Scientists Detail Brain Dynamics Implicated in Neurological Conditions  

Monday, January 8th Bioinformatics 1131 Amelia Cuarenta, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Georgia State University. “Early life experience alters motivated behaviors: a role for genetic mechanisms.” Tuesday, January 16th Bioinformatics 1131 Laura Rupprecht, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University. “A gut cell for food reward” Monday, January 22nd (Zoom only Seminar) Dr. Ulrich Zimmermann, Ph.D., Professor, University … Read more

Read on to learn about Gilliam Fellowship winners from BCAS!  

Congratulations to Dr. Donita Robinson for being named the new Associate Dean for Graduate Education. Read Below: Robinson Named the New Associate Dean for Graduate Education  Effective August 1, Donita Robinson, PhD, will succeed Jean Cook, PhD, as the School of Medicine Associate Dean for Graduate Education. 

Monday, July 12th Ana Clara Bobadilla, Monday, August 9th Laverne Camille Melón, Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Program in Neuroscience and Behavior, College of Integrative Sciences. “TBD”

Talk It Out NC concerned about impacts of pandemic on underage drinking | CBS 17  

Jimena Giudice, PhD, assistant professor of the UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and member of the McAllister Heart Institute, and Zoe McElligott, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, and member of the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, were named recipients of the 2020-2021 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowships in Academic … Read more

Monday, August 17th David Rossi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University. “The cerebellum is a newly appreciated component of the reward circuitry that is involved in genetic determination of alcohol consumption phenotype, and may be amenable to pharmacotherapy” Monday, August 31st A Leslie Morrow, Ph.D., John Andrews Distinguished Professor, Departments … Read more

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