Schwann cells ensheath the stromal axons of the cornea. But how these specialized glial cells are adapted to maintain corneal transparency is an important question because corneal refraction is an important aspect of vision. The research groups led by Drs. Paola Bargagna-Mohan and Royce Mohan have used a powerful approach to illuminate the genes expressed […]
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Dr. Kim & Dr. Kuwada publishes binaural hearing paper
As posted in UConn Today – September 25, 2020 UConn Health neuroscientists Duck O. Kim and Shigeyuki Kuwada passionately wanted to figure out the real story. Kuwada had made many contributions to science’s understanding of binaural (two-eared) hearing, beginning in the 1970s. Binaural hearing is essential to how we localize where a sound is coming […]
Faculty member Stephen Crocker wins Osborn Award
At the recent Graduate Student Research Day, which was held online Friday Aug 28, the graduate students of the Biomedical Science program at UConn Health awarded the 2020 Osborn Award to Dr. Stephen Crocker, Associate Professor of Neuroscience. The Osborn Award for Excellence in Biomedical Science Graduate Teaching was established by the UConn Health Graduate School in honor of Dr. Mary Jane Osborn (1927-2019). […]