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Bioscience Academy student Zainab Mahmod awarded the Paul Queenan Memorial Award for academic excellence
Bioscience Academy student Zainab Mahmod has been awarded the Paul Queenan Memorial Award for academic excellence. Zainab completed her internship in the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology under the mentorship of Dr. Marcia Ratner. Upon completion of the Bioscience Academy program requirements, Zainab received a Certificate in Applied Biotechnology. The BioScience Academy is a BU-based federally funded program administered […]
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 […]
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 […]
Robert Freilich wins First Prize at 19th Annual Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day
Three students in the Biomolecular Pharmacology Program were honored at the 19th Annual Henry I. Russek Day Student Achievement Day Friday, 10 May. These students have distinguished themselves not only as gifted researchers in their mentor’s laboratory but also as dedicated members of their department, program, and surrounding community. The following Biomolecular Pharmacology students received […]
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 […]
Tara Vanderweyde wins the MED Dean’s Award
Hats off to Tara Vanderweyde who has received the 2013 MED Dean’s Award at Boston University Scholar’s Day 2013! Scholar’s Day was open to all graduate students currently engaged in research in a degree-granting program at Boston University. Tara, as well as her advisor, will receive an honorarium for her outstanding poster presentation. Tara is a […]