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A Successful Dissertation! Melissa Shelton had a well defended dissertation entitled "Glutaredoxin-Regulated Nuclear Factor-κβ (NFκβ) Signaling in Retinal Müller Glial Cells Treated with High Glucose, a Model of Diabetic Retinopahty." Melissa leaves with not only her PhD but many memories in the Department of Pharmacology!Posted On 8/5/2008 - Archived On 9/4/2008
Off to bigger and better things...
Vivian Gama will be leaving our department after successfully defending her dissertation "Characterization and Regulation of the Anti-apoptotic Protein Ku70 - Implications for Bax-mediated Apoptosis." Her contributions to the department have been immeasurable and we wish her the best in her scientific career. Posted On 8/4/2008 - Archived On 9/3/2008
Good Luck!
Hui Wang successfully defeated his defense entitled "The roles of a LIM domain protein, Hic-5 / ARA55, in TGF-β signaling in prostate cancer cells." We wish him the best as he continues his research in Biostatistics!
Posted On 7/31/2008 - Archived On 8/30/2008
SURP Comes to an End...
At the final poster presentations, 8 summer researchers presented their findings and results. The students all did a great job and hopefully learned a lot over the last 10 weeks!
Posted On 7/30/2008 - Archived On 8/29/2008
Nature Neuroscience
Don't miss Dr. John Feng's recent article in Nature Neuroscience!
Posted On 7/25/2008 - Archived On 8/24/2008
In the Plain Dealer!
Dr. Kris Palczewski was recently featured in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The article is titled "Case Western Reserve's new medical researchers pump millions into Northeast Ohio economy" More Info
Posted On 7/22/2008 - Archived On 8/21/2008
Congratulations! Smitha Sripathy successfully defended her dissertation, "Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation: Gene Repression by KRAB Zinc Finger Proteins and Gene Induction by Estrogen Receptor Beta" on July 14, 2008. We wish her the best in her future Postdoctoral career!
Posted On 7/16/2008 - Archived On 8/18/2008
Spotlight Series Prize Award Congratulations to Dr. Ruth Keri who has been awarded the 2008 Mather Spotlight Series Prize for Women's Scholarship. Dr. Keri is an expert in the field of molecular endocrinology and uses genetically manipulated animal models to study molecular mechanisms of reproductive endocrinology.
Posted On 6/23/2008 - Archived On 7/23/2008
Keri Lab Challenge
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times and in the end, the Keri Lab dominated their challenge…... Until next time, that is!
Posted On 6/12/2008 - Archived On 7/12/2008
von Lintig Lab Arrives
The Department of Pharmacology is pleased to welcome Dr. Johannes von Lintig and his lab members, Sylvia Hoff (Research Scholar) and Susanne Hessel (Postdoctoral Fellow)!
Posted On 5/7/2008 - Archived On 7/6/2008
Park Joins Opthalmology Faculty
Congratulations to Dr. Paul Park, a postdoctoral fellow in the Palczewski lab, who has accepted a faculty position in the Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences at Case. Paul will begin his tenure track position as an assistant professor July 1 and will continue to pursue his research interests aimed at understanding the signaling mechanism in phototransduction and other G protein-coupled receptor-mediated systems. We wish Paul the best of luck as he pursues his independent career!
Posted On 5/5/2008 - Archived On 6/4/2008
Deans Scientific Research Symposium, 4/30/08
Sponsored by
Dean Pamela B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D.
and the Department of Pharmacology
Download the Symposium Program
Posted On 4/24/2008 - Archived On 5/24/2008
Research ShowCASE winners!
Congratulations to our graduate students Vivian Gama and Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich whose posters were recognized at the 2008 Research ShowCASE. Vivian received one of only ten Grand Prizes awarded for her poster entitled "Hdm2 is a ubiquitin ligase for the anti-apoptotic protein Ku70", and Marjorie received an honorable mention for her poster entitled "LMO4 is essential for ErbB2-mediated breast cancer cell proliferation and cell cycle progression."
Posted On 4/22/2008 - Archived On 5/22/2008
Pharmacology Wins First Place!
A group of students, post-docs, and faculty dominated the field of 16 teams at the First Annual Philanthropy Dodgeball Tournament held on April 13th. The tournament was held to support the activities of the American Red Cross. By going undefeated, Team Pharmacology lived up to their creed -If you ain`t first, you`re last!
