Category: News

Amanda Lyall publishes first author in Cerebral Cortex

PhD student Sarah Sinnett published a first author review in Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Her publication is titled “Past Strategies and Future Directions for Identifying AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Modulators” and can be read here. Sarah is a member of Jay Brenman’s lab.

The UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies and Duke Institute for Brain Sciences are joining forces to sponsor Brain Awareness Week events at the NC Museum of Life + Science in Durham. What: “Electric Muscles!” interactive exhibit and “It’s Alive!” classes Where: NC Museum of Life + Science in Durham...

R&D Systems is offering ten travel grants of $1,000 each to attend the FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) Forum of Neuroscience in Milan this July. The application is a simple form and the deadline is April 30. To apply, click here!

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded the 14th Perl-UNC Neuroscience prize to Dr. Marcus Raichle, MD of Washington University at St Louis School of Medicine for his discoveries related to to the “default mode network” of brain function. A prestigious award, the...

Protein Spreading in Neurodegenerative Diseases June 21-28, 2014. Cortona, Tuscany Joint Course with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany Coordinators: Ina Vorberg & Donato Di Monte, DZNE, Bonn Faculty (partial list): Jeffery Kelly, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA Lary Walker, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Seung-Jae...

PhD student Chris Smith is a featured author of a post titled “Undergrads as an Asset in Neurobiology” in the Office of Undergraduate Research blog. The post focuses on his experience mentoring undergraduate students. The full post can be read by clicking here.

Sinnett SE, Sexton JZ, Brenman JE. “A high throughput assay for discovery of small molecules that bind AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK).” Current Chemical Genomics and Translational Medicine, 2013; 7: 30-38.

Deadline extended until Feb 14th

  Congratulations to Jane Hartung for being awarded the Graduate Student Mentoring Award (GSMA) for her work with Olivia Eskew, an undergraduate in the Nackley Lab! This award recognizes the support, motivation and the perspective that Jane has brought to her mentee’s understanding of the researcher experience. Indeed, their collaboration...