The funding will support research on the function of a subset of microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain.
Tristan Qingyun Li receives Whitehall grant
Category: People
Jason Yi appointed to Angelman Syndrome Foundation scientific advisory board
Yi studies UBE3A, the protein that is lacking in individuals with Angelman syndrome.
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.
Inez Edwards, Debbie Pfeiffer honored with Operations Staff Service Awards
“She was some of the glue that kept the place going.”
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.
Linda Richards named head of neuroscience (Links to an external site)
Valeria Cavalli receives an R35 award from the NIH
Dr. Cavalli’s team will combine single-cell approaches and epigenomic approaches in mouse and human sensory neurons to understand the neuronal and non-neuronal mechanisms orchestrating nerve repair.
Oshri Avraham receives 2021 O’Leary Prize (Links to an external site)
