As we head into the holiday season, we remain on status quo with many of the items I reported on last month. The Board of Regents will meet later this month, and may decide on a location for the new HSC campus. Once that decision is made, we will be able to move forward with planning for our new building. At this time, we have several faculty and staff members involved in the campus planning process as well as the building planning process. Dr. Rod McCallum is spearheading the campus planning process for the HSC. Also of note, on December 4, we will be hosting seven student groups from the College of Architecture who will present their ideas for the creation of a modern Health Science Center complex. As the date draws nearer, we will provide additional detail.

Several faculty and staff members from the college attended the AAMC meeting in Seattle this past week. As always, it was good to find out what others are doing, as well as re-connect with colleagues from other institutions. I enjoyed having the opportunity to present on class expansion and dual campus issues.

REMINDER: While Tuesday, January 2 is an official HSC holiday, our students begin classes for the spring semester on that date, so I am requesting that all offices be sufficiently covered. Employees who work on January 2 will be allowed to use their holiday at a later date.

I look forward to seeing all of you at the annual COM Thanksgiving Lunch on Monday, November 20. You will receive more information on this event very soon.

Manuela Smith Wins Employee of the Quarter Award

Manuela Smith, Research Technician Level II at the Cardiovascular Institute, is the winner of the Employee of the Quarter Award for the third quarter. Manuela has been a CVRI employee for six years and works in the lab of Dr. David Dostal.

Below are just a few comments from Manuela's supervisors and co-workers:

"I am nominating Manuela Smith because of her outstanding performance in the laboratory and service the Cardiovascular Research Institute. In addition to being an efficient and organized worker, she is a team player who strives to create a supportive and open work place. In the laboratory, she shares in responsibilities without being asked and has played a critical role in the training of several summer students, residents and research fellows in the past six years."

"Within the Division, Manuela takes the initiative to help with responsibilities within the center and likes helping others, even if they are not lab members. In all of her work, she strives to do the best job possible. She is a loyal and devoted employee who brings value to the College of Medicine and is certainly worthy of recognition."

"Manuela is always willing to go above and beyond the call of duty, helping all laboratories and support staff. She was a true asset during our 1st Annual CVRI Research Retreat and is currently the same as we prepare for our 2nd. She has assisted with registration packets, manned the registration booth, and worked extended hours to assure everything went smoothly. Manuela is extremely courteous with all co-workers and will help in any way possible to assure that research runs smoothly. She is a true self-starter and her job performance reflects her "get up and go" attitude in all aspects of her work. She is a valued employee that upholds all policies and standards of the COM with a smile!!"

Congratulations, Manuela and keep up the great work!

Student Forum on USMLE Step 1 Exam

A Student Forum on "Preparation for the USMLE Step 1 Exam" will be presented to the M-1 and M-2 students in College Station at noon on Monday, November 27. This is a joint effort of the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Educational Development.

The forum will include presentations from some M-3 students on their preparation strategies and experiences preparing for the exam - i.e. study timeline, review texts used, use of Kaplan computer question bank (Q-Bank), impressions of the computer-based exam, etc. There will also be presentations about the exam from Student Affairs. An open question and answer session will then follow. Lunch will be provided. All students who plan on attending will need to RSVP to the Office of Academic Affairs by November 13.

Maldonado Appointed to AAMC-GSA Committee on Admissions

Assistant Dean for Admissions Filo Maldonado was recently nominated and selected to the AAMC-GSA Committee on Admissions. Part of his role on the committee will be to address admissions policy issues that potentially impact all medical schools, as well as to represent the interest and concerns of the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service and its constituent institutions. Congratulations, Filo!

College of Medicine Well-Represented at AAMC Annual Meeting

Approximately 20 faculty, staff and students from the College of Medicine attended the annual AAMC meeting in Seattle at the end of October. Additionally, several of them gave presentations or served in other leadership roles.

Faculty members Dr. Doug Dohrman, Dr. Kelly Hester and Dr. Tom Peterson presented a poster, "Creation and Delivery of an Integrated Course in Histology and Physiology", while Dr. Jose Pliego spoke to the OSR group on "The Shifting Paradigm: How Simulation is Transforming Medical Education." Dr. Colenda presented "Planning for Class Size Increases."

