Congratulations to Graduate Student and Postdocs in the Neuroscience Department for their Young Investigator Day Awards
Congratulations to the following Grad Students and Postdocs in the Neuroscience Department recognized with Young Investigators' Day Awards:
Graduate Student Awards
THE MICHAEL A. SHANOFF RESEARCH AWARD
Identification of MRGPRX4 as a therapeutic receptor target for cholestatic itch
James Meixiong, M.D., Ph.D. Candidate
The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience Department of Neuroscience
Sponsor: Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.
THE MICHAEL A. SHANOFF RESEARCH AWARD Preference encoding in ventral pallidum guides choice behavior
David Ottenheimer, Ph.D. Candidate
The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience Department of Neuroscience
Sponsor: Patricia Janak, Ph.D.
THE ALICIA SHOWALTER REYNOLDS RESEARCH AWARD
Phototransduction Pathways in Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells
Lujing Chen, Ph.D. Candidate
Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience Department of Neuroscience
Sponsor: King-WaiYau, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Awards
THE HELEN B.TAUSSIG RESEARCH AWARD
Molecular Heterogeneity and Functional Diversity of Spiral Ganglion Neurons
Shuohao Sun, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neuroscience
Sponsor: Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D.
THE W. BARRY WOOD, JR. RESEARCH AWARD
A dopamine-gated nucleus accumbal circuit for cognitive map reification
Kanghoon Jung, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neuroscience
Sponsor: Hyungbae Kwon, Ph.D.
THE ALFRED BLALOCK RESEARCH AWARD
Functional characterization of mosquito repellents
Ali Afify, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neuroscience
Sponsor: Christopher Potter, Ph.D.