PATHWAYS
News about our department, accomplishments and events
In UNMC Today Research Highlights, five of our department's faculty acheivements are discussed.
Research grants
Javeed Iqbal, Ph.D., has received a Lymphoma Research Foundation award to continue his exploration of gene expression profiling and pathway-targeted therapy in peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
Nora Chapman, Ph.D., will be the UNMC lead for a project funded through the Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors Viral working group in collaboration with the University of Florida. The group focuses on the role of viruses in type 1 diabetes.
Steven Tracy, Ph.D., has received a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation award to explore the mechanisms by which intestinal viral infections may persist and mutate after the initial infection has passed and the role these persistent viruses may play in the development of diabetes.
Industry sponsored contracts
Samuel Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., is evaluating the expression of cellular antigens in human vascular cell tumors.
Scientific journal article
John Chan, Ph.D., has published in the Feb. 18 online edition of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science) on how related F-box proteins control cell death in human lymphoma.
Discover showcases advances made by our faculty
UNMC's Discover Fall 2012 issue highlights research activtities of John Chan, M.D., Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and Tom McDonald, Ph.D.
Dr. Chan is continuing his collaboration with China with the analysis of a follicular lymphoma database to discover genetic abnormalities associated with its transformation and find molecular targets for treatment. Dr. Tammy Kielian discusses her professonal and personal involvement in Juvenile Batten disease research, specifically identifying whether aberrant glial activation contributes to neuron loss during the childhood neurodegenerative disease. Dr. McDonald is part of a research team that developed two active ingredients, Alpha-GEE and creatine HCl, that can be now found in Vireo Resourses' nutritional supplements CON-CRET and AminoActiv You can read more about these stories in Discover Fall 2012.
Rothgeb featured in Lookin' at U
Kim Rothgeb discusses her professional career and personal activities in UNMC's Today - Lookin' at U section.
More news stories from 2012 can be viewed in the archives.