Marie Parmer served as the chair of the Dean's Assistants Group (DAG), and Wanda Watson gave a presentation "Why Diversity is Important in the Recruitment of Medical Students" to the DAG. In addition, student Jim Littlejohn was the chair-elect of the OSR group, and served as a moderator for OSR sessions "OSR Innovative Programming Showcase" and "The Shifting Paradigm: How Simulation is Transforming Medical Education".

COM Students Organize 10,000 Step Challenge Fundraiser

College of Medicine students Salil Bhandari, Neil Bhatt, Ravi Kumar, Bryan Pickett, Alan Swearingen and Srini Yallapragada were looking for a way to encourage their classmates to live healthier lives, as well as raise money for a local charity. As a result, they have organized a 10,000 Step Challenge, a fundraiser that includes more than 140 first and second-year students, who all pledged to walk at least 10,000 steps daily.

They then asked faculty and staff from around the college and the Health Science Center to sponsor one or more students by donating $1 for every 10,000 steps a medical student walks during the three-week challenge. All funds are being raised in conjunction with the State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) and designated for Health For All, the downtown Bryan clinic that offers free healthcare to individuals without health insurance.

As of October 31, the students were more than halfway to their goal of securing a sponsorship for each of the 140 participating students. Additionally, Dr. Colenda and his wife Kathy have pledged to match dollar to dollar the funds raised by the students. Sponsorships (cash or checks) may still be dropped off with Brenda Long in the Dean's Office - please make checks payable to "SECC" and write "10,000 Step Challenge" in the memo line.

COM Students Score Top AMA, TMA Recruiting Numbers

Several medical students traveled to Austin the weekend of September 30 for the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Fall Summit. At the Chapter President's Meeting, the students were notified that our school has the highest recruitment numbers out of all the medical schools in Texas! College of Medicine students recruited 98% of the first year class for American Medical Association (AMA) membership and 100% for TMA.

Faculty Research Colloquium Slated for November 15

The College of Medicine Faculty Advisory Committee is sponsoring a Faculty Research Colloquium Wednesday, November 15 from 5-6 p.m. Professor of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis Jim Samuel, Ph.D. will be the featured speaker. The colloquium will be held in Lecture Hall 1 of the Reynolds Building and simulcast to the Mayborn Auditorium in the Education Center at Scott & White. Receptions will follow in the Reynolds Medical Building lobby and R110 in Temple.

CTVHCS Approved For Interprofessional Fellowship Program in Psychosocial Rehabilitation

The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS), one of the College of Medicine's clinical partners in Temple, was recently notified that it has been selected as one of the newest sites to offer a fellowship program in psychosocial rehabilitation.

In spring 2006, the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) Office of Academic Affiliations sent out a request for proposals for expansion of the VA Interprofessional Program in Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Veterans with Chronic, Serious Mental Illness. The goal was to increase the number of fellowship programs from three to six nationally. Expansion of this fellowship program is seen as critical to implementation of the recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and the Comprehensive VHA Mental Health Strategic Plan.

Cobbs, Peterson Receive MALRC Grant

Dr. Lauren Cobbs and Dr. Tom Peterson recently received notice that their proposal was selected as a grant recipient from the Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center (MALRC). Dr. Cobbs and Dr. Peterson submitted "Presence and Impact on Medial Learners of Spanish language and Hispanic Cultural Awareness Training in U.S. Medical Education", and were awarded a $5,000 grant, the title of MALRC fellow for three years and training from the Vice President of Proposal Development to enhance their grant writing skills.

According to Drs. Cobbs and Peterson, "This planning grant will be directed toward investigating the current status of medical education in the areas of cultural awareness and diversity education with a special concentration on training in medical Spanish and Hispanic culture as they relate to health care practices and beliefs, and the creation of a formal evaluation instrument to assess medical students' attitudes, behaviors and skills in the area of cultural and diversity awareness specifically with respect to caring for patients of Hispanic origin. The data collected from an electronically conducted survey of all 125 U.S. medical schools will be used to generate a review paper updating the current status of cultural awareness and diversity training in U.S. medical education. The last review on the topic was published in 1999."

Cardiovascular Research Institute Hosts Second Scientific Retreat

The 2nd Annual Cardiovascular Research Retreat was held October 19-20 at the Hilton College Station and Conference Center, and was attended by 130 participants (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, basic science and clinical faculty) from components of the TAMHSC (Baylor College of Dentistry, College of Medicine, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy), TAMU (Dwight Look College of Engineering - Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Education and Human Development - Department of Kinesiology, College of Science, College of Veterinary Medicine), Rice University, Scott and White Hospital, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center and Central Texas Veteran's Health Care System.

