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Cover Art for Tissue Engineering, Part B: Reviews

An image by Dr. Denise C. Hocking and Dr. Daniel C. Roy was selected as cover art for Tissue Engineering, Part B: Reviews, Volume 19, Number 1, February 2013. This is a human mesenchymal stem cells adherent to a recombinant fibronectin mimetic substrate polymerize an endogenous fibronectin matrix (green) using α5β1 integrins (red).

Upstate New York Pharmacology Society

Paul J. Kammermeier, Ph.D., was elected a Councilor of the Upstate New York Pharmacology Society at its Inaugural Annual Meeting, May 14, 2012, at the University at Buffalo.

56th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting

Trevor J. Shuttleworth, Ph.D., was the Chair and Organizer of a satellite symposium on "Orai Channels -- New Insights, New Ideas," at the 56th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, San Diego, California, February 24, 2012.

1st International Meeting on Ion Channel Signaling Mechanisms

Trevor J. Shuttleworth, Ph.D., was a Plenary Speaker at The First International Meeting on Ion Channel Signaling Mechanisms: from Basic Science to Clinical Application held in Marrakesh, Morocco, October 31-November 4, 2011.

Faculty Recognized at Convocation

Three Department of Pharmacology and Physiology faculty members were recognized by Dean Mark B. Taubman, M.D., at the URMC Opening Convocation on October 5, 2011, for appointment to five-year named profesorships:

	Jean M. Bidlack, Ph.D., Paul Stark Professorship in Pharmacology
	Alan V. Smrcka, Ph.D., Louis C. Lasagna Professorship in Experimental Therapeutics
	A. William Tank, Ph.D., Lewis Pratt Ross Professorship in Pharmacology and Physiology

NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award

Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D., was a recipient of the NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award, "Postnatal development of prefrontal white matter bundles." She also was invited to give a special lecture at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, entitled: "The Circuit of Reward and Value: Linking connectivity to Function and Disease CME."

University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service

Denise C. Hocking, Ph.D., was selected for The University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D. Defenses.

Department Press Releases

	Electrical Brain Stimulation May Strengthen Memory, Study Says
	Couch Potato Pill Might Stop Heat Stroke Too
	Scientists Fixate on Ric-8 to Understand Trafficking of Popular Drug Receptor Targets
	Exploiting the body's own ability to fight a heart attack (February 25, 2010) Probing New Ways to Reduce Damage from Heart Attack, Stroke (February 14, 2010)
	Neuroscience Symposia Highlight Brain Research, Relevance for Patients (June 23, 2010) $10.5 Million in funding creates center to study OCD (September 30, 2009)
	Targeting Flight-or-Fight Hormone Response to Combat Heart Failure (June 24, 2010) Study Unravels Detail of "Most Important" Cellular Signal (December 3, 2009)
	Genetic Source of Muscular Dystrophy Neutralized (July 16, 2009) Rare Genetic Syndrome May Hold Key to Cure for Heat Stroke (April 8, 2008)
	Decades-Old Question Answered: How Do Flexing Muscles Call for More Blood? (February 18, 2008)
	Researchers Unravel Key Mechanism of Cellular Demage in Aging and Disease (July 24, 2008)

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