Winston Liu awarded the Bill Hall Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research
The Bill Hall Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research is an annual award recognizing one or two senior Neurobiology graduate students who have made impactful contributio
Neurobiology Welcomes the Incoming Class of 2023
Medy Mu and Aja Pragana are this year’s incoming class of 2023 and both were born in China but did their undergrad degrees here in the US.
Alway one of two medical students interviewed by SoM's Dean Klotman
On August 11th in her weekly Friday Message to the Duke community, Dean Mary Klotman spoke with two School of Medicine students — Neurobiology's own Emily Alway, GS3, and Braylee Grisel
Study by Kantor and Chiba-Falek details new epigenetic therapy that reduces APOE, delaying or preventing late onset Alzheimer's
Research shows that carrying the APOE e4 variant significantly increases lifetime risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, and additional evidence suggests that lowering the varia
Savage Awarded F31
Rising fourth year graduate student Justin Savage (Eroglu Lab) has been awarded a NRSA F31 for his proposal, 'How does neuronal contact mediate astrocyte transcriptional maturatio
Two Neurobiology Students Win International Chancellor's Scholarships
Graduate students Shuoyi Li (Mooney Lab) and Phoebe Lee (Silver Lab) have been selected for the Duke SoM's International Chancellor's Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded
First Presidential Distinguished Chair Named in Honor of Chancellor Washington, Awarded to Dzirasa
At an event celebrating outgoing Chancellor A.
Velmeshev Named a Whitehead Scholar
On Wednesday, May 17, Neurobiology's Dmitry Velmeshev was one of four SoM faculty to be named a Whitehead Scholar.
Graduating Student Spotlight: Corey Roach
Photo caption: Corey Roach with advisor, Anita Disney on February 23, 2023 right before defending his thesis.
How a Human Smell Receptor Works Is Finally Revealed
For the first time, researchers have determined how a human olfactory receptor captures an airborne scent molecule, the pivotal chemical event that triggers our sense of smell.