Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics
News 2006 - 2007
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| Sept 2007 | SOM Grant Awarded! |
| May 2007 | Scholarship Winner! |
| March 2007 | TTU Student Research Week Winner! |
| February 2007 | TTUHSC Student Research Week Winner! |
| January 2007 | We’re in the Money! |
| Nov 2006 | Physiology Scholars! |
| August 2006 | Physiology Welcomes New Graduate Students! |
| March 2006 | Bobby Mansouri a Goldwater Scholar! |
| February 2006 | Drs. Escobar and Williams awarded tenure! |
| February 2006 | Student Research Week Winner! |
| February 2006 | Ferris is Med School Bound! |
| February 2006 | Oomman matches in Arkansas! |
SOM Grant Awarded!
Congratulations to Lorenz Lutherer, M.D., Ph.D., recipient of a School of Medicine Seed Grant for FY 2008 for his work titled: “Effect of Low Dose, Orally Administered IFNalpha on Chronic Cough in COPD”The grant will be funded September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008.
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Scholarship Winner!
As part of the TTU/HHMI Student Research Days, the Fellow/Mentor/Partners reception and banquet was held this past Friday night. Trenton Hoffman, HHMI student in the Strahlendorf Lab, received the Richard L. Blanton Endowed Scholarship for Undergraduate Research awarded at the banquet. Trenton, who is heading to Washington University in Missouri for graduate school, presented his poster, titled “Role of SRC-Family Tyrosine Kinases in Excitotoxicity of the Rat Cerebellum,” as part of the Research Days.Congratulations, Trenton, and we wish you much success in the future!
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TTU Student Research Week Winner!
Congratulations to VelvetLee Finckbone, Medical Research Tech from the Strahlendorf lab, who yesterday was awarded 1st place in the Sixth Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition held on the TTU Campus on Thursday, March 22nd.
VelvetLee competed in the Biological Sciences Division with her poster titled: “Regional Differences in the Temporal Expression of Nonapoptotic Caspase-3- Positive Bergmann Glial Cells in the Developing Rat Cerebellum”.
Way to go VelvetLee, and we wish you continued success!
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Student Research Week Winner!
Congratulations to Bobbak Mansouri!
Bobby was awarded 1st place in the Undergraduate category of the Student Research Week poster competition after presenting his work on “Involvement of calpain in AMPA-induced toxicity to rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons.”
Bobby, who was awarded a Goldwater Scholarship last Spring, is an HHMI student in Dr. Jean Strahlendorf’s lab.
Way to go, Bobby!
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We’re in the Money!
Congratulations to Drs. Escobar and Martínez-Zaguilán on their grant funding!
Dr. Ariel Escobar recently received his award notice for his NIH R01 grant to study “Subcellular Origin of T-Wave Alternans in the Beating Mouse Heart.”
Dr. Raul Martínez-Zaguilán just received his notice of an award through the Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center Seed Grant Program to study “Proton ATPases are Molecular Targets for Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer.”
Congratulations to these two fine Physiology scientists!
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Physiology Scholars!
Congratulations to the following Physiology Graduate Students. They each earned Scholarships awarded at the TTUHSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Award Reception held November 1.
Dean’s Scholar
Chris Tomingas
Chancellor’s Scholars
Jennifer Attridge
Ryan Downey
Jimmy Fraigne
Lisa Welch
We are very proud of all of you!
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Physiology Welcomes New Graduate Students!
The Physiology Department offers a warm welcome to our 7 new Graduate Students:
Jennifer Attridge
Ryan Downey
Lauren Hightower
Julio Hilario-Vargas
Chris Tomingas
Julie Weathers
Lisa Welch
We are eager to start working with you this semester!
We also give congratulations to our Dean's Scholar Award winner, Chris Tomingas. Way to go Chris!
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Bobby Mansouri a Goldwater Scholar!
Congratulations to Bobby Mansouri from the lab of Dr. Jean Strahlendorf! Bobby was recently chosen as a Barry Goldwater Scholar!
Congress established the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program in 1986. The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.
Congratulations Bobby!
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Drs. Escobar and Williams awarded tenure!
Congratulations go out to Dr. Ariel Escobar, Associate Professor of Physiology and to Dr. Jim Williams, Associate Professor at the TTU Department of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences, Joint Associate Physiology Professor, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Both faculty members were awarded tenure at the most recent Board of Regents meeting.
Congratulations Dr. Escobar and Dr. Williams on this recognition of your academic and professional accomplishments!
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Student Research Week Winner!
Congratulations to Yimei Du, Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. Richard Nathan, for her First Place finish at the Student Research Week Poster Competition!
Yimei won in the Residents and Postdoctoral Fellows category with her poster titled �Mechanisms responsible for ischemia-induced bradycardia in the rabbit sinoatrial node.�
Congratulations Yimei!
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Ferris is Med School Bound!
Congratulations to 5th year PhD student Lee Ferris! Lee has been matched with TTUHSC for Medical School this Fall! Lee�s mentor is Dr. Jim Williams, from TTU�s Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences Department.
Lee will be joined in Med School classes by former Physiology Student Assistant Jenny Chua-Tuan, who worked in the Mart�nez-Zaguil�n Lab.
Good luck, Lee and Jenny!
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Oomman matches in Arkansas!
Sowmini Oomman, who earned her PhD in Dr. Strahlendorf�s lab in May 2005, has been matched for Neurology residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences! She will join the program this July. Mini is currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Strahlendorf.
Congratulations and Best Wishes, Mini!
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| Contact Information: |
| Cindy Rolfe, Administrator |
| Department of Cell Physiology |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
| 3601 4th Street at Indiana Avenue |
| Lubbock, TX 79430-6551 |
| 1-(806)-743-2520 |