Research from the Dragoi Lab Published in Nature Communications
Recent research from the lab of Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D. on the adaptive capacity of visual cortical populations has been published in the January edition of Nature Communications. First author for the paper is Sunny Nigam, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow in the Dragoi Lab….
Dr. Dragoi and the Dragoi Lab Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Recent research from the lab of Valentin Dragoi, PhD has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers injected a viral construct into the visual cortex to render neurons sensitive to blue light and hence increase their responses…
Han Zhang Chosen for John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching
Han Zhang, MD, professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, is the 2022 recipient of the John H. Freeman Award for Faculty Teaching. Chosen by the senior class, this is the seventh time Zhang has received the award, which is…
Brain Night Returns!
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UTHealth Neuroscience Research Center welcomes back Brain Night for Kids, Thursday March 17 at the John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science. Brain Night for Kids is part of international Brain…
Research in Dragoi lab on cortical populations published in Neuron
Research from the lab of Valentin Dragoi, PhD, Rochelle and Max Levit Distinguished Professor in the Neurosciences, studying neuronal interactions in visual and prefrontal cortical areas has been published in Neuron. First author for the paper, titled “High-order interaction explain the collective behavior…
Heidelberger One of Four Honored with Women Faculty Forum Award
John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Faculty Award from the Women Faculty Forum – Research Ruth Heidelberger, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Frederic B. Asche Chair in Ophthalmology, claimed the John P. and Kathrine G….
Cana Quave earns 2021 Terry J. Crow, Ph.D. Scholarship in Neuroscience
Mr. Cana Quave, PhD candidate in the laboratory of Fabricio H. Do Monte, PhD, in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, is this year’s recipient of the Terry J. Crow, PhD Scholarship in Neuroscience. Mr. Quave received the scholarship for…
Dragoi lab research provides new insight into cortical inactivation manipulations
Research from Ariana Andrei, PhD, and Valentin Dragoi, PhD, on cortical inactivation manipulations has been published in eLife. Recent research from the lab of Valentin Dragoi, PhD, Rochelle and Max Levit Distinguished Professor in the Neurosciences, seeking to understand how the brain…
Heidelberger, Janz discover protein essential for vision
New research from Ruth Heidelberger, MD, PhD, Frederic B. Asche Chair in Ophthalmology and professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, and Roger Janz, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomy, has led to the discovery…
Byrne named chair of NIH study section
John Byrne, PhD, June and Virgil Waggoner Chair in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, has been named chair of the Learning, Memory, and Decision Neuroscience (LMDN) Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “It is…