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.