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Exploring virus as delivery system for gene therapy

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., collaborators, publish study in The Journal of Neuroscience.

Oct 19, 2016

From left, Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and her lab: Maria Burkovetskaya, Nikolay Karpuk, Ph.D., Rachel Fallet, Megan Bosch, and Amy Aldrich. Not pictured: Jessica Odvody.

UNMC’s opioid conference called ‘unprecedented’

More than 300 people from Nebraska’s public health, medical, and law enforcement communities attended Friday’s summit.

Oct 18, 2016

From left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, and U.S. Attorney Deb Gilg

Dr. Fey takes his own path to excellence in mentoring

Paul Fey’s lab takes monthly hikes together, “much to the jealousy of the other labs on our floor,” said Cortney Halsey, a graduate research assistant. “We spend an afternoon every month in the outdoors discussing not only our science but a multitude of other topics. It is an activity that has been vital to keeping […]

Oct 17, 2016

Members of Paul Fey, Ph.D.'s lab, take monthly hikes together. Dr. Fey is shown in purple hat.

First year of IGPBS shows strength of new program

The first class has matriculated into the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (IGPBS). The silos are falling. Horizons are expanding. Study and experience for Ph.D. students are becoming more and more interdisciplinary. Greater number of faculty are taking on greater roles. “This is the way science is going,” said Karen Gould, Ph.D., associate professor […]

Oct 17, 2016

Daniel Monaghan, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, and Karen Gould, Ph.D., associate professor and vice chair for graduate education, genetics, cell biology and anatomy

Spinoff company may aid research efforts

Partnership with the state may help advance David Oupicky, Ph.D.’s cancer-treatment research.

Oct 14, 2016

David Oupicky, Ph.D.

Legislative candidate Jill Brown tours UNMC

Brown met with university leaders during tour.

Oct 7, 2016

Legislative candidate Jill Brown, left, visited with Tyler Scherr, Ph.D., at the 3-D printing lab at the McGoogan Library of Medicine.

UNMC pharmacy student shines at new competition

UNMC College of Pharmacy faculty designed the national contest.

Oct 5, 2016

UNMC pharmacy student Jacob Duncan, left, made the national finals in a new point-of-care/collaborative practice competition designed by UNMC faculty Ally Dering-Anderson, Pharm.D., right, and Donald Klepser, Ph.D. (not pictured).

Regents approve two allied health measures

New department created, master’s program established in teaching, technology.

Oct 4, 2016

Kyle Meyer, Ph.D., dean of the College of Allied Health Professions

New partnership, NIH grant push research forward

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D., explores ultrasound mediated microbubbles as agent against staph bacteria biofilm.

Oct 3, 2016

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D.

UNMC students named NASA Nebraska Fellows

Jamie Gehringer, Trent Werner and Melissa Parks honored for their research efforts.

Sep 21, 2016

Trent Werner and Melissa Parks