The BRAIN Initiative funding will improve the ability of light field microscopy to record the activity of all neurons across the entire larval zebrafish brain as the animal swims freely.
Geoffrey Goodhill awarded grant to advance brain imaging
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Tristan Qingyun Li receives Whitehall grant
The funding will support research on the function of a subset of microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain.
Jason Yi appointed to Angelman Syndrome Foundation scientific advisory board
Yi studies UBE3A, the protein that is lacking in individuals with Angelman syndrome.
Four Neuroscience faculty members receive R01 grants
The NIH funding was awarded to Guoyan Zhao, Thomas Papouin, Yao Chen and Jason Yi.
Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities (Links to an external site)
Provides insight into how people decide whether they want to know what future holds
Satellite glial cells promote regenerative growth in sensory neurons
In a new paper, Valeria Cavalli’s lab describes the key role of a relatively poorly studied type of glial cells, satellite glial cells (SGC), in nerve repair.
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.
Central vestibular tuning arises from patterned convergence of otolith afferents
The Bagnall lab finds the complexity of tuning in a vestibular neuron arises from the diversity of inputs it receives, and that this complexity can be predicted from these inputs.
Draining brain’s debris enhances Alzheimer’s therapies in mice (Links to an external site)
Striatal dopamine mediates hallucination-like perception in mice (Links to an external site)
A study from Adam Kepecs’s lab in mice and people offers a new approach to investigating mental illnesses.