The McPherson Eye Research Institute has awarded Associate Professor, Dr. Xin Huang, and graduate student, Bikalpa Ghimire, the 5th annual David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative (GSSI) award. Funded by David G. Walsh Research …
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Roopra Lab Discovers Arthritis Drug Provides Effective Epilepsy Treatment in Mice
Postdoctoral researcher, Olivia Hoffman, Ph.D., and Professor, Avtar Roopra, Ph.D., found that brief treatment with a drug typically prescribed for arthritis enduringly halts seizures in epileptic mice long after treatment is stopped. The drug, called …
Wang Zheng Joins Neuroscience Faculty
The Department of Neuroscience would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest faculty member, Dr. Wang Zheng. Zheng received his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Alberta. He then was a post-doctoral …