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Beth Buffalo receives 2018 McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award
Beth Buffalo has been selected as one of 4 scientists to win the 2018 Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award by the McKnight Foundation. The funds from this award will be used to study “Neural Dynamics of Memory and Cognition in the Primate Hippocampal Formation.” The hippocampus is a small area of the brain associated with…
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Stan Froehner elected AAAS Fellow
Stan Froehner is one of 8 UW faculty elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was recognized for his research on muscular dystrophy, particularly the discovery and studies of syntrophins. The syntrophins are a family of proteins that link signaling proteins to dystrophin, the protein defective in Duchenne…
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John Tuthill joins Next Generation Leaders advisory council at the Allen Institute for Brain Science
John Tuthill is the first University of Washington faculty member to be selected as a member of the Next Generation Leaders advisory council of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. He is one of six distinguished early-career researchers who will provide feedback in both formal and informal settings to scientists at the Allen Institute. The…
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John Tuthill named Searle Scholar
John Tuthill, assistant professor of Physiology & Biophysics, is one of 15 early career scientists to be named a 2017 Searle Scholar. The Searle Scholars Program awards grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry. Congratulations, John! The last University of…
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Eberhard Fetz and Stavros Zanos awarded $1.3M DARPA grant on vagus nerve stimulation and neuroplasticity
Eberhard Fetz and Stavros Zanos were awarded $1.3 million from DARPA for their work related to DARPA’s “Targeted Neuroplasticity Training” program. The goal of their research is to elucidate the mechanisms through which vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) alters brain function and to leverage VNS to enhance targeted cortical plasticity and augment cognitive performance in nonhuman…
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John Tuthill awarded Sloan Fellowship
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced today, Feb. 21, that UW Medicine neuroscience researcher John Tuthill is among three faculty members at the University of Washington who have been awarded early-career Sloan Fellowships. Tuthill is an assistant professor of physiology and biophysics at the UW School of Medicine. More at http://hsnewsbeat.uw.edu/brief/neuroscientist-john-tuthill-named-2017-sloan-fellow
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Image: MouseRGC-bipolar cells and PSD95 – Rachel Wong