Georgetown University Department of Pharmacology and Physiology

Our department mourns the loss of our dear colleague, Dr. Barry Wolfe.

Pharmacology Graduate Program Director Barry Wolfe Dies Barry Wolfe, co-director of the Ph.D. program in pharmacology and physiology and director of M.S. graduate studies, died last weekend. Wolfe was 74.  Wolfe served as the vice chair of the department of pharmacology and physiology and was the longest serving director of the interdisciplinary program...

Jennifer Ten Eyck, a 2017 alum of our "regular" MS in Physiology program and a rising M2 at the The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, did research with Dr. Nataliia Shults in the Suzuki lab of the Georgetown University Department of Pharmacology and Physiology as part of her MS degree, and an article detailing their work was recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association! You can read the journal article here:
"Ultrastructural Changes of the Right Ventricular Myocytes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.118.011227

Reminder: applications to our PhD in Pharmacology program are due December 1st! https://pharmacology.georgetown.edu/phd_applying

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Interested in learning more about the Biomedical Graduate Education programs at Georgetown University? Join us from now until to 2 p.m. EST for an online chat: https://www.careereco.com/Fair/EventDetails?fairId=f36f93c0-e857-4742-af23-a76601135531

Biomed Virtual Grad School Fair: October 3, 2017

There are still a few more days to apply to the MS in Pharmacology - the deadline is July 15th for Fall 2017 entry! https://pharmacology.georgetown.edu/ms_applying

Applying to the Program

Welcome G2 ABS Certificate Students! students interested in continuing on to earn a MS in Physiology degree! One-hundred percent (100% ) of the 20+ credits earned in the

We are excited to announce that our admissions deadline for the MS in Pharmacology program has been extended to July 15th! Learn how to apply here: https://pharmacology.georgetown.edu/ms_pharm.html

M.S. in Pharmacology

Today is the last day to apply to the MS in Physiology! The admissions deadline for the MS in Pharmacology has been extended to June 15, 2017!

It is a packed house (standing room only!) at The Annual Theordore Koppanyi Lectureship in Pharmacology & Physiology featuring Feng Zhang, PhD.

Congratulations to our students, faculty, and staff that were nominated for 2017 Graduate Student Awards! See the full list of nominees here: https://grad.georgetown.edu/about/student-life/graduate-student-awards/2017

2017 Graduate Student Awards Ceremony

Sunlight Offers Surprise Benefit - It Energizes Infection Fighting T Cells Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have found that sunlight, through a mechanism separate than vitamin D production, energizes T cells that play a central role in human immunity. Their findings, published today in Scientific Reports, suggest how the skin, the body’s largest organ, stay...

Check out the BGE Student Spotlight on MS in Pharmacology student, Adaku Ume! https://biomedicalprograms.georgetown.edu/spotlight

Spotlights

Meet the Fig Neutrons: our winning science trivia team!
By testing our knowledge of moons, Zika, hyenas, binary code, evolution, chemical structures, and much more, we came out on top!

Hope we can expand our team and reign supreme again next time!

Guac for tomorrow's happy hour!
Happy hour on podium around 4/5!

The new deadline for Fall 2016 entry to the MS in Physiology is June 1st! Make sure to have your application submitted. Supplemental materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation) can come in after the deadline. Learn more about the application process by going here: https://pharmacology.georgetown.edu/ms_phys_applying

How to Apply The MS program is designed to be completed by full-time students in one academic year (10 months or 12 months). However, schedules for part-time students can be made with special arrangements. Students interested in part-time work should indicate this on their application. Graduates of the G2 ABS Ce...

Erin Guth, one of our MS in Physiology students, is being featured on GU Biomedical Graduate Education's page today - be sure to check it out!

SPOTLIGHT #26
Name: Erin Guth
Program: MS Physiology
Academic Year: 2015-16
Hometown: Lexington, Ohio

Why did you choose Georgetown University?: Because Georgetown chose me! I applied to Georgetown because I was interested in applying to medical school, but had been out of school for a few years. The MS Physiology and Biophysics program seemed perfect for my future goals and myself. I am currently applying to medical schools for Fall 2017 admission!

What is the best thing about your program so far?: This sounds cheesy, but I love being surrounded by so many passionate individuals whether they are professors and peers. There is a tremendous emphasis on public health and using your talents and education to generously serve others. I had never experienced this in an academic setting before and was truly blown away at how genuine and passionate students and professors were about serving others.
Another was when one of my peers, and now a really good friend, had a precious baby boy here at Georgetown during our program. That was pretty incredible.