The conference consisted of oral and poster presentations. Major topics of the oral presentations included "Pathogenesis of Cardiopulmonary Disease", "Risk Factors in Vascular Biology", "Developmental Biology and Signaling" and "Cutting Edge Technologies in Cardiovascular Biology". Dr. Julian Solway (Department of Medicine, University of Chicago) was the first keynote speaker, who presented a state-of-the-art presentation on bronchoconstriction, titled "Breathing is Good for Breathing". Dr. YiPing Chen (College of Dentistry, Ohio State University), was a keynote speaker for the Developmental session and presented on the "Molecular Mechanisms of Left-right Asymmetry in Vertebrates". The Signaling session was introduced by Dr. Mark Entman (The DeBakey Heart Center, Baylor College of Medicine) who gave a keynote presentation on "Precursor Cells in Cardiac Injury and Repair".

Winners of the trainee poster competition were Guangrong Lu (1st place), Lucas Timmins (2nd place), Rashmi Choudhary (3rd place), Vivek Singh (3rd place) and Sirish Lakkaruaju (3rd place).

Pliego, COM Students Participate in Simulation Development Program

College of Medicine faculty member Dr. Jose Pliego served as an expert in the STARLINK faculty development program entitled "Simulation Technology in the Classroom: Advancing Medical Education" on Thursday, October 5 at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Pliego is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Director of Clinical Simulation at Scott & White and the College of Medicine.

The program featured current third-year medical students rotating at the Clinical Simulation Center, doing clinical simulation scenarios in both Ob/Gyn and FM clerkships. Faculty members Dr. Russell Fothergill and Dr. Marc Via were also involved.

HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE

Medical Writers Recognize Gastel for 20 Years of Service

Barbara Gastel, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of Humanities in Medicine, has been honored for 20 years of service giving workshops at annual conferences of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). This recognition was given at AMWA's 66th annual conference, held October 26-28 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

At this conference, Gastel also gave three workshops: "Medical Journalism: From Choosing a Topic Through Polishing the Piece," "Elements of Medical Terminology," and "Journal Submissions Other Than Research Articles." In addition, she led two breakfast roundtables and an evening dessert roundtable.

Medicine & Humanities Consultation

The Medicine and Humanities Consultations hosted the October consultation on the 23rd at the Halley House in Salado, Texas. The facilitator that day was Greg Pence, Ph.D. from the University of Alabama. Dr. Pence spoke on the topic of "The Terri Schiavo Case: The Triumph of Emotions and the Media over Rationality".

The next Medicine and Humanities Consultation will be held on November 13, at the Halley House from 1-6 p.m. Robert Truog, M.D., will be the facilitator with a topic discussing, "Brain Death Revisited". Dr. Truog is a Professor of Medical Ethics, Anesthesiology & Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston. Dr. Truog's major administrative roles include Director of Clinical Ethics in the Division of Medical Ethics and the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Institute for Collaborative Learning and Ethical Practice at Children's Hospital, and Chair of the Harvard Human Subjects Research Committee at Harvard University. In his role as Director of the Institute for Collaborative Learning and Ethical Practice, he conducts research and develops educational initiatives related to communication and relational skills.

Dr. Truog lectures widely nationally and internationally. His writings on the subject of brain death have been translated into several languages, and in 1997 he provided expert testimony on this subject to the German Parliament. Dr. Truog is an active member of numerous committees and advisory boards and has received several awards over the years, including the Christopher Grenvick Memorial Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine for his contributions and leadership in the area of ethics.

The Humanities Consultations are a Continuing Education Credit course for medical doctors, nurses and social workers. For more information, please contact Evelyn Francis at 979-845-0755 or by email at efrancis@medicine.tamhsc.edu

Humanities McGovern Award Lectureship

The Annual McGovern Award Lectureship in the Art and Science of Medicine was held Wednesday, October 18 at 1 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1 of the Reynolds Medical Building. The Department of Humanities in Medicine sponsored this lectureship.

