DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIPS

The goal is to bring cutting edge information and distinguished scientists to Mississippi to increase opportunities for students and faculty associated with the center to interact with renown researchers.

CORE-NPN will host four nationally and internationally recognized Distinguished Lectureships each year.  These lectureships will be incorporated into the structure of existing departmental seminar series.


  • September 19, 2008  -  Lawrence J. Marnett, Ph.D , Vanderbilt Institute for Chemical Biology, The Chemistry and Biology of COX-2-Selective Oxygenation of Endocannabinoids      Program Announcement

  • October 7, 2008  -  Edward W. Boyer, Ph.D., M.D , University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine, “Fostering Translational Research”      Program Announcement

  • February 12, 2009  -  Craig A. Stockmeier, Ph.D. , University of Mississippi Medical Center , “COBRE Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience – Cellular and Molecular Research into the Neuroscience of Depression”       Program Announcement

  • February 17, 2009  -   Thomas F. Murray, Ph.D , Creighton University Medical Center , Discovery and Characterization of Neuroactive Marine Natural Products:  Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels as a Common Target”       Program Announcement

  • April 9, 2009  -   Peter J. Houghton, Ph.D. , St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, “The TOR Pathway in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cancer.”       Program Announcement
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    The Center of Research Excellence in Natural Products Neuroscience (CORE-NPN) is funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as one of its Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence  
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