Alicia A. McDonough, Ph.D., F.A.H.A., a Professor of Integrative Anatomical Science at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine will give the 7th Annual Ulrich Hopfer Lecture on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 4:00 in SOM E-501, hosted by Dr. Walter Boron and Dr. Ulrich Hopfer.
The title of Dr. McDonough's lecture is "Maintaining Balance under Pressure: renal adaptations to angiotensin II hypertension in females and males."
Dr. McDonough will also meet with facutly members during her visit and a reception in her honor will be held in the Department 5th floor lobby prior to her lecture.
The Department of Physiology and Biophysics hosts the Hopfer lecture each Spring to honor Professor Emeritus Ulrich Hopfer, M.D., Ph.D.
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The Department will host an Open House for all students, parents, and undergraduate advisors interested in learning more about the M.S. in Medical Physiology Post-Bacc program on Saturday, April 13, 2019. A full day of activities is scheduled.
For more information: https://physiology.case.edu/education/department-open-house/
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July 15th, 2019 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.
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Di Hu, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Dr. Xin Qi, has had the paper “Alpha-Synuclein suppresses mitochondrial protease ClpP to trigger mitochondrial oxidative damage and neurotoxicity” accepted as first author for publication by Acta Neuropathologica.
Authors: Di Hu, Xiaoyan Sun, Xudong Liao, Xinwen Zhang, Sara Zarabi, Aaron Schimmer, Yuning Hong, Christopher Ford, Yu Luo and Xin Qi.
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Eric Gibbs, Ph.D. has joined the lab of Dr. Sudha Chakrapani as a Postdoctoral Scholar, effective January 23, 2019.
Eric was recently awarded his doctorate by Duke University.
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The Department welcomes Dr. Nami Tajima as a new faculty member, effective January 2, 2019.
Prior to joining the department Dr. Tajima was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Hiro Furukawa at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York.
Dr. Tajima was selected as a Mount Sinai Scholar in October 2018.
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The Department hosted its annual holiday party on Saturday, December 15 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at the Western Reserve Historical Society in University Circle.
Catering was by A Taste of Excellence and a string ensemble provided seasonal music.
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...on the publication of the manuscript, "Structural attributes of mammalian prion infectivity: Insights from studies with synthetic prions" in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Quiye Li (l), is a Ph.D. candidate and Xiangzhu Xiao, Ph.D. (r) is a Research Associate, both in the lab of Wïtold Surewicz, Ph.D., the Robert F. Bennett, M.D. Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
The paper was selected as a JBC Editor's Pick and was accompanied by the profile of the first author, Qiuye Li.
J Biol Chem 293, 18494-18503 (2018)
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Soumili Chatterjee, a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of and mentored by Dr. Sudha Chakrapani, publicly defended her doctoral dissertation on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in SOM E-501.
The title of Soumili's dissertation is “Understanding the structural basis of slow inactivation in voltage-gated sodium channel."
A brunch reception in Soumili's honor was held in the 5th floor bridge area following the defense.
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A. Radu Aricescu, Ph.D., a Medical Research Council (MRC) Senior Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology’s Neurobiology Division at the University of Cambridge, presented a School of Medicine Frontiers in Biological Sciences Lecture on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in SOM E-501, hosted by Dr. Sudha Chakrapani and the Department . The title of Dr. Aricescu's lecture was "Human GABAA Receptor Structures and Signaling Mechanisms."
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Michael Babinchak, an M.D./Ph.D. candidate in the Medical Scientist Training Program in the lab of Dr. Wïtold Surewicz, has been awarded an F30 grant from the National Aging Institute for the project "Pathological aggregation of TDP-43 in age-related neurodegenerative diseases."
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Xinghong Dai, Ph.D. joins the faculty of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, effective October 1, 2018.
Dr. Dai was previously a postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Dr. Ren Sun in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the University of California – Los Angeles.
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The Department held its annual retreat on Friday, September 21, 2018 from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Huntington Convention Center in downtown Cleveland.
Our annual Recknagel Symposium will also took place during the retreat. See the entry below for details.
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The Department of Physiology and Biophysics held its annual Recknagel Symposium at the annual department retreat on Friday, September 21, 2018 at the Huntington Cleveland Convention Center.
Three of the Department’s second year doctoral students, Sara Taki, Paulina Getsy and Raza Haider presented from their first year research laboratory rotations. Raza Haizer, a member of the lab of Dr. Witold Surewicz, won the competition with his presentation, "Characterizing the aggregation propensity of pathologically-relevant TDP-43 ALS mutants."
The department established the annual Recknagel Symposium in memory of Professor Richard Recknagel, who was Chair of the Department of Physiology from 1976 until 1986 and an admired thinker and investigator who took a keen interest in mentoring young students and faculty.
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The Department welcomes Hannah Schwab, who has joined the lab of Dr. Ardeschir Vahedi-Faridi as a Research Assistant 1, effective September 10, 2018.
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Joseph A. Hill, M.D., Ph.D., a Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, the James T. Willerson, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Diseases, the Frank M. Ryburn, Jr. Chair in Heart Research, the Chief of the Division of Cardiology, and the Director of the Harry S. Moss Heart Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, presented the Department of Physiology and Biophysics 4th Annual Matthew N. Levy Lecture on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in SOM E-501.
Dr. Hill's lecture was entitled “Heart Failure: Two Inflammatory Tales.”
The late Dr. Matthew Levy was a gifted, dedicated teacher and scientist who influenced countless students, conducted groundbreaking research on heart function and its relationship to the autonomic nervous system, and who co-authored one of the most influential texts on physiology. Each autumn, beginning with a daylong symposium in 2014, the Department honors the memory of Dr. Levy and his accomplishments.
Dr. Chakrapani, an associate professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, has received an NIH S10 High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant to purchase a Pulsed-EPR spectrometer.
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The Department hosted its annual baseball outing on Friday, August 31, 2018 at 7:10 p.m. at Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland.
The Cleveland Indians shut out the Tampa Bay Rays 3 - 0.
We host the baseball outing at the beginning of each new academic year to welcome our new students and to provide an enjoyable evening for returning students, faculty, and staff. Tickets are complimentary for our students and department associates, and seating this year was in the Terrace Club.
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Yvonne Gicheru (l) and Dr. Sandip Basak (c), a Ph.D. candidate and a postdoctoral fellow, respectively, in the lab of Dr. Sudha Chakrapani, have had the paper, "Cryo-EM reveals two distinct serotonin-bound states of the full-length 5-HT3A receptor" accepted for publication in Nature.
Sandip Basak, Yvonne Gicheru, Shanlin Rao, Mark Sansom, and Sudha Chakrapani
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