Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Potter, Primary faculty member in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, who leads 1 of the 39 cross-divisional teams receiving a Discovery Award this year!  Along with Dr. Andrew Gordus, his team will investigate the neuromodulatory systems of mosquitoes that drive human host-seeking.  Their work aims to identify the neuronal switch in the mosquito's brain that drives it to find humans. Their work is one of the 3 Discovery Awards supported by the OneNeuro Initiative. 

Congratulations to Dr. Genevieve Stein-O'Brien, Bloomberg Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, for receiving the inaugural Terkowitz Family Rising Professorship in the Brain Science Institute!

The Endowed Professorship was given by Ralph Terkowitz, a member of the Board of Governors for the Packard Center.

Dr. Stein-O'Brien was awarded the Terkowitz Family Rising Professorship at a ceremony at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center on June 16, 2025.

Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Janak, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Psychological and Brain Sciences, who was elected to become the next President of the Society for Neuroscience!  Dr. Janak, as the President-elect of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), will begin her term in November at the conclusion of the annual meeting.

Article: https://www.sfn.org/publications/latest-news/2025/06/05/sfn-election-results-meet-your-new-leaders