Pharmacology Graduate Program News

November 2008

On the recommendation of the Graduate Committee, I am happy to announce that our department will begin a Graduate Student Travel Award Program to encourage our graduate students to attend scientific meetings. We will offer up to 6 awards each year in an amount not to exceed $1,000 plus registration fees, of up to $400. Guidelines and details on how to apply for these awards, along with selection criteria will be coming from our department’s Graduate Committee in the near future.
 
The purpose of these awards is to allow more of our graduate students the opportunity to attend and present a paper at pertinent scientific meetings, which is a valuable part of our educational process. - Horace H. Loh, Ph.D.

The deadline for applications for 2009 travel is: January 1, 2009 Download the Graduate Student Travel Award Program application PDF here. Please note this is an interactive PDF.

September 2008

Students win!

Students defeat faculty 12-8 in the "Annual" Pharmaclogy Faculty vs. Students softball game. Click here to go to 2008 Little Brown Drug Classic page.

June 2008

Congratulations to pharmacology graduate student Darcy Flora, who has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Darcy’s project is titled “Mechanisms of Downregulation of Natriuretic Peptide Receptor-A.” Dr. Lincoln Potter is Darcy’s advisor.

May 2008

BEATRICE Z. MILNE AND THEODORE BRANDENBURG AWARD
2008 RECIPIENTS

The Beatrice Z. Milne and Theodore Brandenburg Award recognizes exceptional research by graduate students in the basic biomedical sciences. The award reflects the thoughtfulness and generosity of Ms. Beatrice Z. Milne and serves as a lasting
expression of her commitment to improving the health of the people of Minnesota, the nation, and the world. The award is given annually to currently enrolled graduate students in one of the following graduate programs: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics (BMBB), Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology (MICaB), Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics (MCDB&G), Neuroscience, and Pharmacology.

The University of Minnesota Medical School, Minnesota Medical Foundation, and the Directors of Graduate Studies Council are pleased to announce the 2008 recipients of the Beatrice Z. Milne and Theodore Brandenburg Award:

Garret R. Anderson (Pharmacology)
Andrea R. Daniel (Pharmacology)
Steve Davidson
Nien-Pei Tsai (Pharmacology)
Petter Woll

Each recipient will be honored at the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs Research Recognition Day on Tuesday, May, 27, from 1:00 to 6:00 PM in the McNamara Alumni Center. In addition to receiving a cash award of $6,000, each recipient will give an oral presentation on their research and present a research poster.

Additional information on the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs Research Recognition Day is available at
http://www.orbs.umn.edu/orbs/gradresearchday/home.html

March 2008

Jana Ninkovic won the prestigious Arthur Falek Young Investigator Award for the best pre-doctoral poster at the 14th Conference of Society of NeuroImmune Pharmacology in Charleston, SC.

Congratulations to our graduate student Nien-Pei Tsai, who has been selected as the sole recipient of the 2008 Veneziale-Steer Award by the Medical School and MMF. This award is presented for outstanding basic scientific research in the field of cellular growth regulation by a graduate student at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

February 2008

A special committee has selected Andrea Daniel as the recipient of the 2008 Bacaner Research Award in Pharmacology. We offer our congratulations and best wishes as we recognize her for this special honor and distinction.

March 2007

Michael Boulware has been chosen to receive the 2007 Bacaner Research Award in Pharmacology. We offer our congratulations and best wishes as we recognize him for this special honor and distinction.

The Bacaner Research Award in the Basic Medical Sciences is sponsored by the Minnesota Medical Foundation to encourage intellectual achievement by graduate students, and is underwritten by a gift to the Foundation in memory of Jacob and Minnie Bacaner. Students in our department are selected for this award by the Graduate Committee on the basis of research conducted for the Ph.D. degree. This award recognizes creative research and is offered annually to graduate students in Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics (BMBB), Genetics Cell Biology and Development (GCD), Microbiology Immunology and Cancer Biology (MICaB), Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Physiology.