The three-year award will support Dr. Christensen’s postdoctoral research in Adam Kepecs’ lab on the neural computations underlying uncertainty in decision-making.
Amy Christensen receives Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship
Two Department of Neuroscience scholars receive grants from McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience
Assistant Professor Tom Franken will explore how the brain distinguishes objects from shadows, and Alessandro Livi, a postdoctoral researcher, will map the brain networks underlying economic decision-making.
Xiyun Zhang wins 2023 Spector Prize (Links to an external site)
Zhang, who completed her undergraduate thesis in Dr. Harrison Gabel’s lab, is a co-recipient of this award honoring outstanding contributions to research.
WashU, JuliaHub and MIT developers unveil major update to Julia programming language (Links to an external site)
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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.