Upcoming Trainees' Research Day: 6-13-23

We are looking forward to Trainees' Research Day next Tuesday 6/13. Ira Goldberg, MD, NYU (photo left) will present “Postprandial Lipemia, Chylomicrons and CVD” at noon in Medical Sciences Building E-351. The post-doctoral talks (10-11:30), graduate student talks (3- 4:30), and awards (5:00) are all in MSB E-351. The poster session is in the CARE Atrium (1:30-3).

Dr. Wohleb interviewed on WVXU!

Eric Wohleb, PhD (pictured left) was interviewed by WVXU's Ann Thompson about his collaboration with Dr. Andrew Jones (Miami University) and their plans to test derivatives of psychedelic drugs on mouse models of mental illness.  Have a listen.

Fabulous 2023 Trainees Research Day Event!

Jean-Pierre Amoakon, Kairavee Thakkar, Corbin Azucenas, and Sobuj Mia, MD were winners (2nd-4th, 5th in above photo) at our Trainees' Research Day. We enjoyed the oral and poster presentations of 32 postdocs/predocs.  Dr. Ira J. Goldberg (NYU, 7th) delivered the Keynote Lecture. Dr. Jim Herman (5th) delivered the State of the Dept Report.  Thanks to Dr. Drosatos (1st) and his committee for organizing this wonderful event.

Anne Zeng (1st Place, left), Kathryn Donohoe (2nd Place, middle), and Cinay Murguia (3rd place, right) were the winners of the Special Masters in Physiology Capstone Presentation competition.

Congratulations to the 2023 Mark Snowden Awardees!

Kyle Mousa, Arrian Iraniha, and Kathryn Donohoe were given the 2023 Mark Snowden Award to honor their outstanding academic achievements in the PSP Special Masters in Physiology Program. Drs. Mackenzie and Hobbing stand to the left and right ends of the awardees, respectively.

Congratulations to Tasnim Olatoke!

Ms. Olatoke's first author paper: Single-cell multiomic analysis identifies a HOX-PBX gene network regulating the survival of lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells was published in the May issue of Science Advances.

Congratulations to Alaa Alghamdi on her first author paper!

June 27, 2023 - PSP PhD graduate student Alaa Alghamdi has published her work: Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics are Influenced by CYP3A5, Age, and Concomitant Fluconazole in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients, Clin. Trans. Sci., 2023.

Congratulations to Aziz Alshwimi for his award!

June 26, 2023 - MCBP PhD student Aziz Alshwimi won the 2023 American Association of Immunologists Trainee abstract award for his presentation: Alshwimi AO, Chimote AA, Wise-Draper T, Conforti L. Regulation of NK cell chemotaxis by KCa3.1 channels.

Congratulations to Drosatos' lab on their recent review article!

June 27, 2023 - Drosatos' lab review article:The role of glucose in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology . Nikolaos Mylonas, Konstantinos Drosatos, Sobuj Mia (pictured), Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care 26(4):p 323-329, 2023.

Congratulations to Dr. Jayme McReynolds on her recent paper! 

June 27, 2023 - Dr. Jayme McReynolds' recent paper:  Role of mesolimbic cannabinoid receptor 1 in stress-driven increases in cocaine self-administration in male rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 48(8), 1121-1132 - May 2023.