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Congratulations to Olga Karpicheva!
Olga Karpicheva (Lehman Lab) was chosen to speak at the 70th Annual Biophysical Society meeting in San Francisco and at the biennial Myofilament Meeting in Tucson. The title of her talks – Quantifying the structural basis of thin filament cooperativity: The effect of single myosin-heads on the position of tropomyosin on actin.
Congratulations to Vidhya Kumaresan!
Vidhya Kumaresan is the recipient of a 2026 Sexual Medicine Research Fund Award and in collaboration with Professor of Medicine and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, and Assistant Professor of Medicine/Computational Biomedicine Sarah Mazzilli, PhD, will obtain pilot data for chronic cocaine-induced novel changes in regulation of gene-expression underpinning drug use-induced exacerbation […]
Congratulations to Rachel Flynn!
Rachel Flynn is the recipient of a 2026 Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Award and will study how cancer cells gain cellular immortality through the activation of the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway. ALT occurs in lethal metastatic prostate cancer, but the mechanisms promoting the activation of ALT are unknown. This research aims to identify […]
Congratulations to Clint Makino!
Clint Makino is the recipient of a 2026 Spivack Neuroscience Pilot Award and will test whether bicarbonate is a risk factor in certain blinding retinal diseases, and whether blocking bicarbonate synthesis might preserve vision by protecting the rods and cones.
Congratulations to Hui Feng!
Dr. Feng is a recipient of the 2026 Wing Tat Lee award, funded to enhance collaborations between the school and Chinese universities (with a preference for Hong Kong), and will work with Professor Michael Huen at Hong Kong University to better understand the role of the histone modifying enzyme, Sirtuin 6, in DNA damage repair […]
Welcome to Nikolaos Daskalakis!
Welcome to Dr. Nikolaos Daskalakis has joined our faculty as a Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics! The Daskalakis’ Neurogenomics and Translational Bioinformatics lab bridges the gap between data science and neurobiology of stress related mental disorders. By integrating genetics, bioinformatics, machine learning, and experimental models to understand the interaction between stress and the brain, […]
Welcome to Daniel Taub!
Welcome to Daniel Taub, Ph.D., who has joined our faculty as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics! The Taub Lab will examine central neural circuits in somatosensation (the sensations of touch, temperature, and pain) and how these circuits change in different pain states and conditions, notably inherited peripheral neuropathies. The lab is also […]
Dissertation Defense of PhD Candidate Jennifer Freire
Jennifer Freire PhD Pharmacology Student’s Dissertation Defense Seminar Tuesday, 2 December, 2025, 12-00 PM – 1:00 PM, Keefer Auditorium, E-111, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics Join Zoom Meeting Option: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/94337551209?pwd=flDhErJzb0HbmsFp0IF6ODJKzlCKRr.1 Meeting ID: 943 3755 1209 Passcode: 315363
Pharmacology PhD Student Jenna Libera’s Dissertation Defense Seminar
Jenna Libera PhD Pharmacology Student’s Dissertation Defense Seminar Friday, 21 November, 2025, 9-00 AM, Keefer Auditorium, E-111, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics: Join Zoom Meeting Option: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/97723926902?pwd=KJLfbPUPK63GWkQ9U4z4RG6TFeDM5D.1 Meeting ID: 977 2392 6902 Passcode: 690090
Congratulations to Chad Hicks!
Congratulations to Chad Hicks for his EM structure determination of cardiac amyloid, and the first PDB submission to our new CryoEM core facility (PDB ID: 9OKA): Hicks CW, Prokaeva T, Spenser B, Jayaraman S, Huda N, Wong S., Chen H, Sanchorawala V, Lavatelli F, Gursky O. Cryo-EM of cardiac AL-224L amyloid reveals shared features in […]