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Jul 24, 2024
Henk Granzier, PhD, has been selected as the honoree of the 2024 College of Medicine- Tucson Founders Day Lecture. Founders Day was established to honor faculty for their scientific accomplishments and commemorate the founding of COM-T. Click for more.
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May 29, 2024
College of Medicine, Tucson, Associate Professor Paul Gignac is the lead on an extensive, 75-author manuscript detailing an international effort to bring together the science of computed tomography with policies and practices that ensure publicly funded data collection can be made widely available and understandable by diverse communities. Click to read more.
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Apr 15, 2024
CMM Associate Professor Dr. Paul Gignac and colleagues integrate histological and diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT) to bring new insights into the anatomical and physiological organization of avian visual systems. Click to read more.
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Apr 02, 2024
Associate Professor Paul Gignac in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and colleagues have been awarded a $2 Million NSF Cyberinfrastructure grant to develop a cloud-based, open-source platform for 3D digital anatomy research and education. The project marks a significant step towards enhancing collaborative scientific research and educational practices in the digital age. Click to read more.
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Mar 28, 2024
The lab of Dr. Curtis Thorne focuses on finding a cure for colorectal cancer. Dr. Thorne's lab was featured in a UArizona Cancer Center article and video. Click to read more.
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Mar 28, 2024
PhD student Tania Larrinaga, under the mentorship of Drs. Carol Gregorio and Chris Pappas, was first author on a paper which explains the role of Lmod2, a critical actin filament length regulator, in muscle contraction. These findings have important implications for human health, suggesting that muscle function should be monitored in people with Lmod2 mutations. Click to read more.
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Feb 29, 2024
Research in the lab of Dr. Casey Romanoski seeks to better understand heart disease at the cellular and molecular level. Click to read more.
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Feb 29, 2024
Dr. Ritu Pandey and colleagues are leveraging molecular profiling data to better understand certain cancers and uncover new treatments. Click to read more.
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Feb 08, 2024
Dr. Paul Gignac was featured on KJZZ news discussing research on bird brain evolution. Click to read more.
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Feb 02, 2024
CMM Associate Professor Dr. Paul Gignac participated in a study using 3D imaging on chicken brains to learn more about their vision. Click to read more.
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Jan 05, 2024
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41388-023-02914-0
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Dec 14, 2023
Dr. Gignac’s research on suture development, using birds as a model system, has been awarded the January 2024 cover of The Anatomical Record.
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Dec 14, 2023
Dr. Shanna Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, received an Investigator Award from Sarver Heart Center. This award will help support Dr. Hamilton's research which involves testing the therapeutic potential of a novel protein to mitigate the effects of calcium-dependent arrhythmias in cardiovascular disease.
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Dec 12, 2023
Dr. Paul Gignac, Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and his NSF-funded Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network (NoCTURN) were featured in a Nature Magazine article on making research data more open and accessible. Click to read more.
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Dec 11, 2023
PIM1 targeted degradation prevents the emergence of chemoresistance in prostate cancer
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Sep 21, 2023
The Rogers Lab publishes study in Current Biology by lead author John Ryniawec, postdoc, who discovered new regulators of centriole growth, a crucial step during the assembly of this essential and ubiquitous organelle. The authors find that coordination between these evolutionarily conserved regulators is required for reproduction in a fruit fly model organism.
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Sep 15, 2023
Drs. Valerie Schaibley, Jean Wilson, and Yana Zavros were selected as part of the inaugural Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) Torchbearer awardees. These awards serve to recognize remarkable achievements and invaluable contributions made by women physicians and scientists.
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Sep 15, 2023
Anne Cress, PhD, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Vice Dean for COM-T Operations and Strategy and Chief of Staff, was selected as a 2023 Woman of Impact. Each year, the Office of Research, Innovation & Impact (RII) selects 30 UArizona faculty and staff members who have made a significant contribution to the UArizona's identity as a world-class research institution.
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Aug 21, 2023
Dr. Joann Sweasy, Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, was recently elected to serve as Vice President/President-Elect of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) Board of Directors.
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Aug 14, 2023
Coen Ottenheijm, Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, was awarded a 2.3M grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant funds will be used to study the role of titin in the pathophysiology of diaphragm weakness during mechanical ventilation. Congratulations, Dr. Ottenheijm!