2024 News and Events
Dr. Lisandra Flores Aldama Receives 2024 SGP Excelsior Award
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 …
Rizvi Highlighted by Center for Genomic Science Innovation
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 Awarded NIMH R36 Grant
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 …
Michaela Kirck Joins Neuroscience Administration
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!
Eagles Autism Foundation Grant will Advance Waisman Research on the Genetic Cause of Autism
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 …
Zhiyan Xu Awarded FRAXA Fellowship
Zhiyan Xu, member of the Zhao lab and Cellular & Molecular Program student, has been awarded the competitive FRAXA fellowship from the FRAXA Research Foundation. This fellowship provides $50,000 per year for up to 2 …
Natasha Méndez Albelo Awarded the SCRMC Graduate Training Award
Natasha Méndez Albelo, member of the Zhao lab and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program student, has been awarded the competitive UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC) Graduate Training Award. This award recognizes and …
Joanie Kierzek Joins Neuroscience Adminstration
The Department of Neuroscience would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest administrator, Joanie Kierzek. Joanie will be our new administrative assistant following Christina Langston’s departure. Welcome, Joanie!
New Tool Provides Researchers with Improved Understanding of Stem Cell Aging in the Brain
Researchers are one step closer to understanding the cellular mechanisms underlying stem cell aging in the brain thanks to a new tool developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Darcie Moore, an associate professor of …
Dr. Yu (Kristy) Guo wins Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Fellowship
Dr. Yu (Kristy) Guo of the Zhao lab has been awarded the Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Fellowship. This fellowship supports post-doctorates in the neuroscience field and is highly competitive with seven or fewer individuals selected …
Rosenberg Wins David G. Walsh GSSI Award
Dr. Ari Rosenberg has been awarded one of two David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative (GSSI) awards for 2023. Made possible by the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Endowment Fund, GSSI provides McPherson ERI …
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2023
Miller Wins Walsh Research Travel Award for 2023
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 …
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 …
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Chapman and Vevea Published in eLife
Dr. Jason Vevea and Dr. Ed Chapman, along with collaborators, were recently published in eLife on their work with Synaptotagmin 7 (SYT7). This paper, titled “Synaptotagmin 7 is targeted to the axonal plasma membrane through …
Jackson Awarded 2022 Sir Bernard Katz Award
Dr. Meyer Jackson has been chosen as the 2022 Sir Bernard Katz Award for excellence in research on exocytosis and endocytosis! Meyer Jackson, Professor in the Neuroscience department at UW-Madison, has been chosen as the …
Fettiplace Interviewed by WORT
Our very own Dr. Robert Fettiplace was recently interviewed by the radio station WORT (89.9 FM). Joined by host Patrick Sajbel, Dr. Fettiplace discussed the science of the innermost working of ears and how they …
Gomez Published in Nature Communications
Dr. Timothy Gomez and colleagues recently had an article, “RHOA signaling defects result in impaired axon guidance in iPSC-derived neurons from patients with tuberous sclerosis complex,” published in Nature Communications. Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is …
Sirois Receives 2021 SCRMC Training Award
Carissa Sirois, postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Xinyu Zhao, has been awarded a postdoctoral training award from the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center (SCRMC). The SCRMC Research Training Awards were established in …
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2022
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 …
Rosenberg Lab’s Lillian Li Receives McPherson ERI-Sponsored Hilldale Undergraduate Award
Congratulations to Lillian Li from Dr. Ari Rosenberg‘s lab in the Department of Neuroscience! Lillian was awarded the 2022 McPherson Eye Research Institute-Sponsored Hilldale Undergraduate Award for her proposal, “Biologically Inspired Convolutional Neural Networks for …
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