Posted On 4/17/2008 - Archived On 5/17/2008
Alumni receives Award
Tehnaz Parakh, a recent MTTP graduate currently in her Med School rotations, has been nominated and will receive, the Noether Memorial Fund Award for excellence in theraputics during the Graduation Award Ceremony.
Congratulations Tehnaz!'
Posted On 4/8/2008 - Archived On 5/8/2008
NIH funding!
Tonibelle Gatbonton was just awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows. Good job, Tonibelle!
Posted On 3/21/2008 - Archived On 4/20/2008
Well defended! Congratulations to Tim Miller for successfully defending his disertation "FXYD5 modulates Na, K-ATPase activity and is increased in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia." Tim Miller is leaving Pam Davis's lab and is going to continue his research in the Cleveland area. We wish him the best!
Posted On 3/21/2008 - Archived On 4/20/2008
ASPET 's recent elections: We would like to congratulate Dr. Amy Wilson-Delfosse on her recently elected position as the Secretary-Treasurer-elect of the ASPET Division for Pharmacology Education. This is an honor for Dr. Wilson-Delfosse and is an excellent example of her engagement and dedication to education in the pharmacological sciences!
Posted On 2/27/2008 - Archived On 3/28/2008
Congratulations! Krisztina Papp-Wallace successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Studies on the Virulence Properties and Regulation of the CorA Magnesium Channel" on Wednesday, February 20th. She's now moving from Dr. Mike Maguire's lab to Dr. Robert Bonomo's lab for her Postdoctoral position.
Posted On 2/27/2008 - Archived On 3/28/2008
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Congratulations to Tehnaz Parakh (Ph.D. Pharmacology 2006) who has been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Election into the society is highly competitive and is reserved for the most accomplished of medical students.
Posted On 1/4/2008 - Archived On 2/3/2008
Holiday Party
Pictures from the holiday party at Shooters on the Water.
Posted On 12/18/2007 - Archived On 1/20/2008
Department of Pharmacology on the Move!
The Department of Pharmacology celebrates the opening of its newly renovated space and also its entry into the top 10 pharmacology departments in the nation!
Posted On 11/30/2007 - Archived On 3/30/2008
Congratulations!
Payal Gandhi successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Characterization of the Parkinson's disease assocated protein, leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2), as a Ras-related GTPase" on 11/16. We wish Payal the best in her continued research!
Posted On 11/19/2007 - Archived On 12/19/2007
Retreat
Pharmacology Retreat pictures are now available on-line here
Posted On 11/13/2007 - Archived On 12/13/2007
Dr. Andreas Engel
The Departmenty of Pharmacology welcomes Dr. Andreas Engel to come speak on the topic of "Electron and Atomic Force Microscopes: Tools for cellular Nanoanalytics" in BRB105 on Thursday, November 15th.
Posted On 11/7/2007 - Archived On 11/16/2007
Dr. Johannes von Lintig joins Pharmacology
Dr. von Lintig will join the faculty at Case in spring 2008 as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. Read more about Dr. Lintig and his research.
Posted On 11/5/2007 - Archived On 1/31/2008
Dr. John Feng joins Pharmacology
Dr. Feng will join the faculty at Case in the fall of 2007 as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. Read more about Dr. Feng and his research.
Posted On 10/15/2007 - Archived On 11/14/2007
Palczewski Honored by National Eye Institute
Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D., John H. Hord Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology has been honored by the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health by being selected as the 2007 Sayer Vision Research Lecture and Award winner.
Posted On 9/29/2007 - Archived On 10/29/2007
Nathan S. Greenfield Family Lecture
The Department of Pharmacology is pleased to announce this year's Nathan S. Greenfield Family Lecture. Dr. Dino Moras, Director of Research, CNRS, Strasbourg, France, and Head, Structural Biology Laboratory, Illkirch,France will be speaking on " Nuclear Hormone Receptors: Structural basis for two functional features" on September 25, at 4pm in the Wolstein Auditorium.
Posted On 9/14/2007 - Archived On 10/14/2007
Papp-Wallace on Cover!
Congratulations to Krisztina Papp-Wallace of the Maguire laboratory for having her recent review featured on the cover of Molecular Membrane Biology!!!
