Roy Morello, Ph.D., received an extramural grant ” Primary lung defects in mouse models of osteogenesis imperfect” from the NIH/Nat. Inst. of Child Health & Human Development (01/11/2019 – 12/31/2020), $150,750 Dr. Morello also received a $50,000 Research Scholar Pilot Grant Award “Respiratory Function in Animal Models of Skeletal Dysplasias” for two years.
Department News
Invited Speaker
Parimal Chowdhury, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., AGAF, a professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, will present two papers in the upcoming 2019 Experimental Biology meeting to be held in Orlando, Florida, April 6-10, 2019. The title of the presentations are Gender specific effects on Growth, Postural muscles and Deep pressure sensitivity in Hindlimb Unloading (Other […]
Welcome Visiting Academic Scholar
We welcome Sofia Jade Saguyod, who is a Visiting Academic Scholar from the University of the Philippines. Sofia will be spending six months in Dr. Rosie Simmen’s laboratory conducting studies to delineate the role of Metformin in Estrogen receptor signaling in endometrial carcinoma cells. Metformin is used in the management of diabetes and has been […]
Kurten Wins Research Award
Richard C. Kurten, Ph.D, Professor, Physiology & Biophysics, Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Lung Cell Biology Laboratory, is the winner of the Robert H. Fiser, Jr. M.D., Research Award! The award is presented by Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
UAMS Hosts American Heart Association Sweethearts
Central Arkansas Sweethearts from the American Heart Association visited UAMS October 24-25. The American Heart Association Sweethearts are high school sophomores who (from August through March) actively participate in a program designed to teach them about heart healthy lifestyles and about the prevention of heart disease and stroke through education and volunteerism. The mission of the […]
Dr. Vladimir Lupashin Speaks at International Meeting
Dr. Vladimir Lupashin, a Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, joined two Nobel Prize winners, several National Academy of Sciences members and faculty from some of the world’s most prestigious universities when giving an invited presentation in Italy recently. His talk at the Federation of European Biochemical Societies 2018 Golgi Meeting: Membrane Trafficking in Cell Organization […]
Teens get ‘PhUn’ learning experience at UAMS
Nearly three dozen students in ninth through 12th grades from Little Rock Central High School visited the UAMS campus recently to participate in PhUn Day, organized by the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs and the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the UAMS College of Medicine as part of the American Physiological Society’s national Physiology Understanding (PhUn) Week program.
Dr. Aime Franco Serves at American Association of Cancer Research workshop
Dr. Aime Franco, an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, served as an invited faculty member at an American Association of Cancer Research workshop held in Boston last week for basic scientists pursuing training in order to transition into translational cancer research. Dr. Franco served on a panel discussion, “From Bench to […]
Jerry Ware, Ph.D., Presented Seminar
Jerry Ware, Ph.D., was the invited speaker to the Cardiovascular Research Institute Seminar Series at Case Western University (Cleveland, Ohio) on October 16, 2018. Dr. Ware presented his lab’s work in a seminar entitled “Platelets in the Eye of a Cytokine Storm.”
Congratulations Parimal Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Parimal Chowdhury, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, was awarded a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by the International Society of Tobacco Induced Diseases in their 14th TID Annual Conference held in Izmir, Turkey from October 3-6, 2018. Dr. Chowdhury served as President of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced […]