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 […]
Department News
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 Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences program this past weekend, Saturday, May 18, 2024. Congratulations Zinia!
Caroline Miller Robinson Receives Award at the Dean’s Honor Day Ceremony
Caroline Miller Robinson, B.S., has been an integral contributor to the Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) program at UAMS since its inception in 2001, helping the program build a statewide research infrastructure that serves as a pipeline for future and emerging biomedical scientists. Read the full article.
Little Rock Central High School Student Won First Place at Arkansas State Science and Engineering Fair for a Science Project Conducted in Dr. Lupashin’s Lab
Our lab is thrilled to share some exciting news. Ms. Ashira Thadisena, a high school student from Little Rock Central High, conducted her Science project in our lab, with guidance from senior graduate student Farhana Taher Sumya. Last week, Ashira presented her project titled “Disruption of Golgi Function in Human Cells by CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing” […]
Dr. Brian Storrie is Recognized for his Research Contributions to Hematology
In recognition of his research contributions to hematology, Professor Brian Storrie was invited by the Integrative Vascular Biology and Hematology Review Branch of the Center for Scientific Review, NIH, to join the Special Emphasis Panel for Integrative Vascular Biology and Hematology Review Branch Member Conflict Review for the 2024 review cycle.
Michael and Paula Jennings Pledge $2 Million to Establish Endowed Chair and Endowed Scholarship
Michael L. Jennings, Ph.D., and Paula M. Jennings, M.A., pledged $1 million to create the Michael and Paula Jennings Endowed Chair in Physiology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, and $1 million in additional support for the Dr. Michael and Paula Jennings Distinguished […]
Postdoctoral Fellow Japneet Kaur Receives Young Investigator Award
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Japneet Kaur has been chosen to receive a young investigator award to attend the AIMM-ASBMR John Haddad Young Investigators Meeting being held April 8-12, 2024, in Snowmass, Colorado, USA. She will present her research during a 15 to 20-minute interactive presentation with an additional 10 minutes for a detailed discussion. This prestigious […]