On July 13th, Mason Riley (Philpot Lab) successfully defended and passed his oral qualifying exam! The title of his research proposal is “Identity of UBE3A substrates and cause of seizure susceptibility in Angelman syndrome”. Congratulations Mason!

Minna is a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Donita Robinson and was awarded a three year NIH F31 Research Fellowship. She received her B.S in Neuroscience from the College of William and Mary and afterward, participated in the UNC Post-baccalaureate Research Education program before staying at UNC for graduate school. Her project examines … Read more

Nancy, a graduate student in the laboratory of Hyejung Won was selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) 2021 Gilliam Fellow. She participated in the UNC PREP program under the guidance of Donita Robinson after graduating with a BS in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her research focuses on identifying the neurobiological mechanisms underlying … Read more

On July 6th, Sally Kim successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “Preclinical development of genetic normalization strategies to treat Pitt-Hopkins syndrome”.  Mentor:  Dr. Ben Philpot.  Sally will postdoc at UNC with Dr. Ben Philpot.  Congratulations Sally!

Congratulations to Dr. Bradley Dickerson, named 2021 Searle Scholar for his research topic, Mapping the neural circuits that control precision timing in behavior. The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry who have recently been appointed … Read more

On May 4th, Carmen Marable (Fry Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is “The Role of the Placenta-Brain Axis in Children’s Neurodevelopment” Congratulations Carmen!

On April 30th, Esteban Oyarzabal successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Detecting brain-wide intrinsic connectivity networks using fMRI in mice” Mentor:  Dr. Yen-Yu Ian Shih.  Esteban will postdoc at UNC with Dr. Yen-Yu Ian Shih. Congratulations Esteban!

ManHua is a graduate student in Melissa Herman’s lab and was awarded a three year NIH F31 Research Fellowship. She earned her B.S in Neuroscience from George Mason University and spent two years in the NIH postbaccalaureate intramural research training program before coming to UNC for graduate school. Her project examines the impact of electronic … Read more

Rose is a graduate student in Jason Stein’s research group and was awarded a three year NIH F31 Research Fellowship. She matriculated into UNC after earning a B.S. in Biology from Haverford College. Her research investigates how cortical organoids model infant brain development and relate to risk for autism spectrum disorder.

Rahul is a graduate student in the laboratory of Mark Zylka and was awarded a three year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. He came to UNC with a BA in Cell Biology and Neuroscience from Rutgers University. His project focuses on the molecular characterization of substrates underlying pain using single-cell sequencing and the development of a … Read more