Category: News

The Danish neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, professor in the department of neurology at the University of Rochester, will receive the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize at a ceremony in March. Full article found here.

We are delighted to announce the 2022 NeuroSpark awardees: “Serum biomarker testing to guide clinical management in severe traumatic brain injury” Brian Sindelar and Dawn Kernagis “Starry Night: The Role of Astrocyte-Synapse Interactions in Sleep” Katie Baldwin and Graham Diering “Spatial signatures of brain health and vulnerability in aging and...

John Andrews Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Pharmacology Thomas Kash, PhD, has been named the new director of the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies. Full article found here.

The Helen Lyng White Selection Committee awarded this prestigious award to three postdoctoral researchers that show great potential in becoming scientific leaders at UNC and beyond. Let us congratulate the three recipients of the Helen Lyng White Fellowship and look forward to the changes they will provide through their research...

We are extremely excited to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic Medicine and the James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award! Ross Boyce, MD, MSc (Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases), and Hyejung Won, PhD (Department of Genetics, Neuroscience Center) received...

Eva Anton, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology and member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, received an NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award to study the underpinnings of brain malformations and neurodevelopmental disorders. Full article found here.

The Andrew S. Rachlin UNC Neuroscience Symposium will be held on October 6, 2022 at the Carolina Club. Featuring presentations from the following external speakers:  Dr. Catherine Bushnell, International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) President-Elect, Scientist Emerita at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Help at the...

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce that it intends to fund 16 grants in response to the 2022 Pilot Award request for applications (RFA). SFARI plans to commit approximately $4.88 million in funding over the next two years to 16 investigators from the United States and internationally....

Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera, PhD has been awarded a 2022 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grant.  Congratulations Jose!!

Sarah Cohen, PhD, and Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD, researchers in the UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and the UNC Neuroscience Center, were featured scientists in a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative article on an innovative new resource helping scientists probe the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases.  Full article found here.