Read Krisztina's manuscript.
Posted On 9/7/2007 - Archived On 10/7/2007
ACS Fellowship: Congratulations to Tonibelle Gatbonton who received a Joseph S. Silber Fellowship from the American Cancer Society!
Posted On 8/27/2007 - Archived On 9/26/2007
Dr. Chris Dealwis joins Pharmacology
Dr. Dealwis will join the faculty at Case in the fall of 2007 as Associate Professor of Pharmacology. Read more about Dr. Dealwis and his research.
Posted On 8/6/2007 - Archived On 9/5/2007
Annual Pharmacology Research Symposium
The 2007 annual Department of Pharmacology Retreat will be held from October 25 to 26 at the Lodge at Geneva State Park. Click here for more information and to register.
Posted On 8/6/2007 - Archived On 9/26/2007
Dr. Shasta Sabo joins Pharmacology
Dr. Sabo will join the faculty at Case in the fall of 2007 as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. Read more about Dr. Sabo and her research.
Posted On 8/5/2007 - Archived On 8/30/2007
Montano Lab in the news
The Department of Pharmacology was a feature story for WKYC's news story, "Case Medical School encouraging young researchers and future doctors". The Montano Lab participates in a program that selects local students with an interest in research. Click here for video
Posted On 8/2/2007 - Archived On 9/1/2007
Pharmacology Backup System is here!
Pharmacology Backup System is launched. Department Members who are in need of a backup tool can register to use this service. Read more...
Posted On 7/31/2007 - Archived On 12/30/2007
He did it!
Congratulations to Reggie Gray who successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Regulation of Interferon ?? Induction and Dendritic Cell Function by CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides". Reggie continues and will be heading off to Virginia Tech to complete his MD. We wish Reggie all the best in his continued research!
Posted On 7/20/2007 - Archived On 8/19/2007
Well defended!
Congratulations go to Jonathan Mosley who successfully defended
his dissertation entitled "The analysis and utilization of global gene expression data for the study and treatment of breast cancer."
Jonathan defended on June 27th and will now continue finishing his MD/Ph.D. in the School of Medicine.
Posted On 6/28/2007 - Archived On 8/15/2007
Yee-Hsee Defends
Yee-Hsee Hsieh successfully defended his disertation "BRAINSTEM GABAA RECEPTOR SHAPES THE RESPONSE AND ADAPTATION TO HYPOXIA." Congrats Yee-Hsee!
Posted On 6/28/2007 - Archived On 8/15/2007
Dr. Jodi is an Ironman! Jodi Thomson, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program and recent graduate of the Department of Pharmacology, competed in the Ironman Challenge in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. As part of the challenge, Thomson was raising money for lymphoma. Read more about the race. Judi finished in 12:27. Good job, Jodi!
Posted On 6/22/2007 - Archived On 8/15/2007
Park Received Pathway to Independence Award
Congratulations to Paul Park who has received an NIH Pathway to Independence Award for his research proposal entitled, "Towards a structural and temporal understanding of phototransduction". Read more...
Posted On 6/6/2007 - Archived On 7/6/2007
Pharmacology Graduate Students Win Big!
Congratulations to Pharmacology graduate students Payal Gandhi, Yan Qu and Yiping Rong who all won Poster Presentation Awards at this years Biomedical Graduate Student Symposium!
Posted On 5/23/2007 - Archived On 6/22/2007
The Yin and Yang of Retinoic Acid Signalling
Noa Noy and her lab published their recent work on how retinoic acid affects cell growth by activating two different nuclear receptors. Read more...
Posted On 5/22/2007 - Archived On 6/21/2007
A Successful Defense!
Jodi Thomson delivered her final dissertation, entitled "Overcoming Inhibitor Resistance in the SHV Beta-Lactamase" on Friday, May 18th. Jodi is an MSTP student who worked in Dr. Robert Bonomo's lab. Great job, Jodi!
Posted On 5/21/2007 - Archived On 6/20/2007
Good News!
Yan Qu won the "Graduate Student Best Abstract Award" of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) in Experimental Biology 2007 conference held in Washington DC from Apr. 28 to May 3, 2007. Good Job, Yan!
