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News
David Kim to receive Feldman Fellowship Award at COBRAS 3rd Annual Symposium
On Thursday, June 6th, David Kim, an undergraduate researcher with the Chen Lab, will be awarded the 2024-2025 COBRAS Feldman Fellowship to conduct research on sleep regulation and functions.
Now accepting applications for WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award! (Links to an external site)
The goal of the $10,000 WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award is to recognize and encourage early career investigators who have demonstrated bold, pioneering research that is high-risk by virtue of being fundamentally different from standard approaches. The intent is to encourage scientific research investigators to challenge status quo approaches by developing fundamentally different methods, approaches, […]
Thomas Papouin receives 2024 Dean’s Impact Award (Links to an external site)
Papouin, an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, is acknowledged for his extraordinary efforts in guiding the career development of trainees.
New dedicated Neuroscience Research Building
Bringing together more than 100 research teams to help solve the brain’s mysteries
Publications
Introducing a new conceptual framework for astrocyte function
In Nature Neuroscience, Thomas Papouin and colleagues describe the role of astrocytes in “contextual guidance.”
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St. Louis is an affordable, family- and foodie-friendly city with amazing green spaces and incredible cultural activities.