Congratulations to Marwa Elamin, graduate student in Dr. Eric Levine’s laboratory, on receiving a prestigious graduate Fellowship in the Faculty for the Future program from The Schlumberger Foundation. Marwa’s research uses human stem cell models to study the neurodevelopmental disorder Dup15q syndrome.
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Genetically-encoded calcium indicators -Scientific Reports, Antic
Genetically‑encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) are essential for studying brain function, while voltage indicators (GEVIs) are slowly permeating neuroscience. Fundamentally, GECI and GEVI measure different things, but both are advertised as reporters of “neuronal activity”. Dr. Srdjan D. Antic, associate professor, recently published “Population imaging discrepancies between a genetically-encoded calcium indicator (GECI) versus a genetically-encoded voltage […]
Stopping Stroke Damage – Verma lab
As posted in UConn Today, February 11, 2021 Every year, strokes strike 800,000 Americans and are the leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S. because of the lingering brain injury they leave behind. But what if a medication used inside the brain could help heal a stroke’s damage? Innovative stroke therapy being developed at […]