{"id":3094,"date":"2015-06-05T16:04:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T20:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/jeffrey-stirman-phd-of-smith-lab-awarded-burroughs-willcome-fund-grant\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:13:31","slug":"jeffrey-stirman-phd-of-smith-lab-awarded-burroughs-willcome-fund-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/jeffrey-stirman-phd-of-smith-lab-awarded-burroughs-willcome-fund-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Stirman, PhD, of Smith Lab Awarded Burroughs Wellcome Fund Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Jeffrey Stirman, Ph.D., was just awarded a grant of $500,000 as part of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\u2019s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3095\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2018\/07\/jeffrey-stirman-phd-of-smith-lab-awarded-burroughs-willcome-fund-grant-image2-300x248.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2018\/07\/jeffrey-stirman-phd-of-smith-lab-awarded-burroughs-willcome-fund-grant-image2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2018\/07\/jeffrey-stirman-phd-of-smith-lab-awarded-burroughs-willcome-fund-grant-image2-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Jeffrey Stirman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Jeffrey Stirman, Ph.D., was just awarded a grant of $500,000 as part of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\u2019s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) program. This award recognizes his excellent and important technical contributions to biomedical science, and will support his career development. Jeff\u2019s early training was in physics, and he published several first-authors papers in the field. He later earned a PhD in Bioengineering, where he created sophisticated optical devices for patterned optogenetic stimulation of freely moving animals. Most recently, he developed new imaging technology to measure neural activity in different parts of the brain simultaneously, with single neuron resolution. He is using the system to better understand active neural circuitry in the living brain, and what aspects might be disrupted in complex neurological diseases including autism. Jeff is a postdoc in Spencer Smith\u2019s lab, which is part of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, the Neuroscience Center, and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>To read the announcement, visit <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"VWF Commits $22.5 Million\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bwfund.org\/newsroom\/announcements\/bwf-commits-225-million-advancing-biomedical-research-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BWF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>Jeffrey Stirman, Ph.D., was just awarded a grant of $500,000 as part of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\u2019s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) 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