Tag Archive for ‘Pharmacology’
UND Researcher Holly Brown-Borg Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Holly Brown Borg, Ph.D., Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was presented the 2013 Denham Harman Lifetime Achievement in Research Award recently at the 42nd Annual American Aging Association (AGE) Meeting in Baltimore, Md. Brown-Borg also delivered a lecture at [...]
Dr. Brown-Borg and Students Receive Awards
Two students in the Brown-Borg lab received awards at the 42nd Annual American Aging Association Meeting in Baltimore, MD on June 3rd. Vanessa Armstrong, B.S. and Joe Wonderlich, B.A., both won runner-up Walter Nicolai Awards for meritorious research by a graduate student or medical student in the area of biomedical gerontology. Joe delivered an oral [...]
NIH Funds UND Scientist’s Study of Gene Involved in Atherosclerosis
The National Institutes of Health is funding a University of North Dakota scientist’s pursuit of a potential cause of atherosclerosis. Colin Combs, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, will receive $379,500 over the next two years for his work on atherosclerosis. [...]
Geiger to Present During Cellular Interaction and Signaling in NeuroAIDS Webinar
Jonathan Geiger, PhD, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, and interim chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, will participate in the “Cellular Interaction and Signaling in NeuroAIDS” Emerging Issues Webinar at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Thursday, May 23, from 8 a.m. [...]
Public Invited to Attend UND’s Frank Low Research Day on April 18th
The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences will hold the 33rd Annual Frank N. Low Research Day on Thursday, April 18, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the United Lecture Hall at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks. The event is open to the public. All [...]
UND Students to Hold First-Ever ‘Science Café’ May 2nd
The first-ever Grand Forks Science Café, started by students, will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in the Wild Hog Smokehouse, 4401 S. Washington St. This inaugural science café, titled “How will sequestration affect the sciences?” will give local scientists an opportunity to gather and discuss impacts of sequestration on scientific agencies within [...]
PPT Seminar April 5th, 2013
Amy Hauck Newman, deputy scientific director and branch chief for Medicinal Chemistry, and Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery for the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will present a seminar titled “Translating the Atypical Dopamine Uptake Inhibitor Hypothesis: R-Modafinil as a Potential Medication for Psychostimulant Abuse” at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April [...]
PPT Seminar on March 8, 2013
Sara R. Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology at Wake Forest School of Medicine will present a seminar titled “Effects of Cocaine and Ritalin Self-administration on the Dopamine Transporter” on Friday, March 8th at 2:00 pm in room 5510 in the School of Medicine. This seminar is sponsored by the Center [...]
Goldenstein to Present PPT Seminar on February 22nd
Brianna Goldenstein, a graduate student in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, will present a seminar titled “Effect of ablated alpha-1A adrenergic receptor stimulated neurogenesis on cognitive function” on Friday, February 22, at 2:00 p.m. in room 3933 at the SMHS in Grand Forks. The seminar is sponsored by the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence Center for [...]
PPT Seminar February 15, 2013
Dhaval Bhatt, a Graduate Student in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, will present a seminar titled “Acetate supplementation increases brain energy reserves” on Friday, February 15 at 2:00 pm in room 3933 in the School of Medicine. This seminar is sponsored by the Center [...]
PPT/COBRE Seminar on November 30
Dr. Michael Hasselmo, Professor at the Center for Memory and Brain, Department of Psychology, and Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University, will present a seminar titled “Oscillations, Grid Cells and Memory Function in the Entorhinal Cortex” on Friday, November 30 at 2:00 p.m. in room 3933 in the School of Medicine & Health Sciences. [...]
Center of Biomedical Research Excellence Pilot Grant Recipients
Dr. Jonathan Geiger, chair of the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics and principal investigator of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant is pleased to announce the following COBRE Pilot Grant Recipients and titles for 2012–2013: Catherine Brissette, PhD, Microbiology and Immunology; and John Watt, PhD, Anatomy and Cell Biology, “Role of Local Inflammatory Response [...]
UND NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence Neuroscience Pilot Grant Program
As part of our recently awarded five-year COBRE Phase III grant on neurodegenerative diseases, we are inviting (a) single Principal Investigator as well as (b) co-Principal Investigator (i.e., multi-PI) pilot-grant proposals. The purpose of this pilot-grant program is to drive forward innovative neuroscience research being conducted at UND, to enhance the competitiveness of our neuroscience [...]
UND Scientists Receive $1.4 Million from NIH to Study Obesity–Alzheimer’s Link
Obesity, particularly in mid-life, is an increased risk factor for developing Alzheimer’s disease. Although the exact cause is unknown, two UND scientists’ effort to identify the underlying mechanisms involved has been awarded $1.4 million from the National Institutes of Health. Colin K. Combs, Ph.D., associate professor, and Mikhail Y. Golovko, Ph.D., assistant professor, in the [...]
Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics Seminar on August 31
Dr. Jonathan Kipnis, Associate Professor in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroimmunology at the University of Virginia, will present a seminar titled “Immune support of brain function” on Friday, August 31 at 2:00pm in Rm. 3933 in the School of Medicine. This seminar is sponsored by the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence Center for [...]
NIA Pegs UND Researchers to Pursue Possible HIV–Alzheimer’s Connection
The National Institute on Aging seeks to spur the research of two scientists at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Xuesong Chen, Ph.D., and Jonathan D. Geiger, Ph.D., colleagues in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, have piqued the interest of NIA officials, who awarded the duo a $350,000, R21 grant. The NIA, [...]
Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics Seminars on May 15 and May 18
Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Allan D. Bass Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University, will present a seminar titled “Genetic identification of novel presynaptic determinants of dopamine signaling In vivo” on TUESDAY, May 15 at 2:00pm in Rm. 3933 in the School of Medicine. Michael R. Bruchas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology [...]
Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics Seminar May 11
Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., Floyd A. Davis Professor in the Departments of Neurological Sciences, Biochemistry and Pharmacology at Rush University Medical Center, will present a seminar titled “Glial switching in the nigrostriatum of hemiparkinsonian monkeys” on Friday, May 11 at 2:00 pm in room 3933 in the School of Medicine. This seminar is sponsored by the [...]
Pharmacology, Physiology & Therapeutics Seminar on May 4
Michael Xi Zhu, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology & Pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, will present a seminar titled “Novel channels for calcium signaling” on Friday, May 4 at 2:00pm in Rm. 3933 in the School of Medicine. This seminar is sponsored by the Center of [...]
Antioxidant May Disrupt Alzheimer’s Disease Process
According to new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: Amsterdam, NL—Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is now the sixth leading cause of death among Americans, affecting nearly 1 in 8 people over the age of 65. There is currently no treatment that alters the course of this disease. However, an increasing amount of evidence suggests [...]
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