Waxham and Dash in PLOS Biology Journal
Two McGovern Medical School faculty members contributed to research now published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Biology Journal, as part of a first-authored paper written by UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences alumna Tara Fischer, Ph.D. Neal Waxham, Ph.D.,…
Dragoi earns third NIH BRAIN award
Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., has been awarded a three-year, $1.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative. It is Dragoi’s third award from the highly competitive federal initiative that was launched in…
Debes named inaugural recipient of Terry J. Crow, Ph.D., Scholarship in Neuroscience
Samantha Debes, a doctoral student in the laboratory of Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Terry J. Crow, Ph.D. Scholarship in Neuroscience. The certificate for the award was presented to Debes…
Message from the Chair
Maintaining a healthy and “happy” brain is one of the most important goals individuals can have, not only for themselves but also for their family and friends. Unfortunately, brain diseases that cause dementia remain a serious health concern. A cardinal…
Graduate Students Win People’s Choice Award In SfN Video Contest
The Synaptic Plasticity video by graduate students Julia Hill and Natalia Rozas De O’Laughlin has won the People’s Choice Award (external link) after placing third in the 2011 Inaugural Society for Neuroscience Brain Awareness Video Contest. In addition to a cash prize, their success will be celebrated…
Diego Gutnisky Awarded University Presidents’ Research Scholarship
Diego Gutnisky, a graduate student with the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, has been selected to receive the Presidents’ Research Scholarship. Larry R. Kaiser, President of The University of Texas Health…
Proleta Datta Awarded Endowed Fellowship
Proleta Datta, a student in Dr. Ruth Heidelberger’s laboratory within the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, has been selected to receive the Sam Taub and Beatrice Burton Endowed Fellowship in Vision…
Cameron Jeter Awarded Endowed Scholarship
Cameron Jeter, a student in Dr. Anne Sereno’s laboratory within the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, has been selected to receive the Roberta M. and Jean M. Worsham Endowed Scholarship in…
UT System Regents Award $500K Grant To Computational Neuroscience Initiative
As one of seven grantees, out of 37 proposals, the Medical School’s Graduate Program Initiative in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience has received a $500,000 grant from the UT System Board of Regents. The funding will be used to support and…
Research Fellow Max Fletcher Wins $450K Grant
Dept of Neurobiology and Anatomy Research Fellow Max Fletcher, Ph.D., has been awarded a $450,000 three year grant by the National Institutes of Health for a project titled, “In Vivo Optical Imaging Of Experience-Induced Olfactory Bulb Glomerular Plasticity.” From The Abstract The…