Department News

Song, who is completing her PhD at the University of Chicago, will focus on developing a computational understanding of high-level cognition.

The global rankings reflect research publication output in the health sciences.

A new study from Yao Chen’s lab reveals that some fluorescent-intensity–based sensors also show fluorescence lifetime responses, expanding observations of neuromodulator activity over time and distance.

Read Dr. Martha Bagnall’s comments in Quanta on a new study capturing the role of a potassium channel in the rattlesnake’s rattle.

New York Times obituary of former Washington University professor Dr. Mary Bartlett Bunge

The award acknowledges the most original and important accomplishments in Neuroscience research at WashU by a predoctoral student or postdoctoral fellow.

At this event, which recognizes International Women’s Day, Dulac will present her latest findings on the neural underpinnings of social isolation and sickness behaviors.

Assistant Professor Tavoni studies how information is encoded and processed in neural networks and the mechanisms that optimize these functions.

Findings shed light on mental illnesses, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety

Professor Krikor Dikranian and Assistant Professor Peter Bayguinov among authors of new study in Nature describing a route that serves as a passageway to clear fluid waste from brain.

Celebration signals ‘new era for medical science’

Listen to Professor Padoa-Schioppa discuss his training and research on the BJKS Podcast.

Assistant Professor Yao Chen received two awards for collaborative projects to advance understanding of the molecular or mechanistic processes that underlie memory and cognition.

Read Professor Paul Shaw’s insights in Big Think on sleep across the animal kingdom.

Read Dr. Ashley Morhardt’s comments in Discover on a new study in the Journal of Comparative Neurology.

Dr. Monosov, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, discusses his research on the neurobiological roots of curiosity on the Choose to Be Curious program.

David Van Essen, PhD, Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University, is among the scholars on Clarivate’s 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers.

The state-of-the-art facility will initially house approximately 100 teams comprising 875 researchers, including experts in neurology, neuroscience, neurosurgery, psychiatry, and anesthesiology.