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!
January 29, 2019
William Snider, Founding Director of the UNC Neuroscience Center, Retires
William Snider, MD, who started the UNC Neuroscience Center in 1999 and led it for 17 years, will retire from the UNC School of Medicine February 1.
April 12, 2018
Garcia Receives Neurovirology Award
J. Victor Garcia, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Global Health and Infectious Disease, is the 2018 recipient of the Opendra Narayan Lecture.