Discoveries & Developments
- Raymond Swanson and his team have implicated an enzyme in neuronal death after stroke and brain trauma. Read the original paper in Nature Neuroscience.
- William Seeley and colleagues have confirmed the network degeneration hypothesis in neurodegenerative disease. Read the original article in Neuron.
- Dr. Seeley is also quoted in the June Smithsonian Magazine. Read article.
- Ying-Hui Fu has found a human gene that regulates the length of sleep. Read the original paper in Science.
Winners' Circle
- Vanja Douglas won the 2009 Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Inpatient Care Setting.
- Robert Edwards won the 2009 McKnight Brain Disorders Award.
- Sergio Baranzini has won the Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This award will support his MS research for the next five years.
- Dena Dubal has been selected as a 2009 Beeson Scholar. With this support, she aims to develop protective strategies against neurodegenerative conditions of aging.
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