Partnering with St. Louis–based uFab, the Neurotech Hub can meet the need for bespoke neuroscience technology in house.
Neurotech Hub at Washington University forms collaboration to develop custom printed circuit boards
Author: Kerry Grens
Media Marketing Administrator, Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine
Applications open for 2024 INSPIRE Symposium (Links to an external site)
Senior graduate students are invited to present their thesis research at Washington University in May 2024. This two-day, all-expenses-paid visit will include one-on-one faculty meetings, networking activities with postdocs and graduate students, and a tour of St. Louis.
MSTP trainee Lizzie Tilden receives prestigious F30 award
Tilden, a graduate student in Yao Chen’s lab, received the fellowship to pursue her research on how sleep, learning and aging are tied together.
Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience welcomes inaugural fellow
Leandro Fosque, PhD, joins the CTCN at Washington University to study the mechanisms underlying homeostasis in the brain.
Naoki Hiratani joins the Department of Neuroscience as Assistant Professor
Hiratani, a theoretical neuroscientist, seeks to bridge the gap between neuroscience and AI to gain a better understanding of both the brain and artificial intelligence.
Jason Yi and Harrison Gabel each receive SFARI Pilot Awards to study autism-related disorders
In the Yi Lab, the funding will go to developing an inhibitor of the protein UBE3A, which causes neurodevelopmental disorders. The Gabel Lab is establishing a novel platform to examine brain connectivity and gene disruption in a model of Rett Syndrome.
Paul Bridgman, Professor of Neuroscience and innovative educator, retires
Dr. Bridgman made fundamental discoveries into the structure of growth cones and developed novel histology teaching approaches over his 4-decade career at Washington University.
Amy Christensen receives Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship
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
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)
Zhang, who completed her undergraduate thesis in Dr. Harrison Gabel’s lab, is a co-recipient of this award honoring outstanding contributions to research.