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Hayoung Song to join WashU as CTCN Fellow
Song, who is completing her PhD at the University of Chicago, will focus on developing a computational understanding of high-level cognition.
WashU among top 10 academic institutions from Nature Index (Links to an external site)
The global rankings reflect research publication output in the health sciences.
Fluorescence lifetime imaging captures neuromodulator dynamics at multiple time scales
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.
New dedicated Neuroscience Research Building
Bringing together more than 100 research teams to help solve the brain’s mysteries
Publications
Nature paper explores dopamine-mediated interactions between short- and long-term memory dynamics
In Nature, Cheng Huang and colleagues show that in the Drosophila brain, interconnected short- and long-term memory units of the mushroom body jointly regulate memory through dopamine signals that encode innate and learnt sensory valences.
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St. Louis is an affordable, family- and foodie-friendly city with amazing green spaces and incredible cultural activities.