Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program
We are now accepting applications for SURF 2008! The tentative dates
for the program are Monday, June 9 through Friday, August 15, 2008. You can
download the application as a pdf file or
contact Dr. Philip R. Mayeux by
email or at (501) 686-8895 to request a hard copy of the application. The completed
application and letters of recommendation must be received by Dr. Mayeux by
Monday, March 13, 2008. Students will be notified of their status no later that
April 6, 2008.
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology SURF program is funded in part
by the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).
The goal of this national research program is to give undergraduate students
who might be interested in graduate school and a career in biomedical research
the opportunity to experience what it is like to work in a research lab and
perform biomedical research in pharmacology or toxicology. Students spend 10
weeks working in the lab and earn $3,000. If you have any questions, contact
Dr. Mayeux.
Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium 2007
August 9, 2007
List of Speakers
Sara E. Prior, University of Arkansas Monticello - "ATP depletion
induces oxidant production in renal proximal tubule cells."
Advisor: Dr. L.A. MacMillan-Crow Sarasijhaa K. Desikan, University of Pennsylvania - Evaluating
the Function of Vascular K+ Channels used as Gene Therapy for Hypertension.
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Rush Benedict Igwe, University of Central Arkansas - The Role of the
Canonical Transient Receptor Potential Channel (TRPC) in Seizures and Excitotoxicity.
Advisor: Dr. Fang Zheng Alyson K. Baker, Drury University - Cannabinoid/Chemokine Interactions
in Activated Microglia: Potential Anti-inflammatory Mechanism?
Advisor: Dr. Paul Prather
Participants in the 2007 Pharmacology and Toxicology Summer Undergraduate Research
Symposium. Pictured l-r are Sara Prior and her mentor, Lee Ann MacMillan-Crow,
PhD; Alyson Baker and her mentor, Paul Prather, PhD; Benedict Igwe and his mentor,
Fang Zheng, PhD; and Sarasijhaa Desikan and her mentor, Keshari Thakali, PhD.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
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Little Rock, AR 72205
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