The guest speaker was John McDermott, Ph.D. He is a distinguished professor of the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University and the TAMHSC-COM Department of Humanities in Medicine. Dr. McDermott's title for his lecture was "Can you help me? Medicine as a Sacred Calling". He gave an hour lecture and was presented an award from Charles W. Sanders, M.D., Department Head of Humanities in Medicine and a McGovern Medallion from the John P. McGovern Foundation. The lecture was followed by a reception in the Reynolds Medical Building lobby for the faculty and students to visit personally with Dr. McDermott.

OFFICE OF RESEARCH

Funding Opportunities

The Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards Program
(www.healthinaging.org)
Application deadline: 12/7/06

PATHOLOGY

Bob Fader, Ph.D., Chief of Microbiology, is serving a one-year term as President of the Southwestern Association of Clinical Microbiology.

V.O. Speights, Jr., D.O., Division Director of Anatomic Pathology/Residency Program Director, was elected to a two year term as Secretary-Treasurer of the Pathology Residency Program Director's Organization (PRODS) in July.

PEDIATRICS

Dr. Don Wilson, Department Chair

Congratulations to Dr. Matt Stephen, Dr. John Pohl and Dr. Don Wilson on their recent article entitled "Pediatric Obesity: Impact and Surgical Management", published in the Southern Medical Journal 2006, August: 99 (8):833-44; quiz 845-6.

Congratulations to Dr. John Pohl. He served as moderator at the annual NASPGHAN meeting in Orlando.

Congratulations to Dr. John Pohl who recently published an article on "Pediatric Obesity in Texas: Does the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy Affect Child Nutrition?", Journal of Texas Medicine, October 2006, Volume 102, Number 10.

Dr. William Bryant recently lectured for the Osler Institute on August 14-19 in San Francisco. His lectures included: Diabetes, Normal Growth and Development, Vitamin D and Calcium Metabolism, Puberty and Abnormal Sexual Development and Adrenal Disease.

Dr. Cheryl Cipriani recently lectured for the Osler Institute on August 14-19 in San Francisco.

Dr. Robert Pryor, Dr. Michael Smith, Dr. David Easley and Dr. Don Wilson recently attended the NACHRI meeting in Boston, MA on October 7-11, 2006.

FACULTY

Internal Medicine

Dr. Paul Ogden was a visiting professor at UNC Greensboro, Moses Cone Hospital September 28-29. Dr. Ogden worked with the Internal Medicine Residency faculty to help them begin using high fidelity simulation with their training program.
He presented Grand Rounds on Friday, September 29 entitled, "The Integration of High Fidelity Simulation into an Undergraduate and Graduate Internal Medicine Training Program".

Dr. Ogden also presented "Do Attending Physicians, Nurses, Residents, and Medical Students Agree on the Reporting of Potential Medical Student Abuse?" and "The Integration of High Fidelity Simulation into An Undergraduate and Graduate Internal Medicine Curriculum" at the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine annual conference, October 28 in New Orleans.

Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis

Dr. Jim Samuel attended the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology, September 2-7 in Pacific Grove, California. He presented an invited oral presentation, "Coxiella burnetii virulence and protective immunity" and six poster presentations.

Dr. Samuel also made an oral Presentation/Progress Report at the Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (WRCE) Annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 27-29.

Dr. Yan Zhang presented a poster with Dr. Samuel at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Rickettsiology entitled "Elucidation of the role of dendritic cells 9DC) in induction of protective immune responses against Coxiella burnetii infection in a BALB/c mouse model".

Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Dr. Gregg Wells and Alexandra Person presented research work titled "Effects of N-terminal and C-terminal modifications on properties of extracellular domain alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors" at the 36th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Atlanta on October 17, 2006.

Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

In September, Dr. Rajesh Miranda presented "Ethanol effects on the maintenance and maturation of neural stem cells" at the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, World Congress on Alcoholism 2006 in Sydney, Australia, as well as "Neuroscience at the frontier of Psychology" at Bombay University in Mumbai, India for the Sesquicentennial year celebrations of the Department of Applied Psychology. Dr. Miranda also participated in a round-table discussion on neuroscience with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers at the Institute for Psychological Health, a NGO community mental health center, in Thane, India.

The following presentations were given by Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics faculty and students at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, held October 14-18 in Atlanta:

Cox, K.Y., Earnest, D.J. and Zoran, M.J. Melatonin modulates intercellular communication among immortalized rat hypothalamic astrocytes.

