Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, PhD, has developed a manual of tools for analysis of economic choices.
New primer on logistic models for research in decision neuroscience
Author: Kerry Grens
Media Marketing Administrator, Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine
Yi lab develops assay to solve mystery genetic variants
Assistant Professor Jason Yi’s group applied the technique to variants of unknown significance in UBE3A, the gene that underlies Angelman syndrome.
Yao Chen, PhD, receives grant from Mathers Foundation
The $500,000 award will go toward studying cellular influences on neuromodulator function.
Neuroanatomist: A profile of Matt Glasser, MD, PhD
As a graduate student in the Department of Neuroscience, Glasser came to be a leader in the Human Connectome Project.
The Department of Neuroscience Celebrates Tech Week
Our laboratory animal technicians are the backbone of basic research that relies on animal models.
Mohini Sengupta wins Mightex Research Excellence Award
Sengupta, a postdoc in Martha Bagnall’s lab, earned third place for illuminating the connectivity of spinal interneurons in zebrafish.
New study shows hierarchical and nonhierarchical network architectures between areas of mouse visual cortex
The Burkhalter lab finds that areas are embedded within a hierarchical network in which image fragments from the retina are sent through bottom-up pathways to extract percepts, and top-down pathways from higher to lower areas provide prior knowledge for interpreting the visual scene.
Amy Bauernfeind appointed vice chair for education
Bauernfeind, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, is the first to hold the position for the department.
Study identifies brain area that controls novelty seeking
Monosov lab demonstrates that neurons in the zona incerta are responsible for the motivation to seek novelty.
Neuroscience philosopher: A profile of David Kaplan, PhD
The cognitive neuroscientist at Macquarie University got his first wet lab experience as a postdoc at WashU, and now addresses those same questions about hand-eye coordination and sensory-motor integration in his research on surgeons’ skills.