Department Mission
The mission of the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology in the College of Medicine at UAMS is to carry out high quality basic biomedical research and to educate graduate and medical students in the mechanisms of biological processes at the molecular, cellular, and organ system levels.
News & Announcements
Dr. Bellido to Lead a Creativity Hub
College of Medicine Dean Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., and Nancy Rusch, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Research, announced the launch of four inaugural Creativity Hubs. Each group will receive an investment of $300,000 over the next 18 months to grow collaborative and thematic research programs. The hubs will work to expand interdisciplinary research, plan programmatic grant […]
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Journal Leadership
Dr. Rosalia C.M. Simmen, Professor in the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, has been named to the new position of Deputy Editor of Endocrine Connections for a three-year term. Dr. Simmen will oversee the Reviewer Board’s makeup and mentorship and contribute to overall strategies to expand the journal’s emphasis on innovative research and scientific […]
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Review Article Authored by Graduate Students
Lupashin lab members Graduate students Zinia D’Souza, Farhana Taher Sumya,and Amrita Khakurel (CBP track) are the authors of the invited review article “Getting Sugar Coating Right! The Role of the Golgi Trafficking Machinery in Glycosylation” in the journal Cells. Senior graduate student Zinia D’Souza is a corresponding author for this publication. Congratulations to Zinia, Farhana, Amrita, and Dr. […]
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Grad Student is First Author on New Article
Third-year graduate student Farhana Taher Sumya (CBP track) is the first author of the article “Development and Initial Characterization of Cellular Models for COG Complex-Related CDG-II Diseases” in the journal Frontiers in Genetics. Farhana Taher Sumya Farhana used CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing approach to create novel cellular models for two human COG4 mutations (G516R and R729W). Constructed isogenic RPE1 and […]
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