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Beth Buffalo joins PBIO as associate professor
We are delighted to welcome Beth Buffalo to the UW faculty as a tenured associate professor of Physiology & Biophysics and core staff member of the Washington National Primate Research Center. Beth studied Philosophy at Wellesley College where she was named a Trustee Scholar, and then went to UCSD for graduate study with Stuart Zola…
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Sharona Gordon promoted to professor
Sharona Gordon has been promoted to professor of Physiology & Biophysics, effective July 1. She joined the department as a joint faculty member in 1999 and became a primary appointee in 2003. Her laboratory is widely recognized for studies for TRPV1 channels and their role in pain. In addition, Sharona is very active in the…
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Andrea McQuate awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Andrea McQuate, a PhD student working in the Barria laboratory, has been selected to receive a 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). Her selection was based on “her outstanding abilities and accomplishments, as well as her potential to contribute to strengthening the vitality of the US science and engineering enterprise.” The program…
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International Symposium: Current Trends and Future Directions of Synaptic Plasticity Research
We are pleased to announce the international Symposium “Current Trends and Future Directions of Synaptic Plasticity Research” to be held at the University of Washington from July 18th through July 20th, 2013. Synaptic plasticity is the best cellular and molecular model of learning and memory and a highly dynamic field in modern neuroscience. This meeting…
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Student website explores careers for science graduate students
Graduate student Liza Shoenfeld stumbled across a startling statistic during her first year of graduate school: in 2006, only 15% of PhDs were in tenured or tenure-track positions 6 years after graduating. To find out where everyone else goes, she began interviewing PhDs who have pursued nonacademic careers. These interviews led to the creation of…
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Fred Rieke selected for Landolt Distinguished Mentor Award
Fred Rieke has been chosen as the recipient of the 2013 Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, which “recognizes a faculty member who excels at the intense, one-on-one mentoring that is the hallmark of graduate study”. One university-wide award is made every year. Fred is the first faculty member in the Health Sciences to…
Dissertation Defense
Image: MouseRGC-bipolar cells and PSD95 – Rachel Wong