Effective January 18, 2022, Christian Burgess, Ph.D., assumes the Director of the U-M Neuroscience Innovators, formerly the Kavli Neuroscience Innovators. The Kavil Group is a forum initiated by early-career scientists to foster collaborative and innovative research across U-M’s neuroscience
On January 3, the Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI) welcomed Traci Fischer to its administrative team to lead the institute's outreach and communication efforts.
"That kind of all-consuming exhaustion during extreme stress is normal and expected," said Dr. Srijan Sen, Michigan Neuroscience Institute Research Professor and Director of UM's Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg and Family Depression Center in a recent New York Times article.
Dr. Joanna Spencer-Segal's research finds COVID-19 associated with mental health problems after discharge, with majority not recognizing significant symptoms as a concern.
A big congratulations to Dr. Jill Becker for receiving the Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring from the Society for Neuroscience 2021.
MNI is pleased to announce that Jennifer has been selected to receive an Endowment for the Basic Sciences (EBS) Research Staff Award for her efforts during the COVID shutdown. She kept the science moving forward in the Watson and Akil Labs during the shutdown, while supporting MNI's overall research functions. Thank you Jen!
Congratulations Dr. Audrey Seasholtz for receiving an Endowment for the Basic Sciences Teaching Award.
Lori Isom, professor and chair of the University of Michigan Medical School’s Department of Pharmacology, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors for a clinician and scientist.
MNI is creating new synergies, enabling great discoveries, and enhancing the impact of neuroscience across the UM Campus. Learn more by watching our new video !
A multidisciplinary group of University of Michigan researchers received the NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award to explore the role of environmental exposures, genetics, and other factors on susceptibility to ALS.
Congratulations to Dr. Roger Albin, director of UM's Parkinson’s Foundation Research Center of Excellence, and all of the neuroscientists involved in this research across the UM campuses for securing a $11.7M NINDS grant to re-establish a Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson’s Disease Research.
Owen (Kwan Lab) successfully defended his thesis " The Role of Histone Variant H3.3 in Cortical Development . " on Sep 2nd, 2021.
Congratulations Owen!
The European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) is an international society at the crossroads of pharmacology, experimental psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.
Dr. Margit Burmeister in collaboration with Dr. Srijan Sen and Dr. Forger and student Jonathan Tyler published an article showing that people’s genetic make-up – specifically their genes related to circadian clock and sleep – affect how fast they adjust to the DST change. People who genetically tend to be “early birds” adjust within days,
We would like to congratulate Dr. Srijan Sen, who has received funding from the Michigan Medicine-Peking University Health Science Center Joint Institute to investigate genomic and environmental drivers of depression in physicians training across China and in the US.
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.