Research News from Our Department

	Congratulations to our colleague Marta Galan-Diez on receiving the Dr. Ines Mandl Connective Tissue Research Fellowship!
	Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Edward Owusu-Ansah for being elected to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council
	Filippo Mancia Congratulations to Filippo Mancia: Promoted to Associated Professor with Tenure
	Larry Abbott - Faculty member Larry Abbott Elected to National Academy of Sciences …
	Congratulations to graduate student, Mike Holsey, on becoming director of programming of SPURS
	The Fukushima nuclear disaster is ongoing.
	Two Columbia University Scientists Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
	NIH Awards $10.8 Million to Columbia Researchers
	Defeating Insect-Borne Diseases Using Atomic-Level Structure
	Eleven Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
	Cellular Defect that May Contribute to Autism
	New Drug Prevents Arrhythmias That Cause Sudden Cardiac Death
	Impairment Inside Cells May Be Linked To Schizophrenia
	Physiology Professor To Receive The Mayor’s Award For Public Understanding Of Science
	Doctor Who Developed Idea For Coating Stents With Sirolimus Says Recent Trials Indicate Their Effectiveness In Inhibiting Restenosis In Coronary Artery Disease Patients
	New Clues About Synapse Formation
	Columbia University Researchers Discover Pathway For Treating Heart Failure
	Rapamycin Greatly Reduces The Progression Of Chronic Rejection, The Leading Cause Of Late Death In Heart Transplant Recipients
	Researchers At Columbia Link Genetic Mutations To Exercise-induced Cardiac Arrhythmias
	Columbia University’s Summer Research Program For Science Teachers Awarded Grant From Howard Hughes Medical Institute
	Columbia Alumnus and UCSD bioengineer Shu Chien will receive the "Franklin Award"
	Columbia Press Release: "Disruption in Brain Connection Linked to Genetic Defect in Schizophrenia"
	"Cardiac Stent Patients with Diabetes May Benefit from Additional Drug that Counteracts the Effects of Leptin"
	"Columbia Scientists Dig Deeper into the Genetics of Schizophrenia by Evaluating MicroRNAs"
	"Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles"
	Dr. Marks gives 2015 Ulf von Euler lecture
	New Views of Intracellular Channel that Controls Skeletal Muscle
	Kaylee Wedderburn-Pugh, won a presentation award at the 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), one of the nation’s largest STEM conferences for minority students.
	Commentary: Chair, Andy Marks, discusses how affirmative action could cure cancer and heart disease/strong
	Sculpting ion channel functional expression with engineered ubiquitin ligases
	How To Make a Drug Course Course covers the major disciplines required for successful therapeutics discovery, validation and development.
	Filippo Mancia Structures of aminoarabinose transferase ArnT suggest a molecular basis for lipid A glycosylation... see link
	Congratulations to Jeanine D'Armiento on her election as President of the University Senate! Jeanine is the first P&S faculty member to lead the Senate.
	Ellen Lumpkin Explores What Happens When We Touch.
	How Affirmative Action Could Cure Cancer and Heart Disease.
	"Pandemic & Racism: We Can Move Moutains"