Congratulations to
- Shaoyu Ge 's group for their recent study published in Nature Neuroscience that reveals 'silencing' newborn neurons leads to impaired memory.
- Camilo Ferrer, a first year graduate student in our Program, for the cover illustration and a 1st-author paper in the December 12 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience , from his work with Enrico Nasi.
- Dr.Giancarlo La Camera for being named as a National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences for the 2012-2013 academic year.
- Dr. Lorne Mendell for his llenary lecture at the Society for Neuroscience on "The Emergence of Contemporary Pain Neuroscience"
- Dr.Lorna Role for being elected a Fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her distinguished contributions in neuroscience.
- Alfredo Fontanini 's group for their recent finding of the effect of general expectation on gustatory taste processing » more
See commentaries from Neuron and Nat Rev Neurosci - Shaoyu Ge 's group for their recent finding of primary cilia's role in neuronal development » more
See commentaries from Nat Neurosci andNat Rev Neurosci - Qinghong Yan, a graduate student in David McKinnon's lab, for her recent publication showing the importance of CpG island promoter evolution in controlling ion channel gene expression » more
- Simon Halegoua's research on a new painkiller with no apparent side effects or addictive qualities near to market » more
- Alfredo Fontanini, upon receiving the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) »more
- Mary Kritzer, on being chosen Top Reviewer in 2009 for exceptional contribution to the quality of Hormones and Behavior scientific journal.
- Gary Matthews, for his major review in Nature Neuroscience
- Alfredo Fontanini, who was awarded the Ajinomoto Award for Young Investigators in Gustation. » more
- Lorne Mendell. An international symposium was held honoring the scientific contributions Professor Lorne Mendell, Chair of the Department from 1988 to 2006 »more
- Alfredo Fontanini, upon receiving a Klingenstein Fellowship Award