Dr. Andrew Miller, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Raunak Sinha’s lab, will attend the 2023 Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Washington, D.C., thanks to the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Fund. This award provides support …
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Zhao Lab Finds that Fragile X Syndrome Begins Before Birth
Dr. Xinyu Zhao, Professor of Neuroscience, and four postdoctoral fellows in her lab – Minjie Shen, Carissa Sirois, Yu (Kristy) Guo, and Meng Li – have found that FMRP, a protein deficient in individuals with …
Hoth Wins at the UW Cardiovascular Research Summit
Annabelle Hoth, an undergraduate mentored by Dr. Lisandra Flores-Aldama in the Robertson lab, won First Prize for Undergraduate Poster Presentation at the 2023 UW Cardiovascular Research Summit! Congratulations, Annabelle!
Robertson Lab Published in PNAS
Congratulations to Margaret B. Jameson, Erick B. Ríos-Pérez, Fang Liu, Catherine A. Eichel, and Gail A. Robertson on a successful publication to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal …
Sousa Receives 2023 Krieg Cortical Kudos Explorer Award
Congratulations to Dr. Andre Sousa for winning the 2023 Krieg Cortical Kudos Explorer Award. The award is presented by the Cajal Club, in recognition of Dr. Sousa’s “outstanding contribution to our understanding of human brain …
Flores-Aldama Receives MOSAIC K99/R00 Award
Dr. Lisandra Flores-Aldama is the recent recipient of a MOSAIC K99/R00 award from NHLBI that will support her postdoc in the Robertson lab and transition to her first faculty position in the future. Congratulations, …
Quinlan Joins the Department as New Chair
Chapman Reappointed As Ricardo Meledi Prof. of Neuroscience
Congratulations to Dr. Edwin Chapman for his five-year reappointment as the Ricardo Miledi Professor of Neuroscience. This endowed professorship is administered through the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
New Paper for Zhao Lab
The lab of Dr. Xinyu Zhao has put out a new paper in Nature Communications, titled “Elevated levels of FMRP-target MAP1B impair human and mouse neuronal development and mouse social behaviors via autophagy pathway.” Guo, …
X. Huang Receives Research Forward Grant
Dr. Xin Huang (Dept. of Neuroscience) has been selected to receive a Research Forward Grant for a project titled “Record the Activity of Genetically Identified Neurons Using Calcium Imaging.” This is a collaborative effort among …