Jeff Hansen
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jeffhans@uab.edu • (205) 209-2355Communicates UAB research discoveries and initiatives from across the university for a variety of audiences.
Specific beats include: biochemistry; cell, developmental and integrated biology; microbiology; molecular genetics; neurobiology; pathology; pharmacology and tocixology; Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance; Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
At UAB, Alexa Wade found inspiration, open lab doors and an adept mentor.
Heating a mixture of gases to furnace temperatures is one way to make a diamond film, nature’s hardest substance. Adding boron to the gas mixture may create new materials.
This link suggests that pollutants in the environment that mimic estrogens may have a deleterious effect on heart function.
The award honors his distinguished contributions to neuroscience, particularly for discovery of gliotransmission.
This more comprehensive approach may be needed to find ways to delay the progressive heart failure.
Such basic research supports the goal of using stem cells in therapy, where an important hurdle is efficient differentiation.
This award from the AABB honors the top paper published in the journal Transfusion.
Inhibition of this microRNA might improve response to newer diabetes drugs, such as Byetta, Victoza, Trulicity, Januvia, Onglyza and Tradjenta.
UAB gets a CDC grant to set up a sentinel surveillance system to track an antibiotic resistant infectious agent responsible for many cases of pneumonia.
Overexpression of CCND2 increased growth and division of grafted heart muscle cells, resulting in better heart function and decreased size of dead tissue.