Jenna Krizan, Brian, Author at Department of Neuroscience

Tristan Qingyun Li receives Brain & Behavior Research Foundation grant

July 20, 2022September 23, 2022

Li’s research will investigate the link between maternal immune activation during fetal development and the development of neurological disorders.

Neuroscience leaders tour research building construction site (Links to an external site)

July 12, 2022September 23, 2022

Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD, head of the neurology department; Linda Richards, PhD, head of the neuroscience department; David Holtzman, MD, past head of the neurology department; Gregory Zipfel, MD, head of the neurological surgery department, in hard hats and orange vests

The Neuroscience Research Building’s 11 stories have been framed and siding installation has begun.

Timothy Holy awarded R01 grant to investigate mouse pheromones

July 11, 2022September 23, 2022

The project aims to answer a fundamental question in neuroscience: how do olfactory cues direct behavior?

Pest control: A profile of Laura Duvall, PhD

July 7, 2022September 23, 2022

From circadian rhythms in Drosophila to feeding and mating in mosquito, Duvall is revealing the inner workings of insect behavior—and how to manipulate it.

ICTS pilot funding drives research on neurodegenerative diseases (Links to an external site)

July 6, 2022July 12, 2022

The Zhao Lab is grateful for ICTS, GTAC@MGI, Knight ADRC, and the Movement Disorders Center for their generous support.

Medical students, faculty honor body donors (Links to an external site)

June 30, 2022July 12, 2022

Medical student Sai Pinni sings "Halo" by Beyoncé to honor people who donated their bodies to Washington University School of Medicine.

“This is an occasion for gratitude, immense gratitude.”

Circadian pacemaker neurons exhibit two linked calcium cycles

June 21, 2022July 12, 2022

Schematic of calcium cycles in circadian pacemakers neurons of Drosophila

The slow and fast rhythms reflect distinct cellular processes yet nevertheless have a co-phasic relationship.

Tami Evans, pre-clinical business manager, retires

June 21, 2022July 12, 2022

Evans led the Department of Neuroscience business office since 2010. Mellie Euler, special project administrator, is also retiring after 20 years in the department.

Geoffrey Goodhill receives grant to monitor every neuron in the brain during sleep and wake

June 9, 2022July 12, 2022

One plane through the zebrafish brain labeled with a fluorescent calcium indicator

In collaboration with labs from Caltech and the University of Southern California, his team will track each cell in the zebrafish brain to document the biological basis of sleep.

Study finds key similarities between rodent and human satellite glial cells

May 20, 2022July 12, 2022

Human dorsal root ganglion stained for the neuronal marker TUJ1 (magenta) surrounded by satellite glial cells stained with FASN (green).

SGCs have been the subject of intense scrutiny for their involvement in inflammation, pain and nerve injury. The results confirm that rodents are a reliable model for translational research on these cells.