Doug Bayliss, PhD, and Yingtang Shi, MD, Awarded $3 Million to Study Phox2b-Regulated Genes That Impact Breathing

Doug Bayliss, PhD, the Joseph & Frances Larner Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, and Yingtang Shi, MD, an assistant professor of research in the Department of Pharmacology, were awarded a new $3 million grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, titled “Molecular physiology of Phox2b-expressing RTN chemoreceptor neurons.”

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Beenhakker Lab Student, Jewelle Sanchez, Receives 2025 Harrison Undergraduate Research Award

Congratulations to Jewelle Sanchez on her receipt of the 2025 Harrison Undergraduate Research Award!

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Ling Qi, PhD, and Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD, Earn $3.2 Million to Research Protein Degradation in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Congratulations to Ling Qi, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, and Shengyi (Iris) Sun, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology, and their research teams on their receipt of a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to investigate the mechanisms underlying SEL1L-HRD1 ERAD (Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation) disease variants.

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