Assistant Professor Tavoni studies how information is encoded and processed in neural networks and the mechanisms that optimize these functions.
Gaia Tavoni, PhD, awarded Sloan Research Fellowship (Links to an external site)
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Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding Awarded to 7 Research Teams (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor Yao Chen received two awards for collaborative projects to advance understanding of the molecular or mechanistic processes that underlie memory and cognition.
Valeria Cavalli receives grant to investigate hypersensitivity in Fragile X syndrome
In collaboration with Vitaly Klyachko in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at WashU, the funds will support research into the function of sensory neurons and partners known as satellite glial cells.
MSTP trainee Lizzie Tilden receives prestigious F30 award
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
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
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
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
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
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
Taghert’s group aims to determine how circadian pacemaker cells in the brain control behavior and physiology that peak at different times.