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Franken and Wessel win NIH grant to study how artificial and biological brains process video imagery (Links to an external site)

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

Graphic of two brains watching a movie in a darkened theater.

WashU assistant professor of neuroscience Tom Franken and professor of physics Ralf Wessel have secured a $427,625 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how artificial neural networks and primate brains process and predict video imagery.

Li Lab study published in Immunity further explores microglial states (Links to an external site)

August 8, 2024November 4, 2024

Figure shows scRNA-seq analysis of PAMs and DAMs from the article paper An inducible genetic tool to track and manipulate specific microglial states reveals their plasticity and roles in remyelination.

A recent study published in Immunity by the Li lab opens a new chapter for the study of microglial function in development and neurodegeneration with remarkable precision.

Rosa-Molinar named director of cellular imaging center, joins Department of Neuroscience faculty (Links to an external site)

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar has been named the new scientific director of the Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging. He is wearing black-rim glasses with a black top.

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, PhD, has been named the new scientific director of the Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging (WUCCI) and has joined the faculty of the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology and the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine.