Department News

Valeria Cavalli, PhD, and Guoyan Zhao, PhD, are among the collaborators at WashU participating in the Integrated Research Center for Human Pain Tissues (INTERCEPT) Pain Center at the School of Medicine.

A study of individuals with congenital corpus callosum dysgenesis suggests they face social difficulties due to being more easily influenced and less aware of being tricked.

The McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience Small Grants Program will provide $100,000 over two years.

A new study on fruit flies from Dr. Paul Shaw’s lab finds clues to a good night’s sleep, insomnia.

Their dedication to teaching and innovations in the classroom are recognized by one of the highest honors at Washington University School of Medicine.

The $2-million grant will go to identifying the circuits and computations responsible for integrating novelty- and reward-seeking in behaviors.

David C. Van Essen, PhD, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience and Matthew F. Glasser, MD, PhD, an instructor in radiology at the university’s Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, will create and analyze brain maps of individual people and nonhuman primates to determine the kinds of cells that comprise each brain area using data collected from people and animals scanned at collaborating sites.

The collaborative effort to study OCD is funded by a $15.6 million award from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Franken studies sensory processing, including how visual scenes are perceived as collections of objects and background.

The WashU neuroscience community honors Dr. Snyder for his outstanding education efforts over the years as an instructor, course director and PhD program director.

“We are all doing important work.”

Holy’s research will investigate the structural features that modulate odorant receptor-ligand interactions in the vomeronasal system, which is responsible for pheromone sensing.

Olendorff managed equipment, facilities, renovations, and day-to-day operations, working “minor miracles” to keep the Department running smoothly.

Li’s research will investigate the link between maternal immune activation during fetal development and the development of neurological disorders.

The Neuroscience Research Building’s 11 stories have been framed and siding installation has begun.

The project aims to answer a fundamental question in neuroscience: how do olfactory cues direct behavior?

From circadian rhythms in Drosophila to feeding and mating in mosquito, Duvall is revealing the inner workings of insect behavior—and how to manipulate it.

The Zhao Lab is grateful for ICTS, GTAC@MGI, Knight ADRC, and the Movement Disorders Center for their generous support.