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WashU, JuliaHub and MIT developers unveil major update to Julia programming language (Links to an external site)

JuliaHub press release • May 11, 2023December 14, 2023
Tim Holy

Professor Tim Holy and colleagues produced Julia 1.9, which eliminates slow startup times and lowers the barriers to even wider adoption of this popular tool.

Gabel Lab identifies molecular links between Sotos and Tatton Brown Rahman Syndromes

By Kerry Grens and Brian • May 4, 2023December 14, 2023
Nicole Hamagami and Dennis Wu

The two rare genetic diseases, which have striking phenotypic similarities, lead to similar downstream consequences on gene activity in neurons of mouse models.

Anatomy faculty receives Dean’s Impact Award (Links to an external site)

School of Medicine news release • May 3, 2023December 14, 2023
A message of love and support is written on glass in the intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Kari Allen, Amy Bauernfeind, Krikor Dikranian, Ahmad Jezzini, Ashley Morhardt, and Kristen Prufrock are honored for their innovations in medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kristen Prufrock awarded grant to study how tooth formation affects face shape

By Kerry Grens and Brian • April 25, 2023December 14, 2023
Kristen Prufrock with Washington University shield logo on red background

As part of a collaborative team, Prufrock will produce models of how developing teeth influence facial bone growth in multiple primate species.

Martha Bagnall receives R01 grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

By Kerry Grens and Brian • April 14, 2023December 14, 2023
Martha Bagnall

The Bagnall Lab is creating a map of connections along the length of neurons in the spinal cord to understand their function in movement.

Paul Taghert awarded $1.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award

By Kerry Grens and Brian • April 14, 2023December 14, 2023
Paul Taghert and Washington University shield logo

Taghert’s group aims to determine how circadian pacemaker cells in the brain control behavior and physiology that peak at different times.

Researchers receive Alzheimer’s Association funding (Links to an external site)

School of Medicine news release • April 6, 2023December 14, 2023
Ibrahim Saliu next to Washington University shield logo

Ibrahim Saliu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Neuroscience, has received a $200,000 grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to study the role of astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

Assistant Professor Tristan Qingyun Li receives R01 grant

By Kerry Grens and Brian • April 5, 2023December 14, 2023
tristan qingyun li

The project will investigate the contributions of subsets of microglia—the brain’s immune cells—to Alzheimer’s disease.

Register for Symposium honoring Dr. Azad Bonni

By Kerry Grens and Brian • April 3, 2023May 7, 2025
Azad Bonni next to washington university shield logo in white and gray

Join the Department of Neuroscience in celebrating the contributions of our former Chair, Dr. Azad Bonni.

Jung Uk Kang receives O’Leary Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience Research

By Kerry Grens and Brian • March 16, 2023December 14, 2023
Jung Uk Kang and Washington University shield logo

Kang, a graduate student in the lab of Larry Snyder, studies communication between two areas in the posterior parietal cortex during coordinated eye and arm movements.

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