2016
December 2016
Roger Tsien Lab was featured in "Merry Microscopy and A Happy New Technique"
Kun-Liang Guan, PhD was featured in "Study Reveals New Role for Hippo Pathway in Suppressing Cancer Immunity"
Tracy Handel, PhD was featured in "Researchers Reveal 3D Structure of Cell's Inflammation Sensor and its Inhibitors" and Nature.
November 2016
Tannishtha Reya, PhD was featured in "Antibody Breaks Leukemia's Hold, Providing New Therpeutic Approach" and Cancer Cell.
October 2016
Palmer Taylor, PhD will be honored as a Revelle Medal recipient at the UC San Diego Founders Celebration. TheRevelle Medal is the highest honor given by the Chancellor to a current or former faculty member for sustained, distinguished, and extraordinary service to UC San Diego.
August 2016
Andy McCammon, PhD was awarded the Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry. This prize, from the University of Wisconsin, is the highest university-based award in theoretical chemistry; four previous winners have won the Nobel Prize.
May 10, 2016
"Genetic Variations that Boost PKC Enzyme Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease" features
Alexandra Newton, PhD. and published in
Science Signaling.
Feb 25, 2016
"Molecular "Brake" Prevents Excessive Inflammation: Protein p62 keeps macrophages in check"
features Michael Karin, PhD. and published in Cell
Feb 1, 2016
UC San Diego Researchers Cited Among "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds"
features Kun-Liang Guan, PhD, Michael Karin, PhD and Roger Tsien, PhD.
Jan 13, 2016
Dr. Jing Yang has been named the 2016 recipient of the John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology given by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Congratulations!
Jan 13, 2016
Dr. Paul A. Insel has been named the 2016 recipient of the Julius Axelrod Award in Pharmacology by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Congratulations!
Jan 11, 2016
"NIEHS's Papers of the Year included 3 manuscripts from UCSD Superfund Research Center.
features Robert Tukey, PhD, Michael Karin, PhD and Ron Evans, Ph.D.
2014
July 1, 2014
Jack Dixon has been selected as the recipient of the ASBMB - The Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Scientist Award
Congratulations, Jack!
June 30, 2014
JoAnn Trejohas been selected as the recipient of the ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award. Congratulations, JoAnn!
June 4, 2014
Congratulations to the Pharmacology Department Retreat Poster Winners.:
Best Graduate Student Posters
Corina Antal - Newton Lab
Lindy Jiang - Yang Lab
Bailey Miller - Gerwick/Hook Lab
Best Postdoc Posters
Michael Dores - Trejo Lab
Clare Puddifoot - Joiner Lab
May 1, 2014
Our former graduate student,Ryan Hibbs, is one of six winners of the McKnight Scholar Award for 2014, a very prestigious award for young neuroscientists.
April 4, 2014
Nora Laike is selected as recipient of the 2013 – 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award for Non-Senate Members. Congratulations, Nora!
2013
July 26, 2013
Palmer Taylor has been Awarded France's Legion of Honour Award
March 22, 2013
Susan Taylor has been awarded the Biochemical Society 2014 Centenary Award. The Biochemical Society, based in London, recognizes scientists for excellence and the profound implications that their work has for the research community and wider society.
2012
December 14, 2012
Holiday Party Karaoke!
Yakkety Yak
Sweet Caroline
Crazy
September 21, 2012
Pharmacology Thesis Award Winners Announced:
Mark Eckert (Yang Lab)
Noel Warfel (Newton Lab)
Congratulations to two terrific students and their most capable mentors!
April 23, 2012
Jack Dixon named Royal Society Fellow
2011
October 17, 2011
Michael Karin elected as new member of Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
http://www.iom.edu/2011members
May 26, 2011
Congratulations to the following Poster Winners at the Pharmacology Retreat!
Loren Brown
Graduate Student, Insel Lab
Meghan Miller
Graduate Student, P. Taylor Lab
Sunny Yang Xiang
Postdoc, Heller Brown Lab
David Lu
Graduate Student, Insel Lab
Karen Tumaneng
Graduate Student, Guan Lab
May 4, 2011
J. Andrew McCammon elected into the National Academy of Sciences
March 14, 2011
Research from the group of Jing Yang provides a new twist on tumor metastasis inCancer Cell
Funding Fest 2011 starts May 5th!