Posted On 5/8/2007 - Archived On 6/7/2007
2007 A.L. Chilton Lecture
Krzysztof Palczewski, Ph.D., John H. Hord Professor and Chair was the 2007 A.L. Chilton Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Palczewski is pictured in the company of Nobel laureates Drs. Johann Deisenhofer, Michael Brown, Josepha Goldstein and Alfred Gilman (left to right).
Posted On 5/7/2007 - Archived On 6/6/2007
Scientific Research Symposium
Sponsored by
Interim Dean, Pamela B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D.
and the Department of Pharmacology
Friday, May 11, 2007
9:00am-5:00pm
Wolstein Auditorium
2103 Cornell Road
Download the Symposium Program
Links for the live webcast for Friday talks
Posted On 5/7/2007 - Archived On 5/11/2007
Research Showcase Award Winners!
Congratulations to pharmacology graduate student, Yiping Rong (1st place - Interaction of Bc1 - 2 with the Activation Coupling Domain of IP3 Receptor) and Tim Miller (honorable mention - FXYD5 is upregulated) in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia and modulates wound healing) for their award winning poster presentations at the 2007 Research ShowCASE.
Posted On 5/4/2007 - Archived On 5/11/2007
Off to LA! Rod Nibbe and Jonathan Mosley both had abstracts accepted by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). They will be presenting their work at the annual conference in Los Angeles this April. Great Job, Rod and Jonathan!
Posted On 3/16/2007 - Archived On 4/15/2007
Congratulations to recent student JBC authors
Melissa Shelton of the Mieyal laboratory is publishing her work entitled, “Glutaredoxin regulates nuclear factor kappa-B and intercellular adhesion molecule in Muller cells: Model of diabetic retinopathy” in the Journal of Biological Chemisty.
Tara Ellison of the MacDonald laboratory is publishing her work entitled, “Evidence for 1,25(OH)2D3-independent transactivation by VDR: Uncoupling the receptor and ligand in Keratinocytes” in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Posted On 3/13/2007 - Archived On 5/12/2007
Gallogly Receives NRSA Grant: Congratulations to Molly Gallogly of the Mieyal laboratory who has received an NRSA F30 pre-doctoral grant for MD/PhD students for her work on the "Role of GRx in the regulation of calcium homeostasis in the aging heart."
Posted On 3/13/2007 - Archived On 5/12/2007
Graduate Student Efforts Feed the Hungry: Appreciation goes out to the graduate students of the Department of Pharmacology who collected 108 food items and $164 during the CWRU Graduate Student Senate (GSS) annual Food Drive. This is the third consecutive year that the Department of Pharmacology has earned the distinction of being the most generous during this annual event and has been honored with a financial prize from the GSS. At the suggestion of the students, the department fully supported the additional donation of this prize to the Cleveland Food Bank. The Cleveland Food Bank is one of the largest charities in Northern Ohio and potentially the largest metropolitan foodbank in the country. The Cleveland Foodbank supplies food for use in local soup kitchens, shelters and food pantries, child-care centers, group homes and programs for the elderly. For every $1 donation, the Foodbank is able to distribute enough food to prepare four nutritious meals for the hungry in the Cleveland area. The financial contributions received from the Department of Pharmacology alone will supply over 1800 meals.
Posted On 3/7/2007 - Archived On 5/7/2007
Annual Scholarship in Teaching Award: Amy Wilson-Delfosse was awarded a 2006 Scholarship in Teaching Award that recognizes medical school faculty for making distinct contributions to education and having an impact on the advancement of medical instruction. The title of the project recognized was "Progressive Assessment in the Fundamentals of Therapeutic Agents Committee".
Posted On 1/3/2007 - Archived On 3/2/2007
Congratulations! Nicole White successfully defended her disertation entitled "Inherent flaw of cholesterol processing in cultured and in vivo models of cystic fibrosis" on November 16th.
Posted On 1/3/2007 - Archived On 3/2/2007
Congratulations to David Lodowski, Ph.D of the Palczewski lab upon the publication of his recent work "Structure of the Photoactivated State of Rhodopsin" in PNAS.
Posted On 12/6/2006 - Archived On 3/8/2007
Montano Honored by Ohio Cancer Research Associates: Congratulations to Dr. Monica Montano who was recently recognized by the Ohio Cancer Research Associates for her achievements in the field of cancer research. Dr. Montano's research focuses on estrogen receptor-selective coactivators in breast cancer cells.
