Sanjeev Yadav, postdoctoral researcher in the Verma Lab at UConn Health, has been selected for the prestigious 6th ISN Flagship School organized by the International Society for Neurochemistry in Brazil. The ISN Flagship School is a highly competitive international program that brings together early-career researchers from around the world with leading scientists. As part of […]
Awards
NIH CounterACT program R01 grant awarded to the Mohan lab
The NIH has awarded Royce Mohan, who is a professor of neuroscience at UConn Health, a new R01 grant to study the mechanisms of corneal damage and sensory loss caused by exposure to chemical threat agents. His research team, jointly led by co-investigator Paola Bargagna-Mohan, will advance state-of-the-art methods that combine transgenic and gene knockout […]
BBRF 2025 Grant Supports PTSD Memory Research at UConn Health
Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir of UConn Health has been awarded a 2025 Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to explore how the brain forms and recalls traumatic memories. Her team studies how specific hippocampal cell types may drive PTSD-related memory problems—insights that could lead to innovative therapies for trauma and anxiety disorders. […]