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Bony armour

Christine Janis, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, posits a theory on the function of bony skin structures in earth's earliest four-legged creatures. Read more

Superfund Lab

US Senator Jack Reed joined state and federal officals in a tour of Superfund Research Program facilities at the Laboratories for Molecuar Medicine. Read more

Bats Prove Efficient Flyers

A new study suggests that bats compensate for heavy wing mass by folding their wings towards their bodies on the upstroke. Read more

Mammalian Evolution linked to Climate Change

A quantitative analysis led by Professor of Evolutionary Biology Christine Janis link climate changes to six, distinct periods of mammal species diversity in North America over the last 65 million years. Read More

Arrested Development?

A new study finds that low concentrations of methylisothiazolinone, a biocide found in cosmetics, hinders neurological development in tadpoles. Read More

Barry Connors, Diane Lipscombe, and David Rand have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They will be officially welcomed as fellows on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C. Read More

Institute for Brain Science

In 2010 the Institute for Brain Science, led by Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue, celebrated a decade of research.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology morphology group includes faculty interested in the design, function, and evolution of vertebrates, with a focus on the muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems during locomotion and other movements.

Virtual Advances

Professor of Computer Science Andries Van Dam and colleagues at the Center for Restorative and Regenerative Medicine at Brown and the Providence VA Medical Center are testing virtual environments to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans.

In the News	Coming Events
Brittle stars move like people Milton Hamolsky Lifetime Achievement Award Dissertation Prize Did bone ease acid for early land crawlers? Locked RNA editing yields odd fly behavior Women & Infants named lead center in study of CMV How bats save energy Brown’s Superfund Lab Newly found protein Protein helps cancer cells live View All News

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Coming Events

Brittle stars move like people

Milton Hamolsky Lifetime Achievement Award

Dissertation Prize

Did bone ease acid for early land crawlers?

Locked RNA editing yields odd fly behavior

Women & Infants named lead center in study of CMV

How bats save energy

Brown’s Superfund Lab

Newly found protein

Protein helps cancer cells live

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Research Grants and Publications
Jeffrey Morgan, PhD Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology In a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, MD/PhD student Brian Bao and Professor of Medical Science Jeffrey Morgan suggests that the protein Pannexin1 may play an important role in keeping tissue cells together, an effect that is lost in cancerous cells.. Read more
Rebecca Page, PhD Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Rebecca Page, assistant professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, and colleagues identified two proteins that play a key role in building biofilms--films of bacteria that form around foreign materials in the body. Results are published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Read more
Carlos Aizenman Department of Neuroscience A research team led by Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Carlos Aizenman has found that the presence of the molecule putrescine in the brain after an epileptic seizure works to guard against a second seizure. The study findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, may lead to new treatments for epilepsy. Read more
Justin Fallon, PhD Department of Neuroscience Professor of Neuroscience Justin Fallon and his team found a new potential therapy based on a natural human protein. The therapy significantly slows muscle damage and improves function in mice that have the same genetic mutation as boys with the most common form of muscular dystrophy. Findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more

Research Grants and Publications

Jeffrey Morgan, PhD

Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology

In a paper published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, MD/PhD student Brian Bao and Professor of Medical Science Jeffrey Morgan suggests that the protein Pannexin1 may play an important role in keeping tissue cells together, an effect that is lost in cancerous cells..

Rebecca Page, PhD

Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry

Rebecca Page, assistant professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, and colleagues identified two proteins that play a key role in building biofilms--films of bacteria that form around foreign materials in the body. Results are published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Carlos Aizenman

Department of Neuroscience A research team led by Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Carlos Aizenman has found that the presence of the molecule putrescine in the brain after an epileptic seizure works to guard against a second seizure. The study findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, may lead to new treatments for epilepsy.

Justin Fallon, PhD

Department of Neuroscience

Professor of Neuroscience Justin Fallon and his team found a new potential therapy based on a natural human protein. The therapy significantly slows muscle damage and improves function in mice that have the same genetic mutation as boys with the most common form of muscular dystrophy. Findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

BioMed Publications
Brown Medicine Magazine (Winter 2012) Division of Biology and Medicine Annual Report (2011) Dean's Letter

Spotlight
Spring 2012 Spotlight Graduate Student Matthew Riolo is lead author on a study that could lead to improved therapies for breast cancer patients. Read more