Ben Meltzer Joins Neuroscience Administration

The Department of Neuroscience would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest administrator, Ben Meltzer. Ben will be our new Grants Manager for pre- and post-award following Sue Krey’s upcoming retirement. Welcome, Ben!

Zhao and Sousa Awarded SFARI Grant

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has selected the project of Drs. Xinyu Zhao (Neuroscience), Qiang Chang (Medical Genetics and Neurology), Daifeng Wang (Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, Computer Sciences), and Andre Sousa (Neuroscience) as …

Chapman receives HHMI Renewal

Dr. Edwin Chapman, Professor of Neuroscience, received notice that his appointment as a Howard Hughes Investigator has been renewed for a seven-year term. Chapman received an “A” score. Please join us in congratulating him on …

Tom Yin Honored At WMAA Awards Banquet

Emeritus Tom C.T. Yin received a Basic Sciences Emeritus Faculty Award category at the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association banquet. This award is given to a basic scientist who demonstrates long and effective service to the …

Sirois Receives Prestigious Postdoc Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellow Carissa Sirois from Xinyu Zhao’s laboratory has been awarded a very prestigious and highly competitive fellowship from the Autism Science Foundation (ASF). This grant will help fund her research on, “Developing Therapeutics for …

Sinha Published in Cell Stem Cell

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Dr. Raunak Sinha and colleagues were recently published in the journal Cell Stem Cell for their work on retinal organoids. In this study, Sinha and fellow researchers have successfully shown that …