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Amy Christensen receives Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship   

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
Amy Christensen and Washington University shield logo

The three-year award will support Dr. Christensen’s postdoctoral research in Adam Kepecs’ lab on the neural computations underlying uncertainty in decision-making.

Two Department of Neuroscience scholars receive grants from McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Tom Franken and Alessandro Livi

Assistant Professor Tom Franken will explore how the brain distinguishes objects from shadows, and Alessandro Livi, a postdoctoral researcher, will map the brain networks underlying economic decision-making.

Xiyun Zhang wins 2023 Spector Prize (Links to an external site)

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Xiyun Zhang and Washington University shield logo

Zhang, who completed her undergraduate thesis in Dr. Harrison Gabel’s lab, is a co-recipient of this award honoring outstanding contributions to research.

WashU, JuliaHub and MIT developers unveil major update to Julia programming language (Links to an external site)

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Tim Holy

Professor Tim Holy and colleagues produced Julia 1.9, which eliminates slow startup times and lowers the barriers to even wider adoption of this popular tool.

Gabel Lab identifies molecular links between Sotos and Tatton Brown Rahman Syndromes

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Nicole Hamagami and Dennis Wu

The two rare genetic diseases, which have striking phenotypic similarities, lead to similar downstream consequences on gene activity in neurons of mouse models.

Anatomy faculty receives Dean’s Impact Award (Links to an external site)

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
A message of love and support is written on glass in the intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Kari Allen, Amy Bauernfeind, Krikor Dikranian, Ahmad Jezzini, Ashley Morhardt, and Kristen Prufrock are honored for their innovations in medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kristen Prufrock awarded grant to study how tooth formation affects face shape

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023
Kristen Prufrock with Washington University shield logo on red background

As part of a collaborative team, Prufrock will produce models of how developing teeth influence facial bone growth in multiple primate species.

Martha Bagnall receives R01 grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023
Martha Bagnall

The Bagnall Lab is creating a map of connections along the length of neurons in the spinal cord to understand their function in movement.

Paul Taghert awarded $1.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023
Paul Taghert and Washington University shield logo

Taghert’s group aims to determine how circadian pacemaker cells in the brain control behavior and physiology that peak at different times.

Assistant Professor Tristan Qingyun Li receives R01 grant

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023
tristan qingyun li

The project will investigate the contributions of subsets of microglia—the brain’s immune cells—to Alzheimer’s disease.

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