Earnest, D.J., Neuendorff, N., Chen, W.J. and West, J.R. Neonatal alcohol exposure alters components of the circadian photoentrainment pathway in adult rats.

Womac, A.D., Earnest, D.J, and Zoran, M.J. Rhythmic release of ATP from suprachiasmatic nucleus cell cultures.

Wang, H. and Frye, G.D. Acute ethanol treatment differentially alters GABAergic miniature postsynaptic currents in developing rat medial septum/diagonal band neurons in brain slices, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 36: 329.2, 2006.

Frye, G.D. and Wang, H. Binge ethanol treatment alters the kinetic sensitivity of postsynaptic GABAergic receptor to neurosteroids in medial septum/diagonal band slices, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 36: 329.1 2006.

Murchison D., Peebles, K.A., Bizon J.L. and Griffith W.H. Age-related changes in calcium signaling in F344 basal forebrain neurons: relationship to firing properties and synaptic function. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #80.6, 2006.

LaSarge, C.L., Montogomery, K.S., Griffith W.H. and Bizon J.L. Reference and working memory across the lifespan of Fischer 344 rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #80.12, 2006.

Montogomery, K.S., LaSarge, C.L., Griffith W.H., Setlow, B. and Bizon J.L. Cross-domain cognitive impairments in Fischer 344 rats across lifespan: improvement with donepezil. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #273.7, 2006.

McDermott, A.N., Peebles, K.A., Bizon J.L. and Griffith W.H. Amitriptyline pharmacology of whole-cell calcium currents in identified basal forebrain neurons from behaviorally characterized F344 rats during aging. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, #131.15, 2006.

P. Sathyan & R. Miranda (2006) Distinct non-overlapping microRNAs underlie cortical neuroepithelial differentiation and sensitivity to the teratogen, ethanol. Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Atlanta, GA, #418.4

Huang S.S, Huang LZ, Winzer-Serhan UH. (2006) Regulation of feeding peptide mRNA expression by chronic nicotine in the arcuate nucleus of the adult rat brain. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 565.3.

Huang L.X. Liu X, Winzer-Serhan UH. (2006) Long-term effects of chronic neonatal nicotine on behavior and cognition in adolescent and adult rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 480.20.

Son J, Winzer-Serhan U.H.. (2006) Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit mRNAs in hippocampal GABAergic interneurons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 326.2.

Systems Biology and Translational Medicine

Dr. Cindy Meininger presented "Tetrahydrobiopterin: enzymatic cofactor and endogenous antioxidant" as an invited speaker for the conference entitled "Radicals in Heart and Mind," held at the Buck Institute in Novato, California in October.

Dr. Andreea Trache presented "Advanced nano-imaging techniques applied to live cell biophysics" at the SPIE-NIH 2006 Optical Imaging - Bench to Bed Side Translational Research Conference at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland in September. She also presented "Integrated nano-imaging techniques applied to live cell dynamics" at the Bioimaging and Engineered Biosystems Workshop at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in September, as well as "Atomic force microscopy integrated with optical imaging: advancing live cell research" at the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering in Norman in October.

The following abstracts were presented by Systems Biology and Translational Medicine faculty and students at the 2nd Annual Cardiovascular Research Institute Retreat, held in College Station in late October:

Heaps CL, Mattox ML, Parker JL. Paradoxical adaptations in collateral-dependent vasculature after exercise training

Meininger C, Cai S, Parker J, Channon K, Kelly K, Hargrove L, Jobgen W, Dado J, Wu G. Modulating tetrahydrobiopterin levels to reverse endothelial cell dysfunction in diabetes

Stallone JN, White RE, Parker JL. Rapid nongenomic effects of androgens on the vascular wall

Trache A. Integrated scanning and optical imaging techniques for vascular studies

Zimmer WE. Mouse models in cardiovascular research: the TIGM initiative


The following posters were presented by Systems Biology and Translational Medicine faculty and students at the 2nd Annual Cardiovascular Research Institute Retreat, held in College Station in late October:

Bridenbaugh EA, Zawieja DC, Wang W. The role of brain and C-type natriuretic peptide in rat mesenteric lymphatics

Chowdhury U, Jamroz R and VanBuren V. SBTM Microarray Laboratory: QC, labeling, hybridization and scanning

