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> Signal Transduction

> Computational Biology and Drug Design

> Integrated System and Animal Models

> Pharmacogenomics

> Superfund Basic Research Program


Feature:

UCSD Professor Roger Tsien Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Our colleague and dear friend Roger Tsien has been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his outstanding achievements. Roger’s work has not only significantly advanced how science is done worldwide but has impacted the careers of many in Pharmacology and at UCSD. Thank you, Roger, for being one of us!
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> Event Calendar
> 2009-2010 Seminar Schedule
> 2009-2010 Research Discussions

Seminars:
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
12:00 pm, Leichtag Bldg, Room 107
Timothy Lovenberg, PhD
Johnson and Johnson
Orphan GPCRs: The Identification of Novel Ligands Can Lead to New Concepts in Signal Transduction

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010
12:00 pm, Leichtag Bldg, Room 107
Joel Linden
La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
Adenosine A2A Receptors, NKT Cells and Sickle Cell Anemia

Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010
12:00 pm, Leichtag Bldg, Room 107
Linda Van Aelst, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Lab
Rho GTPase Signaling in Neuronal Development and Disease

Tuesday, March 2, 2010
12:00 pm, Leichtag Bldg, Room 107
Adriano Marchese, PhD
Loyola University
Novel Insights into Endosomal Sorting of G Protein Coupled Receptors

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
12:00 pm, Leichtag Bldg, Room 107
Paul Simpson, PhD
UCSF
Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptors in Heart Failure

Thursday, April 29, 2009
12:00 pm, CMG Auditorium
Lester Lau, PhD
UIC
Extracellular Matrix Signaling in Inflammation and Cancer

Tuesday, May 11, 2009
12:00 pm, Leichtag Bldg, Room 107
C. Ronald Kahn, MD
Harvard
Developmental Heterogeneity of Adipose Tissue and Its Impact on Metabolism




Department News:

December 9, 2009

Congratulations James Halpert on receiving the prestigious Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism for 2010

July, 2009

Congratulations Shigeki Miyamoto on receiving the Outstanding Early-Career Investigator Award at the Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference 2009

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 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
firstScience.com

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 13, 2009
"Reversing Effects of Altered Enzyme May Fight Brain Tumor Growth"
(Kun-Liang Guan, PhD)
KPBS
ScienceBlog


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