We are so pleased to welcome Drs. Sebnem Tuncdemir and Andres Grosmark to be our newest Faculty members in the Neuroscience Department at UConn Health. Sebnem received her MS degree in Biology from Pennsylvania State University, focusing on the characterization of a novel inhibitory neurotransmitter plasticity in the CNS. She received her PhD in Neuroscience […]
Annie Yao receives prestigious F30 NIH Fellowship
Annie Yao, a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Riqiang Yan, has received a prestigious F30 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Annie is a fourth year MD/PhD dual degree student. Her F30 fellowship project is entitled “The role of beta-secretase 1 (BACE1) in modulating excitatory synaptic and circuit function and behavior” […]
Ophthalmology in plain sight for Ezii
Ophthalmology in plain sight for Ezii Ezigbobiara Umejiego (fondly known as Ezii) from the UConn School of Medicine took a gap year to earn his master’s in public health. Aspiring to become an Ophthalmologist, Ezii combined his studies with research in the Mohan lab in the neuroscience department to investigate mechanisms of ocular injury from […]