Posted On 11/27/2006 - Archived On 1/31/2007
Keri Makes Front Page! Don't miss the November 27th edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer to read about Dr. Ruth Keri's research, lab and life in science.
Posted On 11/27/2006 - Archived On 2/21/2007
Nathan S. Greenfield Family Lecture
The Department of Pharmacology welcomed Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz for the annual Nathan S. Greenfield Family Lecture. View Dr. Lefkowitz's seminar "Seven Transmembrane Receptors".
Posted On 10/25/2006 - Archived On 12/25/2006
Kiser Receives Loan Repayment Award: Congratulations to Philip Kiser who received an award from the Pediatric Loan Repayment Program administered through the NIH.
Posted On 10/24/2006 - Archived On 11/23/2006
Young Scientist Award: Congratulations to Yan Qu who won the 1st place award in the Van Arman Young Scientist Award Competition at the 14th international meeting of the Inflammatory Research Association held in Cambridge, Maryland.
Posted On 10/20/2006 - Archived On 11/19/2006
Retreat 2006 - Keynote Speaker
The Department of Pharmacology welcomed Dr. Tony Adamis ((osi) eyetech) as our keynote speaker for the 2006 Departmental Research Symposium held at Squire Vallevue Farm. View program and pictures.
Posted On 10/19/2006 - Archived On 11/16/2006
Wilson-Delfosse Wins Medical Education Award: Congratulations to Amy Wilson-Delfosse for winning the Outstanding Presentation Award at the 2006 meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) for her work entitled, "Team-based Learning: An Effective Method for Teaching Pharmacology". Amy's was one of approximately 90 presentations given at the annual meeting.
Posted On 10/17/2006 - Archived On 12/1/2006
Retreat 2006 Awards!
Posted On 10/11/2006 - Archived On 11/12/2006
Renovations Begin!
Posted On 8/15/2006 - Archived On 10/25/2006
Noa Noy Joins Department of Pharmacology
Dr.Noa Noy, well-known nuclear receptor expert, is joining the Case faculty as professor in the Department of Pharmacology. Read full story...
Posted On 6/13/2006 - Archived On 10/1/2006
Retreat
Click here to register and submit abstract for Retreat 2006.Posted On 7/31/2006 - Archived On 8/30/2006
Job Opportunities
The Department of Pharmacology (Case School of Medicine) in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry (University Hospitals of Cleveland) seeks to identify a faculty member(s) to direct the development of a highly collaborative program of Neuropharmacology within the Department of Pharmacology. More details and application instructions are available here.Posted On 4/1/2006 - Archived On 4/30/2006
Faculty
Keri Scores! Congratulations to Ruth Keri for her 6.6 percentile score on her NCI competitive renewal “Regulation of erbB2/Neu-induced mammary gland cancer”!Posted On 10/17/2006 - Archived On 10/25/2006
Maguire receives RO1: Mike Maguire has received a new 4 year R01 from NIGMS for his project entitled "Magnesium Homeostasis in Microorganisms". The Maguire lab has also been very prolific over the last couple months. Click here for a list of their most recent publications.
Posted On 7/25/2006 - Archived On 8/24/2006
Keri Receives Komen Award: Ruth Keri has received a Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Grant for $250,000 over two years for her proposal titled "Evaluating the role of GKLF/KLF4 in mammary gland development and carcinogenesis". Click here to learn more about the Komen Foundation and its goal to eradicate breast cancer.
Posted On 7/24/2006 - Archived On 8/23/2006
Chen and Wilson-Delfosse Receive NPF Mega Award: Congratulations to Shu Chen and Amy Wilson-Delfosse whose collaborative proposal entitled “Uncovering the pathogenic role of LRRK2 in Parkinson disease using molecular and chemical genetic approaches” has received a National Parkinson Foundation Mega Award.
Posted On 7/24/2006 - Archived On 8/23/2006
Keri in the News: Orange Country Register Reporter, Gary Robbins (aka Sciencedude) interviews Ruth Keri on genes and breast cancer. Hear the audio blog.
