Inside Letter from the Chair 2 Greetings and updates from our Department Chair, Dr. Nancy Kanagy Achievements 3 Awards, publications and new grants Announcements & Highlights 5 From faculty, staff, postdocs and students
Winter 2022 Cell Biology & Physiology Newsletter | Volume 2 | Issue 4
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Happy holidays to all of you! This newsletter highlights the productivity, creativity and collegiality of the people that make up the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology at The University of New Mexico School of Medicine. I feel very fortunate to be part of this group of individuals and deeply appreciative of the commitment of our many department staff, faculty and trainees. This quarter, I give a special shout out to our own Amy Rosenbaum, Director of UNM School of Medicine's Anatomical Donations Program. Amy received the SOM Dean's Staff award. Congratulations also to Professor Tom Resta, Interim Senior Associate Dean of Research for the School of Medicine, who was named a Regent's Professor. Both awards are high honors and very deserved by these outstanding recipients. In addition, we are deeply grateful for the many contributions, Dr. Helen Hathaway has made many to the department and to the UNM School of Medicine. Dr. Hathaway, who has been a faculty member of the department since 1998, will be retiring on December 31. We will all miss her insightful collegiality, her important research contributions and her impactful teaching. She will be returning part-time early next year but playing a much smaller role. Thank you, Helen, for all that you have contributed to the department these many years. This fall also brought our second CBP faculty retreat in November. Faculty gathered to review and update our department strategic plan and to talk about our common and individual goals and achievements. Part of this ongoing strategic planning is working to grow our faculty roster. We will have a new faculty member joining us this spring in the cancer research group and if you didn't get a chance to read the short bio in the last newsletter, please check it out and read about the many things Dr. Arun Ganesan will bring to the department. In addition, we have an search underway for a new cardiovascular researcher. If you know of someone who would be a good fit, please encourage them to apply. The Holidays are a great time to recharge and reconnect with loved ones. This Holiday season, we will be gathering in person for a department-wide Holiday party and I look forward to meeting your families. Happy Holidays to all of you and best wishes for a fruitful and fulfilling New Year! Nancy
Letter from the Chair
Amy Rosenbaum from our Anatomy Lab was awarded the 2022 Dean's Staff Award.
Awards
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Dr. Tom Resta was awarded a Regents Professorship effective July 2023. Regent's Professor is a special title bestowed on selected senior faculty members who, in the judgment of the Dean and on the advice of a faculty selection committee, merit recognition of their accomplishments as teachers, scholars and leaders both in University affairs and in their national/international professional communities. These appointments will be made to full professors for terms of three years
Accomplishments
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Garcia SM, Yellowhair TR, Detweiler ND, Ahmadian R, Herbert LM, Gonzalez Bosc LV, Resta TC, Jernigan NL. "Smooth Muscle Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a as a Therapeutic Target to Reverse Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension". Front Mol Bioscidoi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.989809, 2022 Garcia S, Matheson B, Morales-Loredo H, Jernigan N, Kanagy N, Resta T, Clark R, Shekarriz R, and Gonzalez Bosc L. "Hydrogen sulfide and miR21 are suitable biomarkers of hypoxic exposure".Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 2022 Role of Cholesterol in the Regulation of Hydrogen Sulfide Signaling within the Vascular Endothelium. Mendiola PJ, Morin EE, Gonzalez Bosc LV, Naik JS, Kanagy NL.Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Aug 28;11(9):1680. doi: 10.3390/ antiox11091680.PMID:36139754
PUBLICATIONS
BEST PUMPKIN 1st Place Roxana Gutierrez 2ND Place Hellen Hathaway 3RD Place Marissa Westenskow
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BEST COSTUME 1st Place Roxana Gutierrez "Piñata" 2ND Place Amy Gardiner "Lady" 3RD Place Jay Naik "Maverik Top Gun"
BEST MUMMY Jay's Lab
On Monday October 31st , Cell Biology & Physiology faculty, staff, postdocs and all students from the participated in our first Fall Event where everyone dressed in costume, carved pumpkins, won great prices, had lunch and enjoyed fun activities. Below is a list of the winners and pictures of the event
fall event '22
Announcements & Highlights
Dr. Sara Piccirillo will be teaching a class on glioblastoma, in the BIOMED 505 course entitled: Neurobiology of Disease Course Director: Dr. Lee Anna Cunningham Tuesday, Dec 6 and Thursday, Dec 8. The other instructor of this class is Dr. Tou Yia Vue.
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Cellular & Molecular Basis of Disease 2022-23
Happy Holiays
Kudos to the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease (CMBD) Committee, who has done and amazing job organizing and coordinating the 2022-23 weekly CMBD Seminar Series which runs from August 2022 to May 2023. CMBD Chair Sara G.M. Piccirillo, PhD CMBD Administrator Melissa Nuttall CMBD Accountant Yolanda M Chacon-Aguilar CMBD Coordinator Luis Fernando F Vasquez Porras Student Assistant Tristian T Ruiz
WINTER COURSES '22
Happy Holidays