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We are delighted to announce that Astra Bryant, PhD is joining the department in January 2023 as a tenure-track assistant professor. Her lab will study the thermal physiology of skin-penetrating parasitic nematodes. She will focus her projects on parasite thermosensory neural circuits, parasite thermotransduction cascades, and more. Welcome to P.Bio, Astra!

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Congrats to Jessica! Jessica Jones, a neuroscience graduate student in John Tuthill’s lab, was awarded a Gilliam Fellowship from Howard Hughes Medical Institute. More information about the fellowship can be found here: https://www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-awards-51-new-gilliam-fellowships-advance-diversity-and-inclusion-science

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Postdoctoral fellow Liz de la Cruz published a poignant essay in Journal of Cell Science’s May issue: Diversity as the fuel of my scientific career. Dr. de la Cruz is a Weill Neurohub postdoctoral fellow working with Research Assistant Professor Oscar Vivas.

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Dr. Rachel Wong is the recipient of the 2022 Friedenwald Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). This achievement award honors outstanding research in the basic or clinical sciences as applied to ophthalmology.  The 2022 ARVO Achievement Award recipient page is available here: https://www.arvo.org/awards-grants-and-fellowships/arvo-achievement-awards/2022-arvo-achievement-award-recipients/. Congratulations, Rachel!

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We are thrilled to announce that Beth Buffalo, professor and chair of Physiology & Biophysics, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Our hearty congratulations!

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Paul Newman, a long-time member of the department, passed away on Saturday, April 2.  Paul was a prolific and talented artist and writer and superb research technician. He spent more than 30 years in the department, working in several laboratories along the way.  We have collected some memories of Paul below.  Remembrances of Paul Newman,…

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