Researchers including James Fitzpatrick and Michael Rau of WUCCI and the Department of Neuroscience describe the structure and function of a heme transport and assembly machine called CcsBA.
A pathway emerges (Links to an external site)
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Drug helps sensory neurons regrow in the mouse central nervous system (Links to an external site)
Research from Valeria Cavalli’s lab shows that targeting support cells with a cholesterol drug could improve recovery after spinal cord injury.
Mouse Brain Cartographer: A Profile of Quanxin Wang, PhD
Wang’s research as a postdoc in Andreas Burkhalter’s lab revealed the mouse visual cortex as much more structurally complex than scientists previously thought.
Ilya Monosov receives grant to develop noninvasive treatment method (Links to an external site)
Along with co-PI Hong Chen, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and collaborators including neuroscience professor Larry Snyder, Monosov will adapt an approach to controlling brain activity, called optogenetics, with the ultimate goal of repairing neural dysfunction.
Geoffrey Goodhill awarded grant to advance brain imaging
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.
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.