Aside from necessities, what one thing could you not go a day without?: Coffee and chocolate peanut butter cups, especially from Trader Joe’s. I eat a chocolate peanut butter cup every morning, just for waking up, and then start my coffee. I’m not sure I would wake up in the mornings if I didn’t have chocolate and coffee to look forward to!

For more SPOTLIGHTS, click this link: http://biomedicalprograms.georgetown.edu/spotlight

Congratulations to all students that participated in the Pharmacology & Physiology Department's MS Research Day this year - it was a huge success! We are pleased to announce the winners of Research Day below. And a special thanks to all of the PhD students, who volunteered their time as judges!

First place
Hannah Fay - MS in Physiology

Second place
Alexandra Hamilton - MS in Physiology

Third place
Robert Hammack and Yoonji Ha - MS in Pharmacology

Congrats to Dr. Amanda Lewin, who defended her thesis today!!

Congratulations to our MS students on a successful poster presentation day. It was great to hear about what you've been working on and learned during your lab experiences this year!

Interested in learning more about our programs? Join us for a Virtual Recruitment Fair on February 25th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm or March 17th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can register by going here: https://georgetowngsas.askadmissions.net/groupchat/LandingPage.aspx.

Current and Upcoming Group Chat Sessions Georgetown University Graduate Schoolof Arts and Sciences: An education at Georgetown reflects the Jesuits'principle that the pursuit of knowledge and understanding should becombined with a responsibility to contribute to the common good. Thisprinciple is reflected in the fact that many of our maste…

From our pharm phamily to yours!

Graduation Day 2015 with Dr. Yasmine Ibrahim and Dr. Tara Gelb

The 2015 Department of Pharmacology and Physiology retreat was a success! Lots of fun and games, great ideas passed around, productive discussion, delicious food, and the unveiling of our new flag :)

A special thank you to Jarda, Barry, Amanda, Monica, Patrick, Sue, and Ken for their contributions to making this all come together.

All photos are courtesy of Bob Yasuda!

Our pharmers, ready for graduation! More pics to come :)

Today was our annual Kropf lecture, in honor of Dr. Stephen Kropf and his numerous contributions to the field of pharmacology. We were honored to have the Kropf family and this year's speaker, Dr. Michela Gallagher, join us today.

Dr. Gallagher is a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience and Director of the Neurogenetics and Behavior Center at Johns Hopkins University. The title of her lecture was “Bridging from Preclinical Rodent Models to the Treatment of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) with a Novel Therapeutic Approach”.

Check out the calendar on our website for future events!

It's been a big month for our department!

Congratulations to our newest PhD, Dr. Tara Gelb. Tara studied the role of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 and melanoma, under the mentorship Dr. Jarda Wroblewski. Also, congratulations to Dr. Kenneth Kellar and Dr. Yingxian Xiao who were recently awarded at the 2015 Patent Award Ceremony.

Dr. Thomas Sherman was a panel member on the Diane Rehm show, discussing cholesterol consumption - http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-02-16/expected_new_recommendations_on_cholesterol_consumption

From PharmedOut, Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman shared insight with the Seattle Times on hepatitis C treatment - http://www.seattletimes.com/news/promising-new-hepatitis-c-drugs-come-at-high-cost-to-state-2/

And from Dr. Gerard Ahern's lab, their latest publication "T lymphocytes possess the machinery for 5-HT synthesis, storage, degradation and release." http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apha.12470/abstract

An abundance of people with poster tubes in the Metro can only mean one thing: SfN is here! There are many presentations and posters being presented by Georgetown University faculty and students this week. Here is a snapshot of some of the posters coming from GU Pharm Physio.

(Please let me know if I have left you off this list. There were many posters from Georgetown so apologies if I missed you!)

Student Research Day was a huge success! Thank you to all of the students and faculty who participated, and congratulations to Pharmacology and Physiology student Tara Gelb who was granted the Smulson Award for excellence in thesis research and won 2nd place in the poster session!

Don't forget to check out Student Research Days today! Stop by and show your support for the department - we have multiple students participating this year. There is also a panel on alternative careers in science and a networking event at the end of the day.

Times for pharmacology student presentations:

11:15 AM
Rashmi Venkatesh: talk in Med-Dent SW107

1:45 - 2:25 PM: poster presentations in Preclinical Science Building, Ground Level
Jisoo Lee
Kristen DeDominicis
Hannah Hathaway

2:45 - 3:25 PM: poster presentations in Preclinical Science Building, Ground Level
Nour Al-muhtasib
Tara Gelb
Amanda Lewin

Student Research Day Beyond highlighting some of the great research at Georgetown, Student Research Day offers new PhD students a venue for networking with colleagues, and forming collaborative relationships with future mentors and principal investigators.