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Category: Grant

MSTP trainee Lizzie Tilden receives prestigious F30 award

September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
Lizzie Tilden

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.

Jason Yi and Harrison Gabel each receive SFARI Pilot Awards to study autism-related disorders

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023
Jason Yi and Harrison Gabel

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.

Amy Christensen receives Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship   

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
Amy Christensen and Washington University shield logo

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

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Tom Franken and Alessandro Livi

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.

Kristen Prufrock awarded grant to study how tooth formation affects face shape

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023
Kristen Prufrock with Washington University shield logo on red background

As part of a collaborative team, Prufrock will produce models of how developing teeth influence facial bone growth in multiple primate species.

Martha Bagnall receives R01 grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023
Martha Bagnall

The Bagnall Lab is creating a map of connections along the length of neurons in the spinal cord to understand their function in movement.

Paul Taghert awarded $1.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023
Paul Taghert and Washington University shield logo

Taghert’s group aims to determine how circadian pacemaker cells in the brain control behavior and physiology that peak at different times.

Researchers receive Alzheimer’s Association funding (Links to an external site)

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023
Ibrahim Saliu next to Washington University shield logo

Ibrahim Saliu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Neuroscience, has received a $200,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to study the role of astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Assistant Professor Tristan Qingyun Li receives R01 grant

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023
tristan qingyun li

The project will investigate the contributions of subsets of microglia—the brain’s immune cells—to Alzheimer’s disease.

Washington University launches new post-bacc neuroscience training opportunity

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023
Woman looks at a computer screen in a darkened room

Neuroprep is a two-year, paid program for recent college graduates from groups currently under-represented in the profession to gain research skills in preparation for grad school.

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