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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

Off to bigger and better things...

VivianVivian 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

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

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

Nature Neuroscience

Don't miss Dr. John Feng's recent article in Nature Neuroscience!

Nature Neuroscience Article



Posted on 7/25/2008

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

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


Dr. Youwei Zhang Joins Pharmacology Faculty

The Department of Pharmacology is pleased to welcome Dr. Youwei Zhang to its faculty! Dr. Zhang is an expert in the field of cell cycle and has published numerous articles on replication checkpoint. Read more about Dr. Zhang and his research.



Posted on 7/15/2008