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Open House for Post-Bacc Medical Physiology Program
June 23, 2018
10 a.m.
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4 p.m.
The Department will hold an Open House for all students, parents, and undergraduate advisors interested in learning more about the MS in Medical Physiology Post-Bacc program on Saturday, June 23, 2018. A full day of activities is scheduled. Please register here online.
For more information: https://physiology.case.edu/education/department-open-house/
To register for the Open House: https://physiology.case.edu/apply-masters-open-house/
Post-Bacc Application Deadline
July 16, 2018
July 16th, 2018 at midnight is the official deadline for submitting applications for the MS in Medical Physiology Program (Post-Bacc Program). The admissions committee will review your application once it is complete and all application materials are received. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Nosek (thomas.nosek@case.edu, 216-368-3242). Contact us if you need assistance.
Annual Department Summer Picnic
July 26, 2018
3 p.m.
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7 p.m.
The Department will host its 2018 annual summer picnic on Thursday, July 26 from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Cleveland Botanical Garden in University Circle.
All Department associates, including students, and their families are invited to attend.
Catering will be by Bon Appétit.
Recent News/Events
Congratulations to Dr. David Litvin
June 5, 2018
4 p.m.
David Litivin, a Ph.D. candidate mentored by Frank Jacono, M.D., publicly defended his doctoral dissertation at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in SOM E-501.
David's dissertation is entitled "Immune-to-Brain Communication Driven by Sterile Lung Injury."
A reception in the new Dr. Litvin's honor was held following the defense at 5:00 p.m. in the Department's fifth floor bridge area.
Welcome to Dr. Tien-Hao Chen
June 1, 2018
Tien-Hao Chen, Ph.D. has joined the lab of Dr. Wïtold Surewicz as a postdoctoral scholar, effective June 1, 2018.
Congratulations to Dr. Amrita Samanta
May 31, 2018
4 p.m.
Amrita Samanta, a Ph.D. candidate mentored by Dr. Vera Moiseenkova-Bell, will publicly defended her doctoral dissertation on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in SOM E-501.
The title of Dr. Samanta's dissertation is "Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of TRP channel activation/inhibition by structural analysis."
A reception in Amrita's honor was held following the defense at 5:00 p.m. in the Department's 5th floor bridge area.
Congratulations to Jie Yang
May 22, 2018
Jie Yang, a Ph.D candiate in the lab of Dr. Tsan Xiao, had the following paper accepted as first author on May 22, 2018:
"Mechanism of gasdermin D recognition by inflammatory caspases and their inhibition by a gasdermin D-derived peptide inhibitor”
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA [In press] [Available online June 11, 2018]
Jie Yang, Zhonghua Liu, Chuanping Wang, Rui Yang, Joseph K. Rathkey, Otis W. Pinkard, Wuxian Shi, Yinghua Chen, George R. Dubyak, Derek W. Abbott, and Tsan Sam Xiao
Congratulations to Dr. Peyvand Amini
May 7, 2018
4 p.m.
Peyvand Amini, who was mentored by and a member of the lab of Dr. Sam Mesiano in the Department of Reproductive Biology, publicly defended her doctoral dissertation on Monday, May 7, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in SOM E-501.
The title of Peyvand's dissertation is "Mechanisms by which progesterone controls human pregnancy and parturition."
A reception in Dr. Amini's honor was held at 5:00 p.m. in the Department's 5th floor bridge area.
Frontiers in Biological Sciences Lecture
April 18, 2018
4 p.m.
Dr. Walter Boron and the Department of Physiology and Biophysics hosted Dr. Peter Hunter of the University of Auckland for a School of Medicine Frontiers in Biological Sciences Lecture on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in SOM E-501.
The title of Dr. Hunter's Frontiers Lecture was “Cardiac research at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute.”
Dr. Hunter is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and the Director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute at the University of Auckland (New Zealand).
A reception was held in Dr. Hunter's honor at 3:30 p.m. in the Department fifth floor lobby.
In addition, Dr. Hunter also gave a technical talk, “A mathematical physics and computer science framework for reproducible multiscale modelling in physiology”, on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in SOM E-501.
Open House for Post-Bacc Medical Physiology Program
April 7, 2018
10 a.m.
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4 p.m.
The Department will hold an Open House for all students, parents, and undergraduate advisors interested in learning more about the MS in Medical Physiology Post-Bacc program on Saturday, April 7, 2018. A full day of activities is scheduled. Please register here online. A second Open House will be held on Saturday, July 14, shortly before the application deadline.
For more information: https://physiology.case.edu/education/department-open-house/
To register for the Open House: https://physiology.case.edu/apply-masters-open-house/
Congratulations to David Litvin
March 27, 2018
David Litvin, a Ph.D. candidate mentored by Frank Jacono, M.D., has had his first paper accepted by Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
The title of David's paper is "Lung-injury depresses glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the nucleus tractus solitarii via discrete age-dependent mechanisms in neonatal rats."
(David G Litvin, Thomas E Dick, Corey B Smith, Frank J
Jacono, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 2018 March 27)
6TH ANNUAL ULRICH HOPFER LECTURE
March 19, 2018
4 p.m.
Mark A. Knepper, M.D., Ph.D. of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of NIH gave the 6th Annual Ulrich Hopfer Lecture on Monday, March 19, 2018 at 4:00 in SOM E-501, hosted by Dr. Walter Boron and Dr. Ulrich Hopfer.
The title of Dr. Knepper's lecture was “Regulation of Aqp2 gene expression by vasopressin."
Dr. Knepper also met with facutly members during his visit and a reception in his honor was held prior to the lecture in the Department 5th floor lobby.
The Department of Physiology and Biophysics hosts the Hopfer lecture each Spring to honor Professor Emeritus Ulrich Hopfer, M.D., Ph.D.
(Photo: Walter Boron, M.D., Ph.D., Mark Knepper, M.D., Ph.D., Ulrich Hopfer, M.D., Ph.D.)
Congratulations to Dr. Tingwei Mu
Feb. 16, 2018
Dr. Mu received a 4.0 percentile rating on his NIH RO1 research proposal, “Understanding GABAA receptor protein folding and misfolding.”
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Chai
Jan. 19, 2018
4 p.m.
Sam Chai, a Ph.D. candidate advised by and in the lab of Dr. Isabelle Deschenes, publicly defended his doctoral dissertation on Friday, January 19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in SOM E-501.
Sam's dissertation is entitled "Novel Genetic Modifiers in a Monogenic Cardiac Arrhythmia."
A reception in the new Ph.D.'s honor followed the defense in the Department 5th floor bridge area.
Congratulations to Dr. Sandip Basak
Jan. 10, 2018
Sandip Basak, Ph.D., a Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. Sudha Chakrapani, has had the manuscript "Cryo-EM structure of 5-HT3A receptor in its resting conformation" accepted for publication by Nature Communications.
Welcome to Dr. Felipe Montecinos
Jan. 2, 2018
Felipe Montecitos, Ph.D. has joined the lab of Dr. Rajesh Ramachandran as a Postdoctoral Scholar, effective January 2, 2018.
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