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Dr. Jesús Delgado-Calle Received Outstanding Mentor Award and Hayley Sabol Received Outstanding Achievement Award
Congratulations to Dr. Jesús Delgado-Calle, who received the Outstanding Mentor Award, and graduate student Hayley Sabol, who received the Outstanding Achievement Award! They will be recognized at the Graduate School Winter Awards Reception scheduled Thursday, December 7, 2023. They will also be recognized by having their names displayed on the perpetual plaque that hangs in […]
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COVID and Platelets: Does COVID Reconfigure the 3D Ultrastructure of Platelets?
This is a background video highlighting the collaborative efforts of three laboratories, coordinated by Dr. Brian Storrie, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, to define the ultrastructural changes of platelets in COVID infected patients versus Control. Paper publication date: November 7, 2023, journal Platelets.
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$1.54 Million NIH Award for UAMS Physiology and Cell Biology Researcher to Tackle Brittle Bone Disease
Physiology Faculty member, Dr. Roy Morello and his team secure NIH support for continuing their groundbreaking research into finding better treatments for osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone disease. Read the full article.
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UAMS Physiology and Cell Biology Faculty, Postdocs and Students Make Their Mark in Vancouver
A strong showing by UAMS Musculoskeletal researchers will take place at the upcoming meetings of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), the ASBMR Pre-Meeting on Osteocytes, and the Endocrine Fellows Forum (EFF) in Vancouver (October 11th-16th). Faculty, postdocs, and students will present 6 invited talks, 7 oral presentations, 15 posters (including 2 […]
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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.