Research News
New work on decision-making from PI Scott Huettel
July 16, 2021
You dash into a convenience store for a quick snack, spot an apple and reach for a candy bar...
New work in Neuron from Eroglu Lab
July 2, 2021
Neurobiology grad student Justin Savage is one of the team of authors on this latest work that...
Neurobiology bids farewell to retiring faculty member Miguel Nicolelis
July 1, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Miguel Nicolelis on his retirement from Duke University on June 30,...
Postdoc Anne Draelos awarded CASI
July 1, 2021
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) announced Anne Draelos, Ph.D. as one of the recipients of the...
Juan Valdez-Lopez awarded Hartwell Fellowship
June 28, 2021
Congratulations to postdoctoral associate Juan Valdez-Lopez! Nominated by mentor and PI Jeremy Kay...
A New Day for People with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
May 12, 2021
Neurosurgeon Derek Southwell, MD, PhD, has been at Duke only since 2019, but he has already...
Learning Something Surprising About "SuperLearners"
May 12, 2021
The discovery of a signaling pathway in the brain that could make mice into ‘superlearners’...
Kafui Dzirasa honored with Duke U. Presidential Award
March 31, 2021
The Presidential Awards are the highest honor given by Duke to staff and faculty members. Many of...
New article in Nature from the Field Lab
March 15, 2021
Post doc and first author Suva Roy (pictured), research tech Emily Davis and grad student Na Young...
Jeremy Kay and team identify previously undetected form of CRB1
February 26, 2021
Unexpected Findings Could Lead to Future Gene Therapy for Patients Battling Retinal Degeneration As...
Rising star Eva Naumann receives Sloan Research Fellowship
February 19, 2021
Eva Naumann, PhD , Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, has been selected to receive a Sloan...
Three new neurobiology Ph.D.s for Fall 2020
December 23, 2020
The department is proud to announce the arrival of three new Ph.D.s in neurobiology this fall:...
Josh Huang's newest work on binocular vision published in Neuron
December 8, 2020
DURHAM, N.C. – To prepare the brain for binocular vision and depth perception, first you have to...
Nicole Calakos and Stephen Lisberger Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
December 2, 2020
Two of the six Duke University faculty members named Fellows of the American Association for the...
New work on astrocytes from Eroglu and Soderling
November 13, 2020
DURHAM, N.C. -- In the orchestra of the brain, the firing of each neuron is controlled by two notes...