Posted On 5/30/2006 - Archived On 6/30/2006
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Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 6/2/2006
Students
Congratulations to Tara Ellison, Nicole White and Jonathan Mosley for being selected to present their research at the NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival held this October at the NIH. All expenses are paid, and up to 250 students are involved.Posted On 8/28/2006 - Archived On 9/27/2006
At the Gordon Research Conference, "Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology", the Chair's award for the best student poster presentation was presented to graduate student, Jose Gomez. Good job, Jose!
Posted On 8/28/2006 - Archived On 9/27/2006
Congratulations to Gina Bernardo who successfully competed for a Pre-doctoral fellowship from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program with her proposal entitled "Functional interaction between Her2/ErbB2 and Met receptor signaling in breast cancer." Gina is completing her thesis work in the Keri laboratory. For more information on the DODBCRP please follow This Link .
Posted On 8/22/2006 - Archived On 9/21/2006
Yan Qu has been selected as a finalist for the 2006 C. Gordon Van Arman Scholarship Award competition. Based on a submitted paper, she will compete at the International IRA Conference in October. Good luck Yan!
Posted On 7/14/2006 - Archived On 8/13/2006
Please congratulate Krisztina Papp-Wallace. She has received a $500 travel award from the American Society for Microbiology to attend the "2nd International Conference on Salmonella" to he held in September in Victoria, British Columbia.
Posted On 7/14/2006 - Archived On 8/13/2006
Congratulations to Jodi Thomson who in one week published two articles in the June edition of JBC. Her articles can be found at Probing active site chemistry in SHV beta-lactamase variants at Ambler position 244: Understanding unique properties of inhibitor resistance and Structural and computational characterization of the SHV-1 beta-lactamase/beta-lactamase inhibitor protein(BLIP) interface
Posted On 6/30/2006 - Archived On 7/30/2006
Prelim I Success! Congratulations to Linnea Patt and Elizabeth Sabens who recently withstood the rigors of the two-part Prelim I examination and passed.
Posted On 6/27/2006 - Archived On 7/27/2006
Congratulations to Mike Davis who successfully defended his dissertation entitled "“Investigations into the Generation and Regulation of Pro- Apoptotic Ca²+ Signals in T Cells.”
Posted On 6/8/2006 - Archived On 7/8/2006
Congratulations go to Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich who has received an NRSA pre-doctoral training award from the National Cancer Institute.
Posted On 6/2/2006 - Archived On 7/2/2006
Congratulations go to Jose Gomez who recently received an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship with an outstanding score.
Posted On 5/10/2006 - Archived On 6/10/2006
Pharmacology Students Win Biomedical Graduate Student Symposium Competitions! Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich received the President's award for the best oral presentation at the Case Biomedical Graduate Student Symposium ("LMO4 is Necessary for Maintenance of Cyclin D1 Expression in Breast Cancer Cells"). Melissa Bentle ("Altered Cellular Metabolism and Repair Through Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1 Hyperactivation to Enhance Cancer Therapy") and Vivian Gama ("Poly-Glutamine Disease Induces Bax-Mediated Cell Death through Ku70 Acetylation") were recognized as winners in the poster presentation session. Congratulations to these students and all students who took part in this event.
Posted On 5/8/2006 - Archived On 5/15/2006
Congratulations to recent graduate Melissa Landis whose manuscript entitled, "Sustained trophism of the mammary gland is sufficient to accelerate and synchronize development of ErbB2/Neu-induced tumors" has been published in Oncogene. Melissa is now a post-doctoral fellow in Jeff Rosen's lab in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department at Baylor College of Medicine. Her work focuses on identifying mammary cancer stem cells.
Posted On 5/2/2006 - Archived On 6/2/2006
Congratulations to Vivian Gama who won the University Hospitals of Cleveland Award for the presentation of her poster, "Polyglutamine disease induces Bax-mediated cell death through Ku70 acetylation" at the Research ShowCASE.
Posted On 5/2/2006 - Archived On 6/2/2006
Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich has received a travel award from the Endocrine Society to attend their 88th annual meeting in Boston in June, 2006. The title of her oral presentation is "LMO4 is necessary for maintenance of Cyclin D1 expression in breast cancer cells".
Posted On 5/2/2006 - Archived On 6/2/2006
Congratulations go to Yu-Ting Chou who successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Cited2, an autoregulated transcriptional modulator, in TGF- b signaling” on May 3, 2006. Yu-Ting plans to start interviewing for PostDoc positions this summer.
