Assistant Professor Yao Chen received two awards for collaborative projects to advance understanding of the molecular or mechanistic processes that underlie memory and cognition.
David Van Essen, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University, is among the scholars on Clarivate’s 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers.
Kia’s poster, “An inducible genetic tool for tracking and manipulating specific microglial states in development and disease,” earns the top honor at the Washington University Neuroscience Retreat.
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.
The three-year award will support Dr. Christensen’s postdoctoral research in Adam Kepecs’ lab on the neural computations underlying uncertainty in decision-making.
Zhang, who completed her undergraduate thesis in Dr. Harrison Gabel’s lab, is a co-recipient of this award honoring outstanding contributions to research.
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.
Taghert’s group aims to determine how circadian pacemaker cells in the brain control behavior and physiology that peak at different times.
Join the Department of Neuroscience in celebrating the contributions of our former Chair, Dr. Azad Bonni.
Kang, a graduate student in the lab of Larry Snyder, studies communication between two areas in the posterior parietal cortex during coordinated eye and arm movements.