
Arinel Studying the Effects of Psychedelics on Zebrafish Behavior
Fifth year graduate student Minel Arinal (Naumann Lab) is leading a research group that is studying the brain by giving psychedelics to larval zebrafish.
Brain Implant Enables Even Faster Communication From Thoughts Alone
A speech prosthetic developed by a collaborative team of Duke neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, and engineers, including Neurobiology training faculty Jonathan Viventi and Derek Southwell
Lisberger Wins Golden Brain 2023 Award
Our own Steve Lisberger has been selected as the Golden Brain of 2023 by the Minerva Foundation, a not-for-profit, charitable foundation which promotes novel approaches to the study of the visual b
Holguin Lopez and Monroe announced as OTC Fellows
Graduate students Mariana Holguin Lopez (Huang Lab) and S.
Research of Abdelaal, Arinel, Walder, and Wetsel highlighted in article on the 'psychedics research renaissance'
Decades after most hallucinogens were outlawed in the 1970s, scientists are researching their use in treating disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and addict
Neurobiology grad student Tiffany Ko has new first author paper
Third year graduate student Tiffany Ko (Brad Goldstein Lab) recently had a first author paper, 'Polycomb repressive complex 2 regulates basal cell fate during adult olfactory neurogenes
Minel Arinel featured in Trainee Spotlight
Fifth year Neurobiology graduate student Minel Arinel (Naumann Lab) is the subject of the most recent DIBS Trainee Spotlight, a series of interviews featuring trainees studying br
Fernando Wins Burroughs Wellcome Fund Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program Award
Fourth year graduate student Kayla Fernando (Hull Lab) is one of 12 students chosen to receive a 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program Award.
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.