Research News
Research Labs Reopen Under A New Normal
July 2, 2020
The computer screen in Cagla Eroglu’s lab is teeming with activity. A computer mouse cursor moves...
Wang Lab Finds Potent Pain-suppression Center in the Brain
May 18, 2020
A Duke University research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly...
Duke researchers aim at reducing lethality of Covid-19
May 17, 2020
Duke Neurobiology's Dr. Wolfgang Liedtke and Duke-collaborator Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt , together with...
Mooney and Wang join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 24, 2020
Warm congratulations are due to Neurobiology professors Fan Wang and Richard Mooney who have both...
Virtual Defense Wins PhD for Jeffrey Mohl
April 1, 2020
Neurobiology is proud to announce Jeffrey Mohl as our most freshly-minted PhD! The new Dr. Mohl, a...
Matthew Biegler successful with virtual Ph.D. defense
March 24, 2020
Congratulations to our newest Ph.D.! On March 17, 2020, Matthew Biegler successfully defended his...
Caitlin Paisley Awarded Holland-Trice Graduate Student Fellowship Award
November 14, 2019
Congratulations to Caitlin Paisley who was selected to receive the Holland-Trice Graduate Student...
Research Roundup: October 2019
November 5, 2019
Here are summaries of a selection of the papers published by Duke Neurobiology in October 2019:...
Parkinson's Disease: The Stars in Our Brains
October 30, 2019
More than 10 million people worldwide—about 1 percent of people over age 60—live with Parkinson’s...
Prigge wins Research Week's Basic Sciences Research Poster Session
October 24, 2019
Cameron Prigge presented her research in the Basic Sciences Research poster session of the School...
Dzirasa Receives Young Investigator Award
October 21, 2019
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, with this year’s Young...
Research Roundup: August and September 2019
October 4, 2019
Here are summaries of a selection of the papers published by Duke Neurobiology in August and...
Researchers Named NIH "New Innovators"
October 4, 2019
School of Medicine researchers Diego Bohórquez Ph.D. and Opeyemi Olabisi M.D., Ph.D. have been...
Duke Teams Recieve NIH Funding to Address Chronic Pain
September 27, 2019
Fan Wang, together with William Maixner and Ru-Rong Ji, will lead a research project to identify...
Yang lab Identifies Molecule that Limits Sensitivity of Drosophila Taste Neurons
September 23, 2019
When making feeding decisions for themselves or their progenies, animals must accurately decode...