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James Morrissey Awarded the Biennial Investigator Recognition Award for Contributions to Haemostasis
In recognition of his distinguished record as teacher and researcher, Professor of Biochemistry James Morrissey will be awarded the Biennial Investigator Recognition Award for Contributions to Haemostasis from the International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH).
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Team solves decades-old molecular mystery linked to blood clotting
Blood clotting is a complicated business, particularly for those trying to understand how the body responds to injury. In a new study, researchers report that they are the first to describe in atomic detail a chemical interaction that is vital to blood clotting. This interaction – between a...
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Small change makes a big difference for ion channels
Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman and research scientist Gisela Cymes used a high-resolution single-molecule study technique to see the very subtle differences between two branches of an important family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.
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Team identifies new breast cancer tumor suppressor and how it works
In a new study, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Lin-Feng Chen and colleagues identified a new breast cancer tumor suppressor protein, Runx3, and determined how it functioned.
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Kannanganattu Prasanth Awarded ACS Research Scholar Grant
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Kannanganattu Prasanth has been awarded a Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society.
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Hee Jung Chung Receives Carver Charitable Trust Award
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Hee Jung Chung has been awarded the highly competitive 3-year Carver Young Investigator Award.
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Claudio Grosman and Gisela Cymes published in Nature
"Tunable pKa values and the basis of opposite charge selectivities in nicotinic-type receptors," by Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Claudio Grosman and Research Scientist Gisela Cymes, has been published in Nature.
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James Slauch Elected to American Academy of Microbiology
Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Medical Scholars Program James Slauch has been elected to the American Academy of Microbiology.
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Direct Cellular Peptidomics of Hypothalamic Neurons
Alumni Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, and Professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Martha Gillette is corresponding author on "Direct Cellular Peptidomics of Hypothalamic Neurons," epub’d (ahead of print) in the February 18, 2011 issue of Frontiers in...
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Brian Freeman receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Brian Freeman has been awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.