UCONN HEALTH
Neuroscience Department
Exploring Minds, Illuminating Futures
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Neurobiology of Disease Research
Basic Neuroscience Research
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.
Upcoming Events
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Mar
20
Neuroscience Journal Club - Frost 12:00pm
Neuroscience Journal Club - Frost
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
E4036
MEDS 6497 Neuroscience Journal Club
“Oligodendrocyte precursor cells stop sensory axons regenerating into the spinal cord.”
Presenter: Matthew Frost
Course Co-Directors: Rosa Guzzo: guzzo@uchc.edu Paola Bargagna-Mohan: bargagna-mohan@uchc.edu
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Mar
21
Neuroscience Seminar Series - Natalia De Marco Garcia, PhD 11:00am
Neuroscience Seminar Series - Natalia De Marco Garcia, PhD
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Low Learning Center
Sponsored by the Kroc Lectureship Fund
“GABAergic circuit assembly in the somatosensory cortex.”
Presenter: Natalia De Marco Garcia, PhD, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Center for Neurogenetics, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
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Mar
27
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Annie Yao 10:00am
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Annie Yao
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Keller Auditorium
“The Alzheimer’s disease-linked protease Beta-Secretase 1 (BACE1) regulates Excitatory Neuronal and Synaptic Function.”
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Mar
27
Neuroscience Journal Club - Pathoulas 12:00pm
Neuroscience Journal Club - Pathoulas
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
E4036
MEDS 6497 Neuroscience Journal Club
“Autophagy enables microglia to engage amyloid plaques and prevents microglial senescence.”
Presenter: Joseph Pathoulas
Course Co-Directors: Rosa Guzzo: guzzo@uchc.edu Paola Bargagna-Mohan: bargagna-mohan@uchc.edu
Program Resources
Helpful contacts and series of milestones as you progress toward obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy degree from UConn Health.
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
- Ricky Paramo aims high on Ophthalmology residencyRicky Paramo, a fourth-year medical student at the UCONN School of Medicine, will be pursuing his residency training at New York Medical College (NYMC). Founded in 1875, NYMC represents the oldest partnership between a private medical school and a hospital in the United States. Ricky has trained in ocular research with Drs. Royce Mohan and […]Posted on February 29, 2024
- Christian Tallo in Mohan Lab receives NEI Travel AwardChristian Tallo (class of 2026) is now the third student working in the vision research lab of Royce Mohan at the UCONN School of Medicine to win a prestigious travel award from the National Eye Institute. Christian will present his first author talk on restoring Schwann cell function in corneal chemical injury. This award enables […]Posted on February 13, 2024
- High distinctions for medical students from the Mohan labThe Mohan lab is proud to announce the research achievements of students from the UCONN School of Medicine who will present their innovative results at the 2024 international conference Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) held in Seattle, WA. Michael Li, who is investigating the role of Schwann cells in corneal nerve regeneration, […]Posted on February 9, 2024
- Targeting adult neurogenesis may be useful in treating PTSDA new study led by Drs. Tuncdemir and Grosmark recently published in Neuron is titled ‘Adult-born granule cells facilitate remapping of spatial and non-spatial representations in the dentate gyrus’. The hippocampus is brain structure central for several forms of memory including the episodic memories that let us keep track of what’s previously happened to us, and […]Posted on November 14, 2023