Dado J, Hargrove LA, Jobgen W, Kelly K, Holland RJ, Reneau J, Wu G, Meininger CJ. Effects of N-acetyl cysteine on glutathione and tetrahydrobiopterin levels in vivo and in vitro

Dougherty P, Zawieja D, Muthuchamy M, Davis M. Unique mechanical and contractile properties of mesenteric lymphatic vessels

Gasheva OY, Nepiyushchikh ZV, Wang W, Muthuchamy M, Gashev AA. The age-related functional alterations in rat thoracic duct and mesenteric lymphatics

Gasheva OY, Gashev AA, Zawieja DC. Potassium channels are not involved in the imposed flow-dependent inhibition in rat thoracic duct

Hargrove L, Kelly K, Mattox M, Heaps C, Parker J, Cai S, Channon K, Wu G, Meininger C. GTP cyclohydrolase I gene transfer in vivo improves endothelial dysfunction in Type I diabetic rats

Hein TW, Razavi HM, Qamirani E, Xu W, Wu X, Davis MJ, Kuo L. Activation of smooth muscle Kir2.1 channels and Na+/K+ ATPase mediates dilation of coronary arterioles to K+

Hein TW, Yuan Z, Xu W, Vold S, Kuo L. Elevated intraocular pressure inhibits nitric oxide synthase-mediated dilation of retinal arterioles to adenosine

Jamroz R, VanBuren V. SBTM microarray laboratory: microarray printing, RNA extraction, and data analysis

Julian AM, Ezekiel U, Zawieja DC, Muthuchamy M. Hypoxia and ECM proteins influence angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in mouse embryoid bodies

Jupiter D, VanBuren V. Discovery of murine cardiac developmental gene regulatory networks using microarray data (preliminary report)

Nagaoka T, Hein TW, Yoshida A, Kuo L. Simvastatin elicits vasodilation of retinal arterioles through nitric oxide synthase activation and cyclic GMP signaling pathway

Nepiyushchikh ZV, Gashev A, Zawieja DC, Heuertz RM, Ezekiel UR, Muthuchamy M. C-reactive protein modulates lymphatic pumping activity

Popovic N, Neiger JD, Miller M, Fossum T, Humphrey JD, Wilson E. TGF beta and BMP signaling in hypertensive vascular remodeling

Steelman SM, Heaps CL. Enhanced protein kinase C contribution to agonist-mediated contraction in coronary arteries from hypercholesterolemic swine

Wang W, Zawieja D, Gashev A, Davis M, Muthuchamy M. Inhibition of myosin light chain phosphorylation decreases substance P-induced tonic contraction of rat mesenteric lymphatics

Wu X, Sun Z, Trzeciakowski JP, Meininger GA, Muthuchamy M. Mechanical properties of the interaction between fibronectin and 5 1-integrin on cardiomyocytes studied by atomic force microscopy

Yuan Z, Hein TW, Rosa RH Jr, Kuo L. Sildenafil (Viagra) evokes vasodilation of retinal arterioles: role of nitric oxide synthase, mitogen-activated protein and KATP channel

RESEARCH

Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis

Dr. Jim Samuel received a funded subcontract: James E. Samuel, Co-PI (Peters, PI), "Mapping targets of T cell responses in Coxiella burnetii". PSRCE, NIH, NIAID in the amount of $110,580 total subcontract for the period of May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2008.

Dr. Samuel was also awarded a contract with Department of Defense in the amount of $20,000 for the period of October 1, 2006 to November 30, 2006.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis

Takahashi, M, Jeevan, A, Sawant, K, McMurray, DN and Yoshimura T. Cloning and characterization of guinea pig CXCR1. Molecular Immunology 44: 878-888 (2006).


DATES TO REMEMBER

November 15: Faculty Research Colloquium; Lecture Hall 1 (CS) - simulcast to Mayborn Auditorium (Temple); 5 p.m.
November 20: Dean's Thanksgiving Lunch; Reynolds Medical Building Lobby; 11 a.m.
December 20: Dean's Holiday Reception and Service Awards; Reynolds Medical Building Lobby; 3 p.m.



Christopher C. Colenda, M.D., M.P.H.
Dean, College of Medicine
The Texas A&M Health Science Center
147 Joe H. Reynolds Medical Building
College Station, TX 77843-1114
Phone: 979-845-3431
Fax: 979-847-8663
Email: colenda@medicine.tamhsc.edu