Posted On 5/2/2006 - Archived On 6/2/2006
Congratulations go to John Poirier who won first place in the Michelson-Morley Biology Research Competition for Case Undergraduates with his presentation entitled "Rapamycin inhibits primary tumor growth in a transgenic model of HER2-dependent breast cancer." He was also awarded second place for his research paper with the same title that was submitted to the SOURCE Undergraduate Research Symposium in the category of Natural Sciences. John is completing his undergraduate research in Dr. Ruth Keri's laboratory and will join the Ph.D. training program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in the fall. For more information about SOURCE, please see the following link: http://www.case.edu/provost/source/index.html.
Posted On 5/2/2006 - Archived On 6/2/2006
Graduate Student Symposium Don't miss the 29th Annual Biomedical Graduate Student Symposium to be held on May 5, 2006. Representing the Department of Pharmacology are poster presenters: Smitha P. Sripathy, Jennifer L. Yori, Jonathan Mosley, Payal N. Gandhi, Reginald C. Gray, Vivian Gama, Tara Ellison,Melissa D. Shelton, Jose A. Gomez, Andrea S. Moomaw, Jodi M. Thomson, Melissa S. Bentle and Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich with an oral presentation. Please see http://filer.case.edu/org/bgss/schedule.html for complete details.
Posted On 5/2/2006 - Archived On 5/6/2006
New Students: The Department of Pharmacology would like to welcome four new students to the Molecular Therapeutics Training Program from the Biomedical Sciences Training Program . Reema Wahdon and Jennifer Leising will be joining Dr. Danielpour's lab, Gina Bernardo will be joining Dr. Keri's lab, and Xiaoming Zhou will be joining Dr. Palczewski's lab.
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 5/1/2006
Ndiya Ogba received a highly competitive Department of Defense Fellowship. Ndiya was recognized for her past two years of research on the estrogen receptor in breast cancer. This is a three year fellowship that will support her continued work in this area of research.
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 5/1/2006
Jodi Thomson received a travel fellowship from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) to attend the 2006 Experimental Biology conference in San Francisco April 1-5.
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 5/1/2006
Philip Kiser was recently appointed to the Visual Sciences Training Grant. This is a T32 training grant awarded to Case from the Department of Health and Human Services. Awards are appointed based on a competitive application process to students doing vision-related dissertation research.
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 5/1/2006
Congratulations toVivien Gama whose publication "Involvement of the ubiquitin pathway in decreasing Ku70 levels in response to drug-induced apoptosis" appears in the February 15 edition of Experimental Cell Research (Gama V, Yoshida T, Gomez JA, Basile DP, Mayo LD, Haas AL, Matsuyama S.; Exp Cell Res. 2006 Feb 15;312(4):488-99).
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 5/1/2006
Congratulations to recent graduate Melissa Landis whose manuscript entitled, "Sustained trophism of the mammary gland is sufficient to accelerate and synchronize development of ErbB2/Neu-induced tumors" has been published in Oncogene. Melissa is now a post-doctoral fellow in Jeff Rosen's lab in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department at Baylor College of Medicine. Her work focuses on identifying mammary cancer stem cells.
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 5/1/2006
Please congratulate Krisztina Papp-Wallace. Her review for Volume 60 of Annual Reviews of Microbiology 2006, "Manganese Transport and the Role of Manganese in Virulence", has been accepted by the reviewers and editors with NO recommended revisions.
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 6/1/2006
The Department of Pharmacology would like to congratulate Samantha Cicero on successfully defending her dissertation entitled "The Roles of Cdk5 in Neuronal Development and Neurodegeneration". Samantha will continue her research by investigating the role of retinoblastoma (Rb) in cell cycle exit and neuronal differentiation as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Dr. Michael Dyer's laboratory at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Posted On 3/13/2006 - Archived On 5/1/2006
Postdocs
Congratulations to Paul Park who has received a three year postdoctoral fellowship from The Foundation Fighting Blindness!Posted On 5/18/2006 - Archived On 6/16/2006
Congratulations to Emhonta (Monty) Johnson who was appointed to the Oncological Sciences Training Grant.
Posted On 4/13/2006 - Archived On 6/2/2006
Alumni
Department of Pharmacology Alumni, click here to take our Alumni Survey.Posted On 5/2/2006 - Archived On 7/31/2006