Featured Research at WesternU
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Dr. Michel Baudry and his lab recently published the following manuscripts:
Baudry M. Did Proust predict the existence of episodic memory? Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2020 Feb 19;171:107191. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107191. [Epub ahead of print]
Su, W., Zhou, Q., Wang, Y., Chishti, A., Li, Q.Q., Dayal, S., Shiehzadegan, S., Cheng, A., Moore, C., Bi, X. and Baudry, M. Deletion of the Capn1 gene results in alterations in signaling pathways related to Alzheimer’s disease, protein quality control and synaptic plasticity in mouse brain. Front. Genet. 11:334. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00334v
Thierra K. Nalley, PhD, of COMP, was part of an international team that recently published a paper in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. The study experimentally tested the relationship between bony morphology and intervertebral ranges of motion in the cervical spine across of a sample of primate species, including humans. The results do not support a strong relationship between vertebral morphology and joint ranges of motion, which has important implications for reconstructing axial mobility in fossil specimens.
Grider‐Potter, N., Nalley, T.K., Thompson, N.E., Goto, R. and Nakano, Y., 2020. Influences of passive intervertebral range of motion on cervical vertebral form. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24044
CGN Professor Diana Lithgow, PhD, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, published the following: Barron, M.L, Lithgow, D., Wade, G., & Mueller-Luckey , G. (2020) Measuring fertility health knowledge in university students: Development and testing of a survey tool. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 28(1), 43-59.
Congratulations to Drs. Preshita Desai and Sunil Prabhu and their lab members and collaborators on their recent accomplishments.
Desai P, Thakkar A, Ann D, Wang J, Prabhu S. Loratadine self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems (SMEDDS) in combination with sulforaphane for the synergistic chemoprevention of pancreatic cancer. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 2019;9(3):641-51. doi: 10.1007/s13346-019-00619-0. Link to Article
This article won a $500 award for best in vitro paper from the Controlled Release Society to be presented at their annual meeting in June.
Desai P, Wang KZ, Ann D, Wang J, Prabhu S. Efficacy and Pharmacokinetic Considerations of Loratadine Nanoformulations and its Combinations for Pancreatic Cancer Chemoprevention. Pharmaceutical Research. 2020;37(2):21. doi: 10.1007/s11095-019-2737-x. Link to Article
Please also explore each of the nine colleges’ home pages. Each has a link to their research page.
- College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP)
- College of Health Sciences – HS, PA, PT
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Graduate Nursing
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Dental Medicine researchers and page of CDM administration
- College of Optometry
- College of Podiatry
- Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences
Here is a list of faculty researchers (in pdf) and searchable database of faculty, by topic of expertise.
Please contact web content administrator for the Office of the VP for Research website with any questions or comments.
12/1/2015