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Tara Vanderweyde, Graduate Student in the Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology/Program in Biomedical Neuroscience Receives Ruth Kirschstein NRSA
Congratulations to Tara Vanderweyde, Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology/Program in Biomedical Neuroscience graduate student, on receiving a Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award for her predoctoral research. Tara is working with cells, mice, and human tissue investigating the role of stress granules in normal aging and in Alzheimer’s disease under the mentorship of Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., […]
Shelley J. Russek, Ph.D. Participates in Transcriptomics: Assessing Genomic Networks in Normal and Diseased Brains Short Course at 2012 SfN Annual Meeting
Congratulations to Dr. Shelley J. Russek on her participation in “Transcriptomics: Assessing Genomic Networks in Normal and Diseased Brains” Short Course #1 at the 2012 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting on October 12, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Russek co-chaired the Group 2 Breakout Session on “RNA-seq Insights into Complex Diseases.” Dr. Russek is […]
Anurag Singh: Identifying an “Achille’s Heel” In Cancer in February 17 Cell Issue
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Department of Pharmacology is Pilot in University-wide Effort to Go Green
The Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics department on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) was selected as the pilot for the Green Department Certification initiative through sustainability@BU. This is the first department to achieve 100% Green Office Certification and has already taken considerable steps in changing their collective behavior and administrative activities. David H. Farb, PhD, […]
Department of Pharmacology Reaches 100% Green Office Certification
Congratulations to the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics for being the first department at Boston University to reach 100% Green Office Certification. Because of their efforts, they have been awarded the honor of piloting the Boston University Green Department Certification program and expect to be certified within the next month.
Pietro Cottone Speaks at NIDA’s Mentored K Awardees Meeting
Congratulations to Dr. Pietro Cottone, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, who was invited to speak at the National Institute on Drug Abuses’s Mentored K Awardees Meeting: Nuts and Bolts of Building Research Independence, held on July 25-26, 2011 at the Rockville Hilton Hotel and Meeting Center in Maryland. Pietro was selected because of his […]
Benjamin Wolozin, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Neurology
Benjamin Wolozin completed his undergraduate education at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. His postdoctoral fellowships were spent at Mt. Sinai Medical Center (1988-9) and the National Institute of Mental Health (1989–96). He joined Loyola […]
Nicole Fazo Northrop Receives Travel Award to 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society Neurochemistry-European Society for Neurochemistry in Athens in August/September 2011
Congratulations to Nicole Fazo Northrop, a Ph.D. student in the Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology, on receiving a Travel Award to present her research at the 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry-European Society for Neuroscience in Athens, Greece, August 28 through September 1, 2011. Nicole’s presentation is on “Serial Exposure to Stress and […]
Conan Kornetsky Receives 2011 Bernard Lown University of Maine Alumni Humanitarian Award
Congratulations to Conan Kornetsky, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, on being awarded the 2011 Bernard Lown University of Maine Alumni Humanitarian Award. Dr. Kornetsky, Director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Pharmacology, carries out research on the neural mechanisms involved in the behavioral effects of drugs, focusing on the brain’s motivational systems. The Bernard Lown […]
Pietro Cottone, Ph.D., Receives NIMH-BRAINS Award
Congratulations to Dr. Pietro Cottone, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, one of two BUSM faculty members to receive the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists. He is one of twelve recipients from around the country. The BRAINS award recognizes innovative and groundbreaking research projects from early stage […]