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2017 Fall Department Defenses

Veronica Hughes’s Dissertation Defense On November 8, 2017, Veronica Hughes presented her dissertation defense, “Phosphorylation of c-Met: An Underutilized Predictor of Sensitivity to c-Met Inhibition in Preclinical and Clinical Cancer Trials.” With the help of her mentor, Dietmar Siemann, PhD, she was able to successfully showcase all of her hard…

Nihal Tümer, PhD, publishes two articles in beginning of 2017

Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Professor Nihal Tümer, PhD, has co-authored two publications so far in 2017. Check the links below to read the abstracts for these research articles. Keep checking our front page to see more recent publications from department faculty. Activation of the…

Brian Law published in Ocotarget

Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Associate Professor Brian Law co-authored a paper that was published in Oncotarget. Read the article here.

Lee Sweeney publishes four research articles

Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Professor Lee Sweeney has recently added four research articles to his list of publications. The articles are: Disease-modifying effects of orally bioavailable NF-κB inhibitors in dystrophin-deficient muscle Activin Receptor Type IIB Inhibition Improves Muscle Phenotype and Function in a Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy…

Brian K. Law published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation

Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Associate Professor Brian K. Law co-authored an article published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation on how cancerous tumors increase their blood supply and grow. The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology posted an excellent writeup on the research conducted by Law and Biochemistry Associate Professor Jianrong…

Erica Levitt, Ph.D., joins Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Prescription opioid overdose is increasing at a rapid rate. Respiratory depression is the primary cause of death from opioid overdose, yet surprisingly little is known about the mechanisms of opioid-induced respiratory depression. A network of neurons that are primarily situated in the brainstem controls breathing. Dr. Levitt is interested…

Nikhil Urs, Ph.D., joins Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Dopamine (DA) is a catecholamine neurotransmitter found in the mammalian brain and regulates many critical physiological processes such as movement, cognition, motivation, reward/pleasure and hormone regulation. Dysfunction of the dopamine system has been implicated in many brain disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), schizophrenia, OCD and ADHD. The goal…