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Dr. Raj Khanna is one of our new professors in the department. Welcome!…

Dr. May Khanna is one of our new associate professor in the department and will be serving the College as the inaugural Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Welcome!…

Dr. Jessie Barra received an Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship, which is a highly competitive career transition award, from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Dr. Barra is a postdoc in the Russ lab. Congratulations Jessie on this terrific honor!…

Both of the 2024 Thomas H. Maren M.D. Research Excellence awards from the College of Medicine were received by members of our Department. Dr. Jessie Barra received the Thomas H Maren Research Excellence Post-doctoral award from the College of Medicine. Dr. Daniel Kopinke received the Thomas H Maren…

Research led by Olga Guryanova’s lab was selected by the Journal of Experimental Medicine, a top journal in biomedical research, as one of the best papers in 2023. See the publication here. Congratulations Dr. Guryanova and team!…

The Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series is pleased to have Dr. Joshua Wythe on December 13th, 2023 to speak on “Somatic KRAS gain of function mutations in sporadic brain arteriovenous malformations” Please join us in person at the Academic Research Building (ARB) R^5-265.

The Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series is pleased to have Dr. Paul Whiteaker on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 11:00am speak on “The how and where of prototoxin modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function.” Please join us in person at the Academic Research Building (ARB) R5-265…

NIH is pleased to announce that a simplified review framework will be implemented for grant receipt deadlines of Jan. 25, 2025 and beyond. The simplified framework is expected to better focus peer reviewers on the key questions needed to assess the scientific and technical merit of proposed research…

Congratulations to the Papke Lab for their recent publication titled, “The Many Enigmas of Nicotine.” This publication discusses the diverse effects of nicotine on the various nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of the central and peripheral nervous system and how those effects may promote…

Congratulations to the Papke Lab for their recent publication titled: “Pharmacological profiles and anti-inflammatory activity of pCN-diEPP and mCNdiEPP, new alpha9alpha10 nicotinic receptor ligands.” Inflammation-induced pain can be alleviated by targeting specific receptors in immune cells that control the production and release of pro- and anti-inflammatory…