Trakhtenberg Lab – Interstellar Initiative honor

Posted on by Jody Gridley
Trakthenberg Lab
Guided by Ephraim Trakhtenberg, postdoctoral fellow Juhwan Kim demonstrates microscope-assisted surgery to master’s student Muhammad Sajid (background), undergrad Kathleen Renna, and M.D., Ph.D. student Bruce Rheaume. (Photo by Ethan Giorgetti)

Source: UConn Today, September 14, 2017 – Chris DeFrancesco

Ephraim Trakhtenberg, assistant professor of neuroscience, won an Interstellar Initiative honor from the New York Academy of Sciences and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development. Most recently he was awarded “First Place – Outstanding Early Career Investigator Team Presentation in Neurocience.” In March he and collaborator Kumiko Hayashi of Tohoku University in Japan won first place for a research solution proposal in the field of neuroscience. Read more about Dr. Trakhtenberg’s honor and other research awards at UConn Health.