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Washington University launches new post-bacc neuroscience training opportunity

By Kerry Grens and Brian • March 16, 2023May 7, 2025
Woman looks at a computer screen in a darkened room

Neuroprep is a two-year, paid program for recent college graduates from groups currently under-represented in the profession to gain research skills in preparation for grad school.

Congratulations to O’Leary Prize finalists Jung Uk Kang and Alessandro Livi

By Kerry Grens and Brian • March 10, 2023March 16, 2023
Jung Uk Kang and Alessandro Livi

Kang and Livi will present their research at the annual O’Leary Prize Competition March 14, 2023.

Transcriptomic changes in glia linked to specific neurodegenerative diseases

By Kerry Grens and Brian • March 2, 2023December 14, 2023
mmunohistochemistry staining of activated microglia in putamen of an individual with AD (microglia labeled by marker protein P2RY12, brown, and activation indicated by TREM2 transcripts, red)

A study of human brain tissue by Guoyan Zhao and colleagues identifies genetic activity in microglia and astrocytes related neurodegeneration and neuropathology among individuals with Alzheimer or Parkinson disease.

Cheng Huang joins Department of Neuroscience as Assistant Professor

By Kerry Grens and Brian • February 22, 2023December 14, 2023
Cheng Huang next to Washington University shield logo in gray

Huang studies memory processing and retrieval in Drosophila and has developed cutting-edge optical tools for observing neural plasticity in behaving flies.

Cavalli Lab describes immune cells that promote nerve regeneration

By Kerry Grens and Brian • February 10, 2023December 14, 2023
Dorsal root ganglion stained with TUJ1 (neuron, cyan) and IBA1 (macrophages, red)

After an injury to dorsal root ganglion neurons adjacent to the spinal cord, resident macrophages work with satellite glial cells to heal damaged axons.

WashU Medicine reaches new heights as it climbs to No. 3 in NIH research funding (Links to an external site)

School of Medicine news release • February 9, 2023March 6, 2023
Guoyan Zhao (right) discusses research projects with research analyst Kevin Boyer (left) and postdoctoral research associate Wei Feng at Washington University School of Medicine.

Research flourishes despite the immense challenges of the pandemic.

Adam Kepecs selected for Buzsáki Lecture Award by Hungarian Neuroscience Society

By Kerry Grens and Brian • February 6, 2023October 15, 2025
Adam Kepecs and the Buzsaki Lecture Award stature--a metal sculpture of a sharp wave ripple

Professor Kepecs presented at the Joint Meeting of the Austrian Neuroscience Association and the Hungarian Neuroscience Society on his approaches to developing methods to accurately model human psychiatric disorders.

Daily activity schedules mapped in the Drosophila brain

By Kerry Grens and Brian • January 17, 2023March 6, 2023
Diagram illustrating the functional connections between circadian pacemaker neurons, downstream dopaminergic and neurosecretory centers, and daily behaviors

Cellular circuits downstream from circadian pacemaker neurons direct normal daily rhythms of feeding, mating and sleep.

Some dinos may have been as brainy as modern primates, controversial study argues (Links to an external site)

Science • January 12, 2023March 6, 2023
Ashley Morhardt

Read Dr. Ashley Morhardt’s take on the paper in an article in Science.

Sustainability key focus in Neuroscience Research Building construction (Links to an external site)

School of Medicine news release • January 11, 2023March 6, 2023
This rendering shows a large rooftop terrace on the third floor of the Neuroscience Research Building that can be used as a gathering place for employees and as an event space.

Facility on track to achieve LEED Gold certification

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