James Fink, Ph.D., graduate student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program (Levine Lab) has double the reasons to celebrate. He not only successfully defended his doctoral defense on January 29, 2018, titled “Understanding Synaptic Pathophysiology and Hyperexcitability in Angelman and Chromosome 15q Duplication Syndromes Using Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells”, but he was also selected as this […]
Graduate Student (Knight) Splits SciArt Prize
Molecular Biochemistry and Biology (MBB) held their first ever SciArt contest. A number of beautiful art entries were submitted, and Brittany Knight, Graduate Student in the Department of Neuroscience (Baumbauer Lab) was one of two selected to split the BEST SciArt prize this year. Congratulations Brittany! Checkout Brittany’s image, along with the many other great […]
Faculty Spotlight – Featuring Dr. Douglas Oliver
Faculty Spotlight selects a specific faculty member from a number of nominations received by the department chairs. Dr. Douglas Oliver, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of neuroscience was nominated to highlight his substantial grant award from the Department of Defense for work aimed at developing an electrophysiological test for tinnitus. Dr. Oliver explains what his lab […]