April 5, 2011
Roger Tsien Modifies plant protein to provide a way to see the previously unseen in Public Library of Science (PLoS).
February 18, 2011
UC San Diego School of Medicine now ranks ninth in the country for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Pharmacology ranked #2 in the basic sciences rankings.
(We would be #1 except that the University of Pennsylvania's Pharmacology ranking includes a $12M CTSA or Clinical and Translational Research Award.)
February 16, 2011
Michael Karin Identifies Key Culprit in Breast Cancer Metastasis in Nature.
February 15, 2011
UC San Diego School of Medicine now ranks ninth in the country for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Pharmacology ranked #2 in the basic sciences rankings.
(We would be #1 except that the University of Pennsylvania's Pharmacology ranking includes a $12M CTSA or Clinical and Translational Research Award.)
February 11, 2011
Time Magazine, features Roger Tsien, PhD and Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD
“Light It Up Baby: Glow-in-the-Dark Surgery in the Works”
See also The Daily Mail, The San Diego Union Tribune, Drug Discovery & Development, KPBS, TGDaily, Spoonful of Medicine, and India Report
February 8, 2011
Research by Melvin Simon, PhD and Sang-Kyou Han may help end itching caused by meds: The Hitch In The Drug? The Itch In The Drug
January 11, 2011
Drs. Philip Bourne and Kun-Liang Guan elected as AAAS Fellows
2010
Septembert 8, 2010
Michael Karin wins Harvey Prize!
May 03, 2010
Congratulations to Jack Dixon for being elected to the American Philosophical Society!
http://www.hhmi.org/news/aps20100503.html
April 30, 2010
Kun-Liang Guan receives CIRM Award of $1.3 Million to Help Answer Fundamental Questions in Stem Cell Biology
April 23, 2010
Congratulations to the following Award Winners at the EB Meeting in Anaheim:
First Prize, Postdoctoral Fellow Abstract Award, ASPET Molecular Pharmacology Division, Aaron Snead (Insel Lab)
First Prize, Graduate Student Poster Competition Award, ASPET Molecular Pharmacology Division, Alyssa Wu-Zhang (Newton Lab)
First Prize, Graduate Student Poster Competition Award, ASPET Neuropharmacology Division, Meghan Miller (P. Taylor Lab)
March 10, 2010
Dr. Michael Karin is featured in 2 articles about hormone resistant prostate tumors
-US News and World Reports
March 5, 2010
Dr. Michael Karin (with Mark Ellisman) has a new high profile paper published in, and featured on the cover of, Science showing that sestrin, a protein whose expression is turned on by stress, delays the onset of age-related pathologies.
-Perspective
-Sestrin as a Feedback Inhibitor of TOR That Prevents Age-Related Pathologies
Dr. Susan Taylor Elected to National Academy of Sciences Governing Council
March 1, 2010
Dr. Roger Tsien is featured in Technology Review
Multipurpose molecule for cancer surgery
February 19, 2010
Dr. Kun-Liang Guan and collaborators have discovered and published in Science that widespread acetylation of metabolic enzymes, suggesting that this protein modification may be as important as phosphorylation in controlling cell function.
-Perspective
-Regulation of Cellular Metabolism by Protein Lysine Acetylation
-Acetylation of Metabolic Enzymes Coordiantes Carbon Source Utilization and Metabolic Flux
2009
December 9, 2009
Congratulations James Halpert on receiving the prestigious Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism for 2010
November 3, 2009
Susan Taylor was awarded the FASEB 2010 Excellence in Science Award
October 16, 2009
Susan Taylor awarded Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
September 24, 2009
Sylvia Evans receives a 2009 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program
September 18, 2009
J. Craig Venter receives the 2008 National Medal of Science - President Obama Honors Nation's Top Scientists and Innovators
July, 2009
Congratulations Shigeki Miyamoto on receiving the Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award at the Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference 2009
July 9, 2009
Congratulations to Matthew Buczynski (Ed Dennis Lab) and Ben Sachs (Katerina Akassoglou Lab) on winning the 2008-2009 Roland K. Robins Pharmacology Dissertation Award!
