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Neuroscience Department
Exploring Minds, Illuminating Futures
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Neurobiology of Disease Research
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Welcome From The Chair
Riqiang Yan, PhD
The Department of Neuroscience has a rich history of research excellence since it had been formally established by Dr. Richard Mains in the year 2000. Currently, we have 26 faculty members, who are actively funded their research from various sources including the federal grants and philanthropic support. Our faculty and their laboratories utilize an interdisciplinary approach to research with the goal of understanding the normal function and disorders of the nervous system that may hold the key to developing novel therapies. We nurture an exceptionally collegial academic environment with high level of interaction and collaboration among laboratories in the Department and with other laboratories at UConn Health Center and at the UConn Storrs campus, all of which make the Department of Neuroscience a vibrant and dynamic place to do science.
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ExplorePhD in Biomedical Science
Our graduate students receive comprehensive interdisciplinary training in all areas of neuroscience and perform translational research at the highest level.
ExploreStudy Abroad Program
Held in Salamanca, Spain, this course is for graduate students in Neuroscience and Hearing Research and upper-level undergraduate students.
ExploreDepartment and Program News
- Mohan lab awarded NIH CounterACT program fundingThe imminent threat of a terrorist attack in the United States involving chemical agents has created new challenges for homeland security (https://www.ninds.nih.gov/current-research/trans-agency-activities/counteract-program). In research aimed to counteract the ocular damage caused by chemical injury, the principal investigator Royce Mohan and co-investigator Paola Bargagna-Mohan have developed innovative insights into how corneal Schwann cells help to restore […]Posted on June 7, 2024
- Keaven Caro – Martinelli Lab awarded NRSA F30 FellowshipKeaven Caro, an MD/PhD student in the Martinelli lab was awarded a position on the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship F30 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The goal of this funding is to promote the development of exceptional physician scientist trainees and their research on understanding the mechanisms […]Posted on June 5, 2024
- Marwa Elamin receives the 2024 Epilepsia Basic Science PrizeMarwa Elamin, a recent graduate from the Levine lab, was awarded the 2024 Epilepsia Prize in Basic Science for her article, Dysfunctional sodium channel kinetics as a novel epilepsy mechanism in chromosome 15q11-q13 duplication syndrome. The prize is awarded for a paper of exceptional quality that constitutes an important contribution to clinical or experimental epilepsy. […]Posted on May 28, 2024
- Daylin Gamiotea Turro of the Verma Lab receives AHA awardDaylin Gamiotea Turro, a postdoctoral fellow in the Verma lab, has received the 2024 Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Science Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). With the support of this fellowship, Daylin will contribute to our ongoing research on the Encephalomyosynangiosis (EMS) procedure to improve post-stroke recovery. EMS promotes a vascular niche […]Posted on April 24, 2024