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VIOM Seminar Series

Dec. 5, 2014—Friday, December 12th 2014 in 206 PRB Richard B. Simerly, PhD, Keck School of Medicine, Saban Research Institute presents   "Critical Periods for Constructing Hypothalamic Neural Architecture"

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Student and Postdoc Seminar Series

Dec. 2, 2014—Monday, December 1st at noon in 206 PRB Cancelled due to illness Allesandro Ustione, PhD, Piston Lab, will present "Dopaminergic feedback fine-tunes insulin secretion from the pancreatic islet."

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The Piston lab wins the Annual Relay Race

Nov. 5, 2014—The Pison lab has won their 3rd straight MPB Annual Relay Race. 

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Kristie Aamodt has a first author publication in Cell Metabolism

Oct. 31, 2014—Kristie Aamodt has a first author publication in Cell Metabolism titled "Islet microenvironment, modulated by vascular endothelial growth factor-A signaling, promotes β cell regeneration."

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Liz Ferrick is an author in a manuscript published in Molecular Cell Neuroscience

Oct. 31, 2014—Liz Ferrick is an author in a manuscript published in Molecular Cell Neuroscience titled "Reovirus-mediated induction of ADAR1 (p150) minimally alters RNA editing patterns in discrete brain regions".

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Allison Norlander is a co-author on a manuscript published in Hypertension

Oct. 31, 2014—Allison Norlander is a co-author on a manuscript published in Hypertension titled,"Oligoclonal CD8+ T Cells Play a Critical Role in the Development of Hypertension."

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Nick Vierra is a co-author on two recent publications.

Oct. 31, 2014—Nick Vierra is a co-author on two recent publications. One in Endocrinology titled "Pancreatic β-Cell-specific Ablation of TASK-1 Channels Augments Glucose-stimulated Calcium Entry and Insulin Secretion, Improving Glucose Tolerance." and the other in Journal of Biological Chemistry titled "Inhibition of pancreatic β-cell Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II reduces glucose-stimulated calcium influx and insulin secretion, impairing glucose...

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Lukasz Wylezinski is a co-author on two recently published papers.

Oct. 31, 2014—Lukasz Wylezinski is a co-author on two recently published papers.  One is in PLoS One and the other is in the JBC.

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Roxana Loperena is an author of a paper in the Journal of Clinical Investigation

Oct. 30, 2014—Roxana Loperena is an author of a paper in the Journal of Clinical Investigation titled, "DC isoketal-modified proteins activate T cells and promote hypertension."

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Roxana Loperena received the Porter Fellowship form the American Physiological Society

Oct. 28, 2014— Roxana Loperena received the Porter Fellowship form the American Physiological Society

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Lukasz Wyelzinski’s work was featured on the cover of the August edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Oct. 28, 2014—Lukasz Wyelzinski’s work was featured on the cover of the August edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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Megan Capozzi first author of IOVS article

Oct. 28, 2014—Megan Capozzi was the first author of a recent paper in IOVS titled, "The Role of Cytochrome P450 Epoxygenases in Retinal Angiogenesis."

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