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Congratulations to SPUR student, Natalie De La Cerda! She won first place for poster presentation at the Texas Academy of Science 2023 Conference.

March 6, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Shapiro and his lab for their recent publication in the Journal of Neurotherapeutics titled, “Acute treatment with the M-channel (Kv7, KCNQ) opener retigabine reduces the long-term effects of repetitive blast traumatic brain injuries”

February 22, 2023

Congratulations to Physiology and Pharmacology Ph.D. student Jessica Wickline for her recent publication; L-Type calcium channel antagonist isradipine age-dependently decreases plaque associated dystrophic neurites in 5XFAD mouse model.

February 21, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Lynette Daws for winning the 2023 David Lehr Research Award! She was selected to receive research funding for work on her project titled: Organic Cation Transporter 3: A Novel Molecular Target to Treat Stimulant and Alcohol Use Disorders. ASPET recognizes her trailblazing research on biogenic amine transporters and their relevance to psychiatric disease.

February 1, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Chu Chen for his publication in the Journal of Neuroinflammation titled, “Inhibition of 2-arachidonoylglycerol degradation enhances glial immunity by single-cell transcriptomic analysis”

January 23, 2023

Congratulations to Josue Murillo! He received 1st place – Poster Session at the 2022 Terry M. Mikiten Graduate Research Symposium!

November 29, 2022


Congratulations to Alexia Johnson, SPUR class of 2022, Howard U. Won best in category for her poster at Sigma Xi IFoRE meeting.

November 7, 2022


Congratulations to Dr. Stockand’s lab for their Publication in the Journal of Physiology titled, “Chronic activation of vasopressin-2 receptors induces hypertension in Liddle mice by promoting Na+ and water retention” Click here to read more

October 13, 2022


Congratulations to Dr. Stockand’s lab for their Publication in the Journal of Physiology titled, “NOXA1-Dependent NADPH Oxidase 1 Signaling Mediates Angiotensin II Activation of the Epithelial Sodium Channel” Click here to read more

October 13, 2022

James F. Nelson, Ph.D.

Congratulations to Dr. James Nelson for his election as President of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA)!

October 11, 2022