Congratulations to Ji-Sun Kwon, Graduate Student in Yoo Lab, on winning the Rita Levi-Montalcini Award for Best Poster Presentation at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat
Congratulations to Plus Chiu, DevBio student in Tsai Lab, and Kentaro Mori PhD., Postdoc Researcher in Imai Lab, on winning the Viktor Hamburger Awards for Best Student and Best Postdoc Oral Presentation, respectively, at the 2024 DRSCB Retreat
Chase Weinholtz, a graduate student from the Mokalled lab, received the Tom Thach Award for his platform presentation at the Neuroscience Retreat.
Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel’s Lab on their recent publication! Loss of function of FAM177A1, a Golgi complex localized protein, causes a novel neurodevelopmental disorder Kohler JN, Legro NR, Baldridge D, Shin J, Bowman A, Ugur B, Jackstadt MM, Shriver LP, Patti GJ, Zhang B, Feng W, McAdow AR, Goddard P, Ungar RA, Jensen T, Smith […]
Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel’s Lab on their recent publication! VPS13B is localized at the interface between Golgi cisternae and is a functional partner of FAM177A1 Ugur B, Schueder F, Shin J, Hanna MG, Wu Y, Leonzino M, Su M, McAdow AR, Wilson C, Postlethwait J, Solnica-Krezel L, Bewersdorf J, De Camilli P. J Cell Biol. 2024 […]
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, Ph.D., Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a three year $1,231,636 award contribution from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke beginning June 2024, for his project entitled “Regulation of axonal degeneration by the DLK kinase”
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, Ph.D., Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a two-year $929,948 grant award from the Department of the Army-USAMRAA beginning May 1, 2024 for his project entitled “Targeting TDP-43 mitochondrial mislocalization in ALS”.
Congratulations to Dr. Aaron DiAntonio! Aaron DiAntonio, Ph.D., Alan A and Edith L Wolff Professor of Developmental Biology, and Dr. Jeffrey Milbrandt, (Genetics) have received a five-year $3,747,618 grant award from the NIH/ NINDS beginning April 1, 2024 for their project entitled “The role of SARM1 in neuroinflammation-mediated axonal damage”.
Congratulations to Dr. Thor Theunissen! Thorold Theunissen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, has received a five-year R35 $2,729,025 grant award from the NIH/ NIGMS beginning June 1, 2024 for his project entitled “Resolving epigenetic instability during pluripotent state transitions: a roadmap for exploiting the biomedical potential of dynamic human stem cell states”.
Congratulations to Aaron Johnson, PhD., Associate Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology and his lab on their research on the effects of brain inflammation on muscle function! From the article publish by the Washington University School of Medicine:“The study pinpoints potential targets for preventing or treating muscle weakness related to brain inflammation. The researchers […]