Ben Philpot, PhD, and Mark Zylka, PhD, were featured on UNC-TV with a segment on their autism research.

Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, and Thomas Kash, PhD were awarded a grant to develop the next generation of DREADDs for brain research.

Spencer Smith received National Science Foundation and Simons Foundation grants to develop and use a new kind of two-photon microscope, working toward the goal of President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative of mapping every neuron in the human brain.

Ben Philpot published this discovery in Neuron.

Juan Song was awarded the 2014 Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award. Supported by the Trubatch family, the award recognizes originality and creativity in neuroscience research by early-career professionals

The Snider lab discovered that the protein glycogen synthase kinase-3 is necessary for proper brain development. Meghan Morgan-Smith, PhD, found that deleting the protein from developing cortical neurons caused a dramatic defect in radial migration.

Dr. Garret Stuber was awarded UNC’s 2014 Philip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.

Deshmukh lab discovers how neurons prevent cell death, a mechanism that is utilized by both Parkinson’s disease and brain cancer cells. Their findings could ultimately impact the approach to and treatment of both ailments.

Garret Stuber received an R01 from NIDA entitled, “Lateral Hypothalamic Circuits for Feeding and Reinforcement”, funded for 5 years (07/01/2014 – 06/30/2019).

Juan Song receives both Whitefall Foundation award and American Heart Association award