SURP and INBRE summer students socialize with one another and faculty members who serve as their mentors in the Physiology and Cell Biology department to become better acquainted with one another. The SURP and INBRE summer students are paid rising junior and senior undergraduate students who work with faculty members as their mentors in their […]
Dr. Jerry Ware and Dr. Larry Cornett Attending the National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence
Drs. Jerry Ware and Dr. Larry Cornett will be attending the National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence, June 16-19, in Washington, DC.
Dr. Vladimir Lupashin Invited to Present in Italy
Dr. Vladimir Lupashin presented an invited talk at the EMBO Workshop “Trafficking and Glycosylation at the Golgi Apparatus” held in Sorrento, Italy. He will also present a talk entitled “Sweet Golgi – the Role of Vesicular Tethers and SNAREs in Golgi Glycosylation” at the 48th FEBS Congress from June 29 to July 3 in Milan, […]
Walter Saul Aragon Attends Gordon Research Conference in New Hampshire
Walter Saul Aragon, a graduate student in Lupashin’s lab, will present his research at the Gordon Research Conference on Lysosomes and Endocytosis from June 16 to 21, 2024, in Andover, NH.
Dr. Bellido Presented at the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECT) 2024 Congress Meeting in Marseille, France
Department Chair Dr. Teresita Bellido has just returned from Marseille, France, where she presented her invited talk “The mechanism of action of anabolics” and co-chaired the New Insights of Molecular Biology Symposium for the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) 2024 Congress.
Welcome Summer Students!
The Department of Physiology and Cell Biology would like to welcome our INBRE/SURP summer students. Members of our faculty who serve as mentors/advisors are hosting undergraduates from all parts of the country in their laboratories to conduct research under the guidance of the INBRE/SURP programs. Pictured below are summer students and their mentors. We welcome […]
Dr. Roy Morello Attends the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego
Roy Morello, Ph.D., participated at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego, California by presenting a late breaking abstract poster. Congratulations Dr. Morello!
Dr. Patricia Wight Receives Barton Pilot Award
Dr. Patricia Wight received the Barton Pilot Award from the College of Medicine which will begin on June 1, 2024. The title of the grant is “From Phenotype to Genotype: Investigation of a Novel Mouse Mutant.” Congratulations Dr. Wight!
Iad Alhallak Receives Faculty Key Award
Iad Alhallak, a member of Drs. Rosie and Frank Simmen’s research team at the Department of Physiology and Cell Biology since 2019, received the Faculty Key Award in this year’s College of Medicine Honors Convocation. The honor is awarded to a graduating senior medical student who, in the opinion of the full-time faculty, is the […]
Congratulations Dr. Zinia D’Souza!
Dr. Lupashin’s lab celebrates one of his lab members, Zinia D’Souza, Ph.D., who graduated from the UAMS Graduate School Doctor of Philosophy in Interdiciplinary Biomedical Sciences program this past weekend, Saturday May 18, 2024. Congratulations Zinia!