October 22, 2021
Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise as Angelman Syndrome Treatment
Led by Ben Philpot, PhD, and Matt Judson, PhD, the new therapy was generally well-tolerated and prevented key signs of the condition in animal models.
Tag: Neuroscience
June 24, 2021
Scientists Discover Key Player in Brain Development, Cell Communication
Led by Katie Baldwin, PhD, research published in Neuron shows how the loss of the protein hepaCAM drives brain development dysfunction and plays an important role in neurological disorders.
March 4, 2021
Scientists Find New Cell Type Implicated in Chronic Pain, Inflammation
The discovery, from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Mark Zylka, PhD, offers pain researchers a new, precise target to treat inflammation associated with neuropathic pain.
September 16, 2020
Scan of Genomes for Inherited Variants Implicates New Gene Important in Autism
Hyejung Won, PhD, and Jason Stein, PhD, in the UNC Department of Genetics and members of the UNC Neuroscience Center, led a genome-wide association study to find that lowered expression of a gene called DDHD2 may increase a person’s likelihood of autism.
July 21, 2020
Limited Submissions Internal Call for Proposals: NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Limited Submissions: Internal Call for Proposals NIH Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) UNC Internal deadline: 11:59PM, Monday, November 9, 2020 *Please distribute to relevant faculty*
July 14, 2020
UNC School of Medicine Faculty Earn Harvey Award
Laura Klinger, PhD, associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, will lead a team developing a “neurodiversity toolkit” to help companies address challenges faced by employees with autism, such as social expectations and time management in the workplace.
June 30, 2020
How to have a better day during the pandemic
Passively browsing social media is not good for you — and other useful findings on resilience and happiness from the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences.
April 2, 2020
UNC Neurosurgery News: December – March 2020
See what's new in the UNC Department of Neurosurgery: research, presentations, media, events and more.
January 23, 2020
The Head and the Heart
Todd Cohen and Jonathan Schisler — a neuroscientist and a heart researcher — began working together in 2016 after meeting for coffee in Marsico Hall. By combining their expertise in protein studies, they strive to develop a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
December 12, 2019
UNC Neurosurgery News: August – November 2019
See what's new in the UNC Department of Neurosurgery: research, events, media, presentations and more!
December 10, 2019
Scientists Discover Key Neural Circuit Regulating Alcohol Consumption
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Zoe McElligott, PhD, found that alcohol consumption is regulated by the activity of a particular set of neurons in a specific brain region, a discovery that could lead to a better understanding of why some casual drinkers develop an alcohol use disorder.
September 17, 2019
Zylka Lab awarded $6.1 million from NIH to develop CRISPR/Cas9 gene therapy for Angelman syndrome, study UBE3A autism gene with Philpot Lab
The National Institutes of Health have awarded two separate grants totaling $6.1 million to Mark Zylka, PhD, director of the UNC Neuroscience Center. One of the grants was co-awarded to Ben Philpot, PhD, associate director of the center at the UNC School of Medicine.