Congratulations to Anisha Neupane for placing third in the Bhuvan Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Graduate Research at the 2026 UAMS Student Research Day. Her poster presented new findings from the Allen Laboratory on the signaling events of toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8). She received a cash prize of $250!
Department News
Kyrilos Sadaka wins People’s Choice Award at 3MT semi-finals!
Kyrilos Sadaka, formerly a summer student and currently an M1 student in Dr. Bagchi’s lab won the popular People’s Choice Award at the 3MT semi-finals on March 3rd. This contest was for students from the College of Medicine, College of Public Health, College of Health Professions, College of Pharmacy, and College of Nursing at UAMS. […]
Brian Storrie’s Retirement
On Thursday February 5th, 2026, Dr. Brian Storrie presented his seminar titled: “Leveraging Blood Flow Dynamics to Give Two Different Platelet Responses to the Same Drug”
Deck The Doors
The admin team wanted to have some holiday fun for the Holidays. We did a “Deck the Doors” contest. Each lab had to decorate their doors in creative fun ways. We also provided lunch for the department. We wanted to show them how much we appreciate them and all their hard work.
UAMS at the UAFS Research Den
On December 4, two of our graduate students presented their research to undergraduates and faculty at the UA-Fort Smith Research Den. Steven Murdock (Craig Forrest’s lab) and Walter Saul Aragon-Ramirez (Vladimir Lupashin’s lab) did a great job presenting and answering questions about life as a graduate student at UAMS. Our GPIBS director, Karl Boehme, drove […]
Dr. Bellido gets invited to present in Tokyo Japan
Dr. Teresita Bellido was invited to present her lecture, “Role of osteocytes in bone pathophysiology” at the prestigious 2025 Japan Bone Academy in Tokyo on November 24th. Her presentation summarized advances in the field regarding osteocyte biology and their role in the mechanisms of bone diseases and their treatment.
2025 Department Town Hall
On November 19, 2025, the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology held our annual Town Hall. We celebrated in the Hamlen Boardroom, 12th floor, of the Spine Institute from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Publication of Themed Collection with an Endocrine Focus, Co-Edited by Dr. Rosie Simmen
A Themed Collection ‘Transcriptional Drivers of Endocrine Disorders’ led by Deputy Editor Professor Emerita Rosalia (Rosie) Simmen and Senior Editor Professor Gwen Lomberk (Medical College of Wisconsin) was published recently in Endocrine Connections, a journal of the European Society of Endocrinology and the UK Society of Endocrinology. The Special Collection of four reviews and five primary research articles with an accompanying Editorial […]
Bagchi Lab Publishes Manuscript on Chromatin Accessibility and 3D Bioprinting of Human iPSC-Derived Cardiac Cells
Dr. Bagchi and her team recently published the lab’s first original research article where they incorporated human iPSC-derived cardiac fibroblasts in 3D-bioprinted hydrogel system. This study helped uncover non-canonical epigenomic remodeling of fibrotic genes in the setting of acute onset of cardiometabolic disease. The findings also revealed sex-specific differences in these gene programs emphasizing biological […]
Research Induction Ceremony for Ph.D. Candidates
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate School held their induction ceremony on Monday September 8. Walter Aragon recieved his laboratory coat that symbolized his mentor-mentee relationship and to celebrate the initiation of dissertation research. One of the hallmark achievements for students pursuing the Doctor of Philosophy degree is their recognition as a formal […]