Douglas Covey’s New Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Covey’s Lab on their recent publication! New directions in neurosteroid therapeutics in neuropsychiatry Zorumski CF, Covey DF, Izumi Y, Evers AS, Maguire JL, Mennerick SJ. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2025 Mar 22;172:106119. PMID: 40127877
Helen McNeill, Ph.D., has been elected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science
Congratulations to Dr. Helen McNeill! “Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues.” McNeill, the Larry J. Shapiro and Carol-Ann Uetake-Shapiro Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology at WashU Medicine, is recognized for […]
Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D., has been named as a winner of the 2025 MIND Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Liz Pollina! Pollina honored for innovations in neuroscience MIND Prize funds research into neurodegenerative diseases Elizabeth Pollina, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2025 MIND Prize from the Pershing Square Foundation. The MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize […]
Kristen Kroll’s New Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! Lifespan in rodents with MYT1L heterozygous mutation. Schreiber A, Swift RG, Wilson L, Kroll KL, Dougherty JD, Maloney SE. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 10;15(1):4998. PMID: 39930023
Thor Theunissen’s New Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Tracking and mitigating imprint erasure during induction of naive human pluripotency at single-cell resolution. Fischer LA, Meyer B, Reyes M, Zemke JE, Harrison JK, Park KM, Wang T, Jüppner H, Dietmann S, Theunissen TW. Stem Cell Reports. 2025 Feb 8:102419. PMID: 39952244
Kristen Kroll’s New Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Kroll’s Lab on their recent publication! Autism- and intellectual disability-associated MYT1L mutation alters human cortical interneuron differentiation, maturation, and physiology. Prakasam R, Determan J, Chapman G, Narasimhan M, Shen R, Saleh M, Kaushik K, Gontarz P, Meganathan K, Hakim B, Zhang B, Huettner JE, Kroll KL. Stem Cell Reports. 2025 Feb 15:102421. […]