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Biologists Celia Shiau and En Yang at UNC-Chapel Hill have been awarded a competitive Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to tackle unsolved grand challenges in neurodegenerative diseases and fundamental neuroscience.

Dong Y*, Yang Y*, Wang H, Feng D, Nist E, Yapundich N, Spurlock B, Craft M, Qian L, Liu J. 2024. Single-cell chromatin profiling reveals genetic programs activating pro-regenerative states in non-myocyte cells. Sci Adv. (in press) (*co-first authors)

The Zebrafish Aquaculture Core at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has two openings. Aquatics Research Support Technician https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/236081 Open through 7/26/22 Aquatics Laboratory Animal Technician https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/236080 Open through 7/25/2022

The Weiss Lab published their zebrafish research in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Chrispell JD, Dong E, Osawa S, Liu J, Cameron DJ, Weiss ER. Grk1b and Grk7a Both Contribute to the Recovery of the Isolated Cone Photoresponse in Larval Zebrafish [published correction appears in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018...

The zebrafish are taking over Taylor Hall! A new Tecniplast RAS that is twice the size of the 2015 system will be installed later this year. Phase I of the expansion also includes 23 racks.Stay tuned for updates!

The Weiss Lab published their zebrafish research in JOVE! Chrispell, J. D., Rebrik, T. I., Weiss, E. R. Electroretinogram Analysis of the Visual Response in Zebrafish Larvae. J. Vis. Exp. (97), e52662, doi:10.3791/52662 (2015). Check out the full article, and summary video here.