Research Roundup: August and September 2019
Here are summaries of a selection of the papers published by Duke Neurobiology in August and September 2019:
Motor Learning:
Researchers Named NIH "New Innovators"
School of Medicine researchers Diego Bohórquez Ph.D. and Opeyemi Olabisi M.D., Ph.D.
Duke Teams Recieve NIH Funding to Address Chronic Pain
Fan Wang, together with William Maixner and Ru-Rong Ji, will lead a research project to identify new central analgesic circuits that could be harnessed to treat chronic pain.
Yang lab Identifies Molecule that Limits Sensitivity of Drosophila Taste Neurons
When making feeding decisions for themselves or their progenies, animals must accurately decode both the identity and the quantity of relevant chemicals in potential food options.
Dzirasa Named 2019 Few-Glasson Inductee
Congratulations to Kafui Dzirasa who was announced as a 2019 inductee to the Few-Glasson Alumni Society. The Few-Glasson Alumni Society, created in 2016, honors Duke graduates who ha
Jake Heffley and Miaomiao Jin awarded Bill Hall Prize for Excellence in Graduate Research
On Friday, September 6th, Duke Neurobiology awarded the Bill Hall Prize for Excellence in Graduate Research to Jake Heffley and Miaomiao Jin.
Schmehl Receives Scholarship from BPW/Triangle
Congratulations to Meredith Schmehl who received a Business and Professional Women of the Triangle (BPW/Triangle) scholarship.
Plug-and-Play Protein Modification Using Homology-Independent Universal Genome Engineering
A new Soderling Lab paper reports a simplified approach for flexibly tagging endogenous proteins in vitro & in vivo.
Discrete Evaluative and Premotor Circuits Enable Vocal Learning in Songbirds
The Mooney lab combined behavioral and optogenetic methods to identify two afferents to the ventral tegmental area (VTA) that serve evaluative roles in syllable-specific learning and to e
Welcome New Neurobiology Students!
A hearty welcome to the 12 new first-year Ph.D. students in Neurobiology: