2024

This interview was conducted by Jordana Lenon, retired Communications and Outreach Program Manager at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. To read the original article, click here. Dr. Jon Levine, Department of Neuroscience Professor, stepped …

Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is pleased to announce that Raunak Sinha, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health has been granted a $150,000 RPB Career Advancement Award to support …

Dr. Erik Dent was one of ten winners in UW-Madison’s 14th Annual Cool Science Image Contest. A panel that included artists, science communicators, and scientists chose images based on the aesthetic, creative, and scientific qualities …

Dr. Lisandra Flores Aldama, a senior postdoctorate researcher in the Robertson lab, has won the Society of General Physiologists 2024 Excelsior Award. This award identifies and promotes exceptional early career scientists underrepresented in the fields …

Dr. Abbas Rizvi, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, was interviewed by the Center for Genomic Science Innovation. He joined UW-Madison in 2023 as a part of the Waisman Center cluster hire initiative. His …

Soraya Sandoval, graduate student in the Zhao lab, has been awarded the NIMH Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity (R36). Award recipients will receive 1-2 years of support to complete their dissertation …

The Department of Neuroscience would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest administrator, Michaela Kirck. Michaela will be our new administrative assistant. Welcome, Michaela!

The Zhao lab has been awarded a grant from the Philadelphia Eagles Autism Foundation (EAF) to investigate MBD1 – a gene thought to be associated with autism. MBD1 is involved in gene expression – specifically …