Congratulations to Dr. Bonnie Sloane, who was recently elected by her peers as the new President-Elect of the Association of Medical School Pharmacology Chairs.
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NOTE: DATE CHANGE OF Pharmacology/Cancer Biology/Toxicology Picnic September 19th, 1 - 4 pm at Patterson Park in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
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Dr. David Kessel received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Russian Academy of Sciences at a recent meeting in Moscow jointly sponsored by the International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthaliocyanines, the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. The award was for his studies related to Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and was funded by the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, where the modern era of PDT began.
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Congratulation to all of our graduate students for their excellent oral and poster presentations at the 35th Annual Michigan Pharmacology Colloquium held at the University of Michigan last month.
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All students in the Pharmacology graduate program are encouraged to submit abstracts for Wayne State University’s 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Day (GSRD) http://www.med.wayne.edu/gsrd
Faculty members are encouraged to volunteer as judges. Pharmacology students are playing a prominent role in GSRD this year, with Nicole Najor and Maggie Prior serving as co-chairs for the event, and Neete Benipal, Mary Irwin, Irene Papanayotou, Komal Sane, and Claudio Villalobos heading up various committees. |
Neuroscience: Understanding the molecular consequences of drug addiction may contribute to the development of better treatment strategies. A recent study by Mike Bannon, Greg Kapatos and colleagues has identified the profile of changes in gene expression in the ‘pleasure center’ of chronic heroin abusers, comparing findings to previous data involving human cocaine abusers. More… |
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