Dec. 05, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Nelufar Yasmen for the successful public defense of her PhD dissertation “Targeting Multiple Aspects of Neuroinflammation for Epilepsy”.
Aug. 12, 2024. Nelufar has been selected as a recipient of Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). She will receive a travel stipend ($1,000) to attend Neuroscience 2024 as well as a complimentary registration.
May 31, 2024. Nelufar Yasmen won two awards at 2024 UTHSC Graduate Research Day: first place in the podium presentation and the Outstanding Student Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Congratulations!
Feb. 6, 2024. Graduate student Nelufar Yasmen passed her Doctoral Qualifying Exam and is now a PhD candidate.
Jan. 8, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Zhen Jin who has been selected to receive a Neuroscience Postdoctoral Award ($15,000) along with a Travel Award ($500) from the Neuroscience Institute at UTHSC!
Dec. 11, 2023. Our R21 grant application for the NIH CounterACT Program received a “perfect” Impact Score: 10.
Nov. 2, 2023. Our research in ischemic stroke is featured by Memphis Medical News.
Oct. 11, 2023. The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) recently has been involved in licensing discussions for several technologies created by UTHSC College of Pharmacy innovators including us.
Oct. 9, 2023. UTHSC spinoffs recently have been awarded three NIH small-business grants aiming to bridge the gap between basic science and the commercialization of resulting innovations.
Sept. 7, 2023. Our research in developing new anti-inflammatory treatment for stroke is now funded by the NINDS Division of Translational Research (DTR).
June 20, 2023. Congratulations to Madison who won the inaugural Duane D. Miller Graduate Student Award in Drug Discovery along with a $250 check generously provided by Dr. Miller.
May 11, 2023. Congratulations to Dr. Madison Sluter for the successful public defense of her PhD dissertation “Development of Novel, Brain Permeable, mPGES-1 Inhibitors for Inflammatory Conditions”.
Mar. 7, 2023. Congratulations to Dr. Ruida Hou for the successful public defense of his PhD dissertation “Targeting prostaglandin E2 receptor EP2 for the treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma”.
Feb. 20, 2023. Ruida was selected to receive an AACR-Margaret Foti Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award in the amount of $1,200. AACR Scholar-in-Training Awards are competitive and are presented to those with high-quality abstracts and applications from a large candidate pool.
Feb. 7, 2023. Dr. Yu Chen received the 2023 Postdoctoral/Research Associate Award ($15,000) and a Travel Award ($500) from UTHSC Neuroscience Institute.
Jan. 18, 2023. Dr. Qianqian (Jerry) Li took the 3rd place in the platform presentation competition at UTHSC Annual Postdoc Research Showcase.
Jan. 17, 2023. Dr. Lexiao Li won the inaugural Outstanding Postdoctoral/Research Scholar Award, a new award established in 2022 to honor the scholarly achievements of a postdoctoral/research scholar affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.
Jan. 17, 2023. Ruida received the 2022 University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy Outstanding Graduate Student Award for his exceptional scholarly achievements since he joined the lab in 2019.
Sept. 25, 2022. Nelufar was awarded a travel grant ($350) from American Association of Bangladeshi Pharmaceutical Scientists (AABPS).
June 7, 2022. Graduate student Ruida Hou passed his Doctoral Qualifying Exam and advanced to a formal PhD candidate.
April 21, 2022. A competition team formed by Madison and Lexiao won the first place in Tennessee Scipreneur Challenge 2022. Each received $500 prize money.
Jan. 24, 2022. Lexiao was awarded a Neuroscience Postdoctoral/Research Associate Award ($15,000) and a travel award ($500) by the UTHSC Neuroscience Institute.
Dec. 21, 2021. Madison won the Outstanding PHAST Journal Club Presenter for the second time in a row.
Dec. 14, 2021. Graduate student Madison Sluter passed the Doctoral Qualifying Exam and officially became a PhD candidate.
Dec. 3, 2021. Postdoc fellow Dr. Lexiao Li won the 1st place among 14 presenters at 2021 UTHSC Annual Postdoc Research Showcase ($400 prize money) and secured one of the only three travel awards ($1,000).
Nov. 25, 2021. Research Topic Neuroinflammation in Acquired Epilepsy for Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology is now open for submissions.
May 12, 2021. Experimental status epilepticus, COX-2 and BDNF: Connecting the dots. Epilepsia Open.
April 21, 2021. PhD student Madison Sluter won the Outstanding Presenter Award in the Journal Club of the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology.
April 28, 2020. PharmD student Davis Nguyen won the 2020 UTHSC College of Pharmacy Excellence in Scholarship and Research Award.
July 1, 2018. Our lab was relocated to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.