Please join us in congratulating Dr. Steve Fisher on his receipt of a 2018 Rackham Master's Mentoring Award! The Rackham Master's Mentoring Awards honor faculty mentors who, through a variety of forms, demonstrate commitment to fostering the intellectual, creative, and professional growth of their master's students.
Wendell W. Weber, PhD, MD, the “father” of arylamine N-acetyltransferase research, and more broadly (along with his colleague Werner Kalow) the field of pharmacogenetics, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2018, at the age of 92.
Andrew Nelson, PhD student in the Jenkins' Lab and Nicole Michmerhuizen, PhD student in the Brenner/Carey Lab, have been awarded the very competitive Rackham Predoctoral Fellowships!
Congratulations Andrew and Nicole! We are very proud of you!
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Canman, who was elected 2018 Secretary/Treasurer of the ASPET Cancer Division. She will begin her term on July 1, 2018.
Congratulations to Dr. Tejeshwar Rao (former student and postdoc in the Anantharam Lab) who won the 2017 Postdoctoral Cranefield Award from the Society of General Physiologists for the group's recent paper in the Journal of General Physiology...
Rebecca Derman, Ferrario Lab, won 1st prize in the graduate student poster competition. Max Oginsky, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Ferrario Lab, won 1st prize in the postdoc poster competition.
Congratulations!
Dr. Paul F. Hollenberg, professor emeritus of pharmacology is the recipient of the 2018 ASPET Otto Krayer Award in Pharmacology.
Congratulations to Dr. Jen Yeung (Holinstat Lab, 2017), who has been awarded an inaugural Michigan Life Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship! Jen plans to join Dr. Greg Tall's lab for her postdoctoral training.
Dr. John Traynor has been named a 2017 Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society.
Jennifer Yeung, defended on December 20, 2017. Her thesis title "The Role of 12-LOX in Platelet Function". Kudos to her mentor Dr. Michael Holinstat.
Congratulations Jen!
Noah Schenk, a sophomore in Anantharm lab who is majoring in electrical engineering, won a $1000 travel award from the Biophysical Society to present his abstract at the Biophysical Society 62nd Annual Meeting, to be held, February 17- 21, in San Francisco, California.
Congratulations Noah!
Audrey is joining the department of Pharmacology to fill our open position in Human Resource. Her first day is Monday, September 18. Audrey previously worked as a Michigan Medicine Human Resources Solutions Center Specialist. Audrey brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our team. Her office is located at 2301 MSRB III. Please stop by
" Genetic disruption of ankyrin-G in adult mouse forebrain causes cortical synapse alteration and behavior reminiscent of bipolar disorder " has been published in the PNAS!
Lisa Garber, Education Coordinator and Student Affairs Program Manager, has been selected to receive the 2017 Professional Staff of the Year Award through the annual Dean's Awards Program.
PIBS/Pharmacology Ph.D. Students:
Neikelyn Burgos , University of Puerto Rico-San Juan Gwendolyn Burgess , Southwest Oklahoma State University Eli Lavender , Sewanee University of the South Zesen "Jason" Lin , University of Iowa Joshua Lott , Georgia State University Alina Morales , Grand Valley State University Andrea Pesch , UniversityCarrie Johnson, defended on August 28, 2017. Her thesis title " Discovery and Development of Small Molecule Probes for the SUMO protease SENP1, a Novel Target for Advanced Prostate Cancer Therapy ". Kudos to her mentor Dr. Iñiguez-Lluhí.
Congratulations Carrie!
Nicolas Senese, defended on August 28, 2017. His thesis title " Role of Regulator of G-Protein Signaling Proteins in Serotonin and Opioid Mediated Behaviors ". Kudos to his mentor Dr. Traynor.
Congratulations Nick!
Nayiri Kaissarian, defended on July 24, 2017. Her thesis title "Investigating Endothelial Dysfunction in CRISPR/Cas9 Model of Fabry Disease". Kudos to her mentor Dr. Shayman.
Congratulations Nayiri!
