Welcome
Welcome to the Neuroscience Curriculum at UNC Chapel Hill. More than 250 students successfully completed PhD training in our curriculum over the years. Our alumni have outstanding positions in schools of medicine, university basic science departments, liberal arts colleges, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, regulatory agencies, consulting firms, and in scientific publishing. We offer training across the breadth of basic and clinical neuroscience including use of state of the art methodologies to study nervous system function. Collegiality, collaboration and enhancement of personal career development are integral parts of all neuroscience curriculum educational and research activities. There are numerous community events including a weekly campus-wide neuroscience seminar, weekly research talks given by students, an annual symposium, and an annual student research retreat. Please browse the website and consider applying!
News
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Randall Ung completed Qualifying Exam on November 1
On November 1st, Randall Ung (Stuber Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is “Neural dynamic adaptation of extended amygdala and prefrontal cortex to stress and anxiety.”
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Elliott Wyatt completed Qualifying Exam on October 16
On October 16, Elliot Wyatt (Maness Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is “Novel Intracellular Mechanisms in Dendritic Spine Pruning through Ankyrin B.”
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Three NBIO students receive F31s
Randall Ung (Stuber lab), Jesse Niehaus (Zylka lab) and Maria Luisa Torruella Suarez (McElligott lab)
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