Barry Setlow, Ph. D. and Jen Bizon, Ph.D. co-edit an invitational special issue of the Behavioural Brain Research journal titled "Amygdala and value-based decision making," based on related previous work.
Last month, Rebecca Wallings, Post Doctoral Associate, received the Bright Focus Foundation fellowship for an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program award. This is a 2-year fellowship worth $200,000 where Wallings will be completing a project entitled “The role of the peripheral immune-system in FTD-GRN; increasing understanding for future therapeutic target…
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, Douglas Miller, predoc fellow, will defend his thesis entitled “Differential sensitivity of the SNC and VTA dopaminergic networks.” The motivation behind the thesis, Miller says, was to better understand complex network properties of dopaminergic brain regions that make them sensitive to neuronal loss…
Congratulations to our very own Paramita Chakrabarty, Ph. D., who receives the Excellence Award for Assistant Professors from UF's Department of Academic Affairs for UF College of Medicine.
Associate professor, Jose Abisambra, Ph. D., and team researches how broad kinase inhibition mitigates early neuronal dysfunction in tauopathy.
Hear about our Neuroscience Ph. D. program from Latoya Allen, Ph.D., who graduated in 2020. Allen discusses the importance of diversity in neuroscience and related science fields. https://neuroscience.ufl.edu/wordpress/files/2021/05/latoya-diversity-video-website-version.mp4…
Neuroscientists today have a plague of resources by which they can communicate their science. From social media to the creation of internet content, there of numerous ways to participate in science communication with your peers and, most importantly, the lay public. When neuroscientists communicate effectively, it builds support for science and promotes a broader understanding that may increase diversity and inclusion.
Research assistant professor, Christian Lessard, Ph. D., joined the UF Department of Neuroscience team in August of 2015.
The NCF SFN chapter has created an end of the year newsletter, including summaries from various events held this past year. Membership, National SFN news, NCF SFN 11th Annual Conference, Outreach Events, Brain Awareness Week, and Brain Bee are all included. Read newsletter here.
New research assistant professor, Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Ph. D., joined the UF Department of Neuroscience team in January 2021.
