JOINED WSU SPOKANE IN 2014:
“I came to WSU Spokane because it looks like the perfect environmental to collaborate with clinicians in the neighboring medical institutes, and medicinal chemists and pharmacologists on campus.”
Since joining the WSU College of Pharmacy two years ago as a post-doctoral associate in the lab of Philip Lazarus, Joe Ashmore has been immersed in laboratory research involving tobacco smoke and lung cancer. His current project focuses on a metabolite of nicotine (NNK) that is the main carcinogen in tobacco smoke. NNK is not easily eliminated from the body, but if the body converts it to another metabolite (NNAL), it can be expelled.
There are a number of reasons why people should increase their consumption of green tea. Green tea is already known to have anti-oxidant benefits that can help prevent cancer and cardiovascular (CV) disease, and according to findings from the lab of Associate Professor Salah-uddin Ahmed, small molecules present in green tea can also help prevent inflammation and joint destruction caused by rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Dr. Zhenjia Wang has spent much of his working career exploring life forms too small to see with a normal microscope. In his current research, he uses multicolor fluorescent microscopy to map the biological trafficking of specific nanoparticles, and the powerful microscope, purchased in part with funds provided by the Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane, allows him to label multiple, distinct targets of interest in a single biological sample.
An inherited immune deficiency fatal in newborns is the target of a new research effort by a team that includes a Washington State University scientist.
SPOKANE, Wash. – Sleep’s influence on skin cancer and on the effectiveness of anti-cancer treatments is under study by a new researcher in the Washington State University College of Pharmacy.
Mike Gibson has been conducting research on a rare neurologic disease for over 30 years. He has recently teamed up with researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for a two-year project to continue his research on a selected neurological brain disease called succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency, a defect of the GABA metabolic pathway.
The HSSA Board met March 4th and the minutes of that meeting have been posted. We had some difficulty scheduling the first meeting of the year due to illness and schedules. We apologize for any inconvenience. The next meeting of the Board is scheduled for May 6, 2015. Subsequent 2015 meetings are scheduled for August 5th and November 4th. All meetings are held at the McKinstry SIERR Building and begin at 3 PM. Please mark your calendars.
The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA) will host its annual Leadership Summit in Spokane May21, 2015, at WSU Spokane. Leaders from across the state meet in Spokane to share knowledge about major life science activities and initiatives. Anyone involved or interested in health sciences research, private or public, health care leadership or related fields, should attend. To learn more visit www.washbio.org
HSSA anticipates three Board vacancies in the upcoming months. One each appointed by the City of Spokane Mayor, Spokane County Commissioners and the Governor. If you are interested in serving on a hard-working, dynamic board for an organization whose mission in funding bio-science research in Spokane County, please contact us. Experience in the life sciences, research, commercialization, health sciences/care is most helpful. Send a letter expressing your interest and your resume to HSSA, 850 E Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA 99202.