A new study on fruit flies from Dr. Paul Shaw’s lab finds clues to a good night’s sleep, insomnia.
How do tired animals stay awake? (Links to an external site)
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Serendipity unites physicians, researchers, families to fight rare genetic disease in kids (Links to an external site)
Groundbreaking cancer research helps shed light on recently identified disorder, Tatton Brown Rahman Syndrome.
Construction of neuroscience building perseveres despite pandemic (Links to an external site)
The Department of Neuroscience is among those preparing to move into the start-of-the-art facility in 2023.
Amy Bauernfeind promoted to associate professor of anatomy
Bauernfeind has made substantial contributions to the development of a new medical school curriculum and has been honored with multiple teaching awards.
WashU Neuroscience Community’s annual retreat to be held September 30 – October 1, 2021 (Links to an external site)
This year’s keynote speakers are Tallie Baram, PhD, from the University of California, Irvine and Viviana Gradinaru, PhD, from the California Institute of Technology.
Four Neuroscience faculty members receive R01 grants
The NIH funding was awarded to Guoyan Zhao, Thomas Papouin, Yao Chen and Jason Yi.
New media manager joins Department of Neuroscience
Kerry Grens will manage content for the department’s freshly renovated website, as well as its social media channels and other platforms.
New Director of the Business Office, Kaslina Love Mosley
Most recently, Mosley was the research manager for the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine.
Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities (Links to an external site)
Provides insight into how people decide whether they want to know what future holds
Satellite glial cells promote regenerative growth in sensory neurons
In a new paper, Valeria Cavalli’s lab describes the key role of a relatively poorly studied type of glial cells, satellite glial cells (SGC), in nerve repair.