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Diana de la Cruz selected as a Weill Neurohub Fellow
Dr. de la Cruz works in the laboratory of Oscar Vivas, at UW. Her research aims to identify the molecular mechanisms behind the age-associated hyperexcitability of post-ganglionic neurons, and to evaluate whether a treatment that is known to increase lifespan and healthspan in mice, dogs, and primates can reverse the age-related alterations of post-ganglionic sympathetic…
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Oscar Vivas receives inaugural Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty
New AFAR grant award advances aging research through systems biology Full press release here: https://www.afar.org/news/afar-announces-inaugural-sagol-network-geromic-awards-for-junior-faculty-recipients Given the biological complexity and heterogeneity of the aging process, the emerging field of GerOmics research—which utilizes Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Systems Research, and Tech to study the biology of aging—can play an important role in providing important insights into…
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PBIO Postdoc Sweta Agrawal featured in the NINDS podcast, Building Up the Nerve
PBIO Postdoc Sweta Agrawal was recently featured in the NINDS podcast, Building Up the Nerve (she’s a Neuroscientist), where she talks about her approach to getting NIH funding. Sweta was recently awarded a K99, so clearly she knows what she’s doing!
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Meet Beth Buffalo, PhD, the New Chair of Physiology and Biophysics
Beth Buffalo’s path to a doctorate in neuroscience, even as she ticked off other boxes to become a philosophy professor, was foreshadowed in high school by a science fair experiment in her basement. Buffalo’s precocious experiment involved her hypothesis about a chemical’s effects on aggression, guidance from the University of Arkansas Medical School and 20…
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Early Stage Investigator Award for Alec Smith
Money matters at every career stage of course, but Early Stage Alec is now an Instructor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and the muscle research community he joined is growing and galvanizing, buoyed in just the last twelve months by two major grants. One grant gave rise to the Center for Translational Muscle Research…
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Loring B. Rowell, Ph. D. 1930 – 2020
Loring (Larry) B Rowell, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, died at home in Seattle, Washington, on December 19, 2020, after developing cardiac and renal failure. Born on January 27, 1930, in Lynn, Massachusetts, Larry retired in 1997 after a long scientific career. In addition to more than 100…
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