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Kathleen McIntyre

Sara N. Burke, Ph.D., promoted to full professor

Sara N. Burke, Ph.D., has been promoted to full professor in the Department of Neuroscience. Dr. Burke is also the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory and the founding director of the Summer Neuroscience Internship Program (SNIP). Dr. Burke’s research looks into how diet and metabolic function…

Mackenzie Bolen awarded Bryan Robinson Endowment

MacKenzie Bolen, a graduate student in Dr. Malu Tansey’s lab, was awarded a grant for her research through the Bryan W. Robinson Endowment. The award includes $4000 of support for Bolen’s research titled “A Gut-First Investigation of Parkinson’s Etiopathogenesis: Iron-Driven Mitochondria Dysregulation as a Function of Neuroimmune Cross-Talk…

Sabrina Zequeira places 2nd in 3MT competition

Sabrina Zequeira, a graduate student in the lab of Drs. Bizon and Setlow, has placed 2nd in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools in Tampa on March 4. The 3MT is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland, Australia…