June 8, 2009
Susan Taylor receives the 2010 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Excellence in Science Award.
June 5, 2009
CIRM UCSD Stem Cell Training Grant II call for applications for the 2009-2010 year
May 15, 2009
Dr. Nora Laiken was once again chosen by the Freshman Class to receive the Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching. Congratulations, Nora!
May 7, 2009
“Expression of Infrared Fluroescence Engineered in Mammals”
(Roger Tsien, PhD; Xiaokun Shu, PhD)
Science
The Scientist
ScienceNOW
ScienceDaily
April 27, 2009
Open Access Advocate Philip E. Bourne to Receive 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award
April 23, 2009
“Illuminating Surgery" The Economist features Roger Tsien, PhD and Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD
April 22, 2009
“Instead of Fighting Breast Cancer, Immune Cell Promotes Its Spread”
(Michael Karin, PhD; Wei Tan, PhD)
Science Centric
ScienceDaily
April 17, 2009 - EB Meeting in New Orleans
Palmer Taylor received the 2009 Axelrod Award
Paul Insel received Astellas Award
Joan Heller Brown received the Lucchesi Award and PhRMA Award in Excellence.
Other departmental award recipients include:
Fiona Murray, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, Insel lab
Molecular Pharmacology Division Award for Best Post-Doctoral Abstract
Steven Fuhs, PhD student, Insel lab
Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacogenics and Translational Medicine Division Award for Best Graduate Student Abstract (2nd place Winner)
Anja Zahno, Visiting Scholar, Insel lab
Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Translational Medicine Division Award for Best Graduate Student Abstract
Yousuke Horikawa, MD/PhD student, Insel lab
Cardiovascular Medicine Division Award for Best Graduate Student Abstract
Ákos Nemecz, PhD student, P.Taylor lab
2nd place in the best abstract competition in the Molecular Pharmacology Division for ASPET
Travel Awards to the meeting were also given to Meghan Miller, Fiona Murray, Steven Fuhs and Anja Zahno
April 13, 2009
"Reversing Effects of Altered Enzyme May Fight Brain Tumor Growth"
(Kun-Liang Guan, PhD)
2008
December 18, 2008
Susan S. Taylor named AAAS Fellow
December 1, 2008
2008 Nobel Prize Recipient, Roger Tsien, visits the White House
December 1, 2008
Paul Insel and Colleagues Identify Potential New Drug Target for Chronic Leukemia
November 17, 2008
NIH Director's Pioneer Award and NIH Director's New Innovator Award proposal submission starts now.
Proposal submission period for Pioneer Award starts November 17 and New Innovator Award submission starts December 15, 2008.
NIH Pioneer Award Overview
NIH New Innovator Award Overview
Application Flyer
November 14, 2008
Joan Heller Brown Awarded the Benedict R. Lucchesi Award in Cardiac Pharmacology, which was established to honor Dr. Lucchesi’s lifelong scientific contributions to our better understanding and appreciation of pharmacological treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and for his mentoring of countless prominent functional (in vivo) cardiovascular pharmacologists.
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November 11, 2008
Important New Findings by McCammon Lab
Discovery of drug-like inhibitors of an essential RNA-editing ligase in Trypanosoma brucei
PNAS 11/11/08, Vol. 105, No 45, 17278 - 17283
November 06, 2008
Ed Dennis receives Yale Alumnus Award
November 1, 2008
Palmer Taylor Awarded 2009 Axelrod Award in Pharmacology
October 19, 2008
Tony Yaksh, Professor in Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, received the 2008 John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecture Award
October 12, 2008
NIH Awards $38 Million Grant Renewal to UC San Diego for Lipid Mapping Project
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Visit the LIPIDS MAPS web site: www.lipidmaps.org
October 8, 2008
UCSD Professor Roger Tsien Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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