The Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI) at the University of Michigan invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor rank, but applicants at other ranks will be considered. Applications received before October 1, 2024, will receive fullest consideration.
Congratulations to MNI Affiliate Changyang Linghu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, on this prestigious honor, focusing on young technological innovators and broadly covers all technology areas, including biotechnology, artificial intelligence, climate and energy, computing, robotics, and nanomaterials
MNI Affiliate Member Dr. Natalie Tronson explains how they affect your mood, for better or worse.
MNI Affiliate Kamran Diba, Ph.D., explains how sleep—or a lack thereof—has a dramatic effect on neurons in the hippocampus.
MNI Affiliate Member Dr. Maria Castro appears on Michigan Medicine's Fundamentals Podcast to discuss how she’s persevered in the face of difficulties, both in brain cancer research and as a woman in STEM.
On Monday, June 10, MNI Research Associate Professor Emeritus Dr. Juan Lopez received the U-M Psychiatry Residency Teacher of the Year Award during the program's graduation ceremony.
Congratulations on being honored as a 2023 Outstanding Reviewer by the online publication Insects!
Listen to MNI Affiliate Dr. Martin Myers discuss diabetes research in the context of Ozempic, Wegovy, and other drugs that change how people think about weight loss.
The National Academy of Sciences has named MNI Affiliate Member Dr. Joshua J. Emrick (School of Dentistry) as a Kavli Fellow, part of a program that brings together outstanding young scientists to discuss advances and opportunities in a broad range of scientific disciplines.
Today, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved a new set of faculty promotions effective September 1, 2024, including nine MNI Affiliate Faculty Members.
Congratulations to MNI Affiliate member Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., on receiving the Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research at the American Academy of Neurology Institute's 2024 Annual Meeting. Dr. Feldman has dedicated her career to studying neurodegenerative diseases and currently serves as director of the ALS Center of Excellence and the
On April 1, the medical school hosted a celebration of faculty appointed to named professorships in 2023. Leadership and 43 honorees, including five MNI members, were invited to gather in the Assembly Hall of the Horace H. Rackham Graduate School for a recognition ceremony and strolling dinner. Congrats to the following individuals on receiving
University of Michigan researchers have identified the protein that enables mammals to sense cold, filling a long-standing knowledge gap in the field of sensory biology.
Dr. Ravi Allada discusses his vision for the institute with Dr. Eva Feldman of the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies.
Five MNI Collaborations were chosen to receive the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's 2024 Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Awards
MNI Affiliate Paul Jenkins, Ph.D. , Discovery potentially reveals the mechanism behind brain changes in people with autism.
Huda Akil's lab studied emotional reactivity and vulnerability to stress in rodents for two decades. A recent article in The Transmitter highlighted this research showed that extreme responses to their environment helped explain why some behaviors become pathological in people— but can be modified in early life by targeting inflammation-related
But other factors appear to predict psychological resilience in study of first-year college students, adding to options for identifying anyone who might need more support under stress
Earlier this month, hundreds of faculty members, postdocs, and students within the U-M Neuroscience Community traveled to our nation’s capital to attend SfN 2023.
SfN’s Neuroscience 2023 is coming up! On Saturday, November 11, neuroscientists worldwide will meet in Washington, DC, to attend this marquee event.