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Graham Diering, PhD, Adam Hantman, PhD, Hiroyuki Kato, PhD Awarded SFARI 2022 Pilot Awards

September 13, 2022
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 Awarded 2022 BBRF Young Investigator Grant

August 25, 2022
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 Featured for Innovative Microscopy Work

August 18, 2022
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.

Maria Ortiz Named HHMI Fellow

July 28, 2022
Congratulations to Maria Ortiz who has been named an HHMI Fellow!!  Fifty-one graduate students and their advisers are joining the thriving community supported by the HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. Full article found here.

Scientists Reveal Genetic Architecture Underlying Alcohol, Cigarette Abuse

July 19, 2022
UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Hyejung Won, PhD, used a new kind of computational tool to parse the complicated genetics that put some people at higher risk of becoming addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, and likely other substances of abuse. Full article can be found on the UNC Health...

Adam Hantman Named Yang Scholar

July 8, 2022
We are thrilled to announce that Adam Hantman was selected as a 2021-2022 Yang Family Biomedical Scholar! Please see the full story in the link in Vital Signs Congratulations to Adam and his research team on this award.  We are so glad to have you back at UNC as part...

Stimulating Brain Circuits Promotes Neuron Growth in Adulthood, Improving Cognition and Mood

May 18, 2022
Led by Juan Song, PhD, scientists at the UNC School of Medicine used optogenetic techniques to stimulate specific brain cells to increase production of neural stem cells and neurons relevant to memory and emotion processing in animal models. Full article can be found on the UNC Health and UNC School...

Scientists Detect Common Fungicide in Pregnant Women and Children

May 16, 2022
UNC-Chapel Hill scientists led by Mark Zylka, PhD, found measurable levels of a biomarker for azoxystrobin in pregnant women and young kids, and investigated the fungicide’s ability to pass from mothers to embryos in utero in mice and during lactation. Full article can be found on the UNC Health and...

Gene Therapy Could Treat Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome, Proof-of-Concept Study Suggests

May 10, 2022
Restoring lost gene activity prevents many disease signs in an animal model of the rare, single-gene neurodevelopmental condition. The UNC Neuroscience Center lab of Ben Philpot, PhD, led this research. Full article can be found here.

A New Wave of Psychiatric Care

April 25, 2022
UNC-affiliated startup Pulvinar Neuro’s novel treatment for mental illness – a technology that uses closed-loop, non-invasive stimulation of brain waves – offers hope to a rising tide of patients and recently led to the company’s acquisition by medical device leader Electromedical Products International. Full article can be found here.