Sengupta, a postdoc in Martha Bagnall’s lab, earned third place for illuminating the connectivity of spinal interneurons in zebrafish.
Mohini Sengupta wins Mightex Research Excellence Award
New study shows hierarchical and nonhierarchical network architectures between areas of mouse visual cortex
The Burkhalter lab finds that areas are embedded within a hierarchical network in which image fragments from the retina are sent through bottom-up pathways to extract percepts, and top-down pathways from higher to lower areas provide prior knowledge for interpreting the visual scene.
Assistant Professor Kristen Prufrock joins the Department of Neuroscience
Prufrock studies the anatomy of the chewing system in mammals and is regarded for her excellence in teaching.
Amy Bauernfeind appointed vice chair for education
Bauernfeind, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience, is the first to hold the position for the department.
Enhanced sleep improves learning and memory in flies with learning deficits
Paul Shaw’s lab demonstrates that sleep induction in fruit flies otherwise unable to perform learning and memory tasks rescues their behavioral performance.
Student of sleep: A profile of Lizzie Tilden
The MSTP student brings her background in systems neuroscience to the cutting-edge molecular biology expertise of Yao Chen’s laboratory.
Study identifies brain area that controls novelty seeking
Monosov lab demonstrates that neurons in the zona incerta are responsible for the motivation to seek novelty.
Ashley Morhardt elected to the Academy of Educators
Morhardt, assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience, brings a passion for comparative neuroanatomy and public outreach to teaching medical students.
Collaborative team investigates protein that underlies CHARGE syndrome
The researchers find that loss of the CHD7 protein in mice lead to changes in gene regulation and abnormal brain folds, indicating possible mechanisms for the rare neurodevelopmental disorder.
A pathway emerges (Links to an external site)
Researchers including James Fitzpatrick and Michael Rau of WUCCI and the Department of Neuroscience describe the structure and function of a heme transport and assembly machine called CcsBA.