Dr. Franco Pestilli received an R01 from the National Institute of Mental Health for his proposal entiteld "A community-driven development of the brain imaging data standard (BIDS) to describe macroscopic brain connections". The project proposes to advance scientific discovery and understanding of the brain by developing methods (a standard) that will facilitate data sharing. Data sharing can effectively impact the understanding of health and disease by promoting data use from goals beyond those initially supporting the data collection process. The project will deliver a Read more about Dr. Franco Pestilli receives R01 from NIMH
INS Gradaute Student Dylan Kirsch, Psychology Grad Student Valeria Tretyak and Drs. Elizabeth Lippart and Stephen Strakowski authored a book chapter in The Bipolar Brain entitled "Functional brain imaging in bipolar disorder: activation studie".
Kirsch D, Treatyak V, Strakowski SM, and Lippard ETC. Chapter 3: Functional brain imaging in bipolar disorder: activation studies (2021). In: The Bipolar Brain, Second Edition (Ed: S.M. Strakowski).
Greg Ordemann, an INS graduate student, is the first author on a paper from the Brager Lab published in the Journal of Neuroscience entitled “Altered A-type potassium channel function impairs dendritic spike initiation and temporammonic long-term potentiation in Fragile X syndrome.”
Ordemann GJ, Apgar CJ, Chitwood RA and Brager DH. (2021) Altered A-type potassium channel function impairs dendritic spike initiation and temporammonic long-term potentiation in Fragile X syndrome Journal of Neuroscience. 41 (27) 5947-5962
Dr. Elizabeth Lippard received a ROI from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for her research proposal entitled "Dissecting Responses to Alcohol in Individuals with Familial Risk for Bipolar Disorder". Bipolar disorder has the highest rate of alcohol use disorder of any psychiatric diagnosis, yet our understanding of mechanisms that contribute to this comorbidity is limited. This research project will investigate if familial risk for bipolar disorder and/or alcohol use disorder is associated with altered sensitivity
INS graduate student Cherish Taylor and colleagues, from the Mukhopadhyay Lab, published a paper in 2019 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry entitled " SLC30A10 transporter in the digestive system regulates brain manganese under basal conditions while brain SLC30A10 protects against neurotoxicity". Their publication was selected by the
Dr. Fonzo is the recipient of the inaugural One Mind Baszucki Brain Research Fund Rising Star Award, which aims to grow the field of bipolar disorder research. Dr. Fonzo’s research will investigate the potential for focused ultrasound to influence the circuitry of the brain and develop treatment tools for bipolar and other mood disorders. With the award, he will continue to investigate predictors of first-line psychiatric treatment response.
Mary Hayhoe, Alex Huk and Larry Cormack received a U01 BRAIN Initiative grant for their proposal entitled "Neural circuit computations for visual motion during natural primate behaviors”. The proposed work aims to understand the neural computations underlying visual motion perception and motion-based action during natural, unconstrained primate behaviors.
Nicole Keller, an INS graduate student in Dr. Joey Dunsmoor's lab, was awared the Fred Murphy Jones & Homer Lindsey Bruce Endowed Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded through the Waggoner Center to a gradaute student working on alcoholism or addiction research. The awardee is selected on the basis of academic merit and reserach achievement by a committee of Wagoner Center faculty.Read more about Nicole Keller awarded the Fred Murphy Jones & Homer Lindsey Bruce Endowed Fellowship
Two UT Professors, Dr. David Crews and Dr. Andrea Gore were recognized by the Escher Fund for Autism as inaugural winners of the 2019 Escher Prizes in Germ Cell Exposure for their research investigating the effect in rats of in utero exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals on brain development and behaviior of offspring.
The Escher Prizes in Germ Cell Exposure recognize researchers whose work exposes the heritable hazards of germline exposures to drugs or other chemicals. The awardees receive a $2000 donation from the Escher Fund for Autism to help
Neuroscience professor Nace Goldin has won the Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence, an annual honor for one teacher in the College of Liberal Arts or College of Natural Sciences selected entirely by students from the two colleges. This award recognizes professors with "...the ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent inquiry and creative thought".
Michael Mauk, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience, has won the Professor of the Semester
