Nettles has led outreach efforts to bring neuroscience into St. Louis classrooms, all while making inroads into the biology of Rett Syndrome for her graduate research in Harrison Gabel’s lab.
Sabin Nettles receives SfN Next Generation Award
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Guoyan Zhao receives grant to investigate genetic variations in neurodegenerative diseases
The $7 million grant awarded to a team of collaborators is part of the NIH’s new Impact of Genomic Variation on Function Consortium.
Missouri Biotechnology Association features Dr. Linda Richards
Richards describes the powerhouse of neuroscience research at Washington University and the School of Medicine’s investment in constructing one of the largest neuroscience research facilities in the country.
The 2021-22 admission season for the Neuroscience PhD Program is fully online
The Neuroscience Program of DBBS will be offering several online open house events in November to answer questions for prospective graduate students.
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.
Michael Nonet receives R01 grant to improve transgenesis method
The project aims to refine recombination-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE), an approach to inserting large DNA sequences into the genome, for use in the model organism C. elegans.
Linda Richards receives Pioneer Award from NIH (Links to an external site)
Richards, the head of the Department of Neuroscience, will apply the high-risk, high-reward grant to developing a new animal model for studying brain development.
Faculty positions available at all levels in the Department of Neuroscience (Links to an external site)
Join us as the Department of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine prepares to relocate into a new state-of-the-art neurosciences research building.
Construction of neuroscience building perseveres despite pandemic (Links to an external site)
The Department of Neuroscience is among those preparing to move into the start-of-the-art facility in 2023.