The Zylka Lab’s research on autism has recently been featured on WRAL, WUNC (NPR), and the UNC Healthcare Newsroom.

Ayumi Nakamura is a MD/PhD student in Mohanish Deshmukh's lab.

This briefing was held at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room B338 on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 9th. Panelists discussed some of the ways researchers are prying open the black box of the brain and will share some important recent discoveries. This briefing was particularly timely in light of the...

  This award recognizes his excellent and important technical contributions to biomedical science, and will support his early career. Jeff’s early training was in physics, and he published several first-authors papers in the field. He later earned a PhD in Bioengineering, where he created sophisticated optical devices for patterned optogenetic...

Congratulations to Dr. Petrusz on his retirement! We wish you happiness in your future endeavors!

Liz Haynes successfully defended her thesis on Tuesday, June 23rd! Congratulations Dr. Haynes!!

Caron Lab Postdoctoral Fellow, Reema Davis, has received the MAA Winter 2015 Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Klara Klein successfully defended her thesis during her private defense on May 6th and presented her public defense on May 22nd. Congratulations Dr. Klein!!

Bailey Zwarycz receives an NRSA F31 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases entitled "Determining the relationship between Sox9 and Collagen XVIII in maintaining intestinal stem cell identity".

The Dissertation Completion Fellowship provides stipend, health insurance, tuition and fees for awardees.