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Steinmetz Lab receives CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation
Dr. Nick Steinmetz and his lab have been honored with the CAREER Award, which is the “most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty” from the National Science Foundation. The five-year award, titled “Distributed spatial neural dynamics”, is for approximately $1 million to support the Steinmetz Lab’s research on the coordination of activity across brain…
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Assistant Professor Recruitment (Tenure-Track)
The Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics is thrilled to announce the recruitment of a new assistant professor (tenure-track) position. We welcome applications from individuals with research interests that complement and extend the department’s current activities. Work in the department spans a wide range – including questions about many different biological systems at scales ranging from…
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Professor Miriam Goodman Receives the 2021 Sharona Gordon Award
Congratulations to Dr. Miriam Goodman, 2021 recipient of the Sharona Gordon Award from the Society of General Physiologists. https://www.sgpweb.org/resources/Documents/SharonaAward-2021-Announcement-Goodman-2021-10-06.pdf
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UW Allies
The UW Allies program serves graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in basic science labs at UW. Allies are faculty volunteers who provide trainees with support during conflict with mentors and lab mates, assistance in navigating institutional barriers to success, and connection with institutional and community services. Allies stand in solidarity with trainees, so they don’t…
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Rainier Scholars inaugural collaboration with UW labs
The departments of PBIO, Biological Structure, and Pharmacology were thrilled to partner with Rainier Scholars to host 11 high school students in our laboratories this summer. This program, led by Claudia Moreno and Fred Rieke, provided opportunities for these students to receive hands-on experience in biomedical research. The students were incredible, and it was wonderful…
Dissertation Defense
Image: MouseRGC-bipolar cells and PSD95 – Rachel Wong