the examining the role of inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease in the journal JAMA Network Open. Per the abstract, the research objective was “To study the interaction between the apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype and […]
Dr. Hui Feng Named 2018 Arden Quinn Bucher Memorial Fund St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar
Dr. Hui Feng has been named the 2018 Arden Quinn Bucher Memorial Fund St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar. This award was established in memory of Arden Quinn Bucher who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2007 at the age of 2. An amplified gene, MYCN, is found in ~30% of neuroblastomas, and is associated with highly aggressive […]
WBUR Interview-Dr. Richard Wainford on Salt-Sensitive Gene Discovery
Dr. Richard Wainford spoke with Carey Goldberg on WBUR today regarding his study connecting salt sensitivity to mutations in the GNAI2 gene. He noted that 1 in 2 adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure and, according to this study, “if you have this mutation . . . you’re three times more likely to […]
Drs. Karen Harnett and Neil Ganem Honored as 2018 BUSM Educators of the Year
Karen Harnett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, and Neil J. Ganem, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology are among the nine recipients of 2018 BUSM Educator of the Year honors. Faculty were nominated for awards in each category by medical students and Division of Graduate Medical Sciences students. […]
Dr. Zhen Jiang’s New C2 Domain Discovery in April Molecular and Cell Biology’s “Selected as Article of Significant Interest . . . by the Editors”
Zhen Y. Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., and his research group, have discovered a new C2 domain containing phosphoprotein CDP138 that is important for membrane trafficking. Membrane Trafficking Protein CDP138 Regulates Fat Browning and Insulin Sensitivity through Controlling Catecholamine Release in the April 2018 edition of Molecular and Cellular Biology and featured in Articles of Significant Interest Selected […]
Dr. Tsuneya Ikezu named 2018 Jack Spivack Excellence in Neurosciences Award Recipient
Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology, has been named as one of the four 2018 Spivack Scholars and one of the two recipients of the 2018 Jack Spivack Excellence in Neuroscience Award at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Ikezu, Director of the Laboratory of Molecular NeuroTherapeutics in the Department of Pharmacology […]
Dr. Pietro Cottone Speaks at The Royal Society’s “Of Mice and Mental Health: Facilitating Dialogue Between Basic and Clinical Neuroscientists”
Pietro Cottone, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, made a presentation on the “Neurobiology of Compulsive Eating” at The Royal Society’s “Of Mice and Mental Health: Facilitating Dialogue Between Basic and Clinical Neuroscientists” in London on April 24-25, 2017. Based upon his current research, Dr. Cottone and his research group in the Laboratory of Addictive Disorders […]
Dr. Benjamin Wolozin Receives AAAS and 2017 Jack Spivack Excellence in Neurosciences Honors
Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was elected for his contributions to molecular and translational neuroscience, particularly discovery of the role of cholesterol in Alzheimer’s disease. On January 26, 2017, […]