
Scientific Sense Podcast Featuring Dr. Shelly Flagel
Dr. Flagel spoke with Gil Eapen about her basic research and clinical implications.
Dr. Flagel spoke with Gil Eapen about her basic research and clinical implications.
Amanda (Debiec Lab) successfully defended her thesis " Maternal Buffering of Infant’s Fear In Typically Developing Rats and In A Rat Model for A Psychiatric Disorder." on June 17, 2021.
Congratulations Amanda!
E. Josephine Clowney, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Director of the Kavli Neuroscience Innovators, joins 1,000 early career scientists as a Pew Scholar. Clowney will use this opportunity to focus on unraveling how female and male brain development are programmed to allow sex-specific behaviors.
Alex (Sutton Lab) successfully defended his thesis " Homeostatic metaplasticity in hippocampal neuronal networks. " on June 7, 2021.
Jacque (Becker Lab) successfully defended her thesis " Sex Differences in the Role of GPER1 in the Dorsolateral Striatum on Motivation and Reward " on June 4, 2021.
Jacque will be staying in Becker lab as a post-doc for the next year.
The Board of Directors of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected seven neuroscientists to receive the 2021 McKnight Scholar Award. Two of them are from UM and they are both members of the Kavli Neuroscience Innovators .
Congratulations Josie and Swathi!
Escape from Oblivion: How the Brain Reboots after Deep Anesthesia!
The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved Dr. Ken Kwan's promotion to Research Associate Professor in the Michigan Neuroscience Institute and Associate Professor in Department of Human Genetics .
Congratulations Ken!
The Kwan Lab authored a recent PNAS paper, "Chromatin remodeler Arid1a regulates subplate neuron identity and wiring of cortical connectivity."
Michigan Medicine researchers identify a key area in the cortex that acts as a type of gate between low level sensory information and higher level awareness.
MNI congratulates student researchers Alison Choi and Alice Hill who each received the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience (UPiN) Directors Award for Excellence for their honors theses.
Jena Gewarges is one of the winners of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology's Welcome Initiative Award.
We are celebrating Graduate Student Appreciation Week at MNI!
Faculty teach NGP students about self-care and ways to de-stress.
Research by the Michigan Neuroscience Institute's Sen Lab is making its way around the world!
Paulson and Flagel Encourage Collaboration and Engagement as MNI Grows
Henry L. Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., and Shelly B. Flagel, Ph.D., have been named Interim Co-Directors of the Michigan Neuroscience Institute.
Yu Fang, MNI Research Specialist, used advanced wearable technology to study the behavioral and physiological factors of mental health and found that sleep consistency is an under appreciated contributor to wellness. The work is published in npj Digital Medicine
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced the election of its new officers. The Michigan Neuroscience Institute's Huda Akil, Ph.D. is one of four members elected to the NAS Governing Council.
At its February 18, 2021 meeting, the Board of Regents appointed Dr. Srijan Sen, as the new Director of the UM Depression Center effective January 1, 2021.