On May 4th, Carmen Marable (Fry Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is “The Role of the Placenta-Brain Axis in Children’s Neurodevelopment” Congratulations Carmen!

On April 30th, Esteban Oyarzabal successfully defended his PhD Thesis: “Detecting brain-wide intrinsic connectivity networks using fMRI in mice” Mentor:  Dr. Yen-Yu Ian Shih.  Esteban will postdoc at UNC with Dr. Yen-Yu Ian Shih. Congratulations Esteban!

ManHua is a graduate student in Melissa Herman’s lab and was awarded a three year NIH F31 Research Fellowship. She earned her B.S in Neuroscience from George Mason University and spent two years in the NIH postbaccalaureate intramural research training program before coming to UNC for graduate school. Her project examines the impact of electronic … Read more

Rose is a graduate student in Jason Stein’s research group and was awarded a three year NIH F31 Research Fellowship. She matriculated into UNC after earning a B.S. in Biology from Haverford College. Her research investigates how cortical organoids model infant brain development and relate to risk for autism spectrum disorder.

Rahul is a graduate student in the laboratory of Mark Zylka and was awarded a three year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. He came to UNC with a BA in Cell Biology and Neuroscience from Rutgers University. His project focuses on the molecular characterization of substrates underlying pain using single-cell sequencing and the development of a … Read more

Sofia is a graduate student in the laboratory of Tom Kash and was awarded a three year HHMI Gilliam Fellowship. She came to UNC with a BS in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and participated in UNC PREP. Her project examines the modulation and role of corticotropin releasing hormone neurons in the paraventricular … Read more

Amber is a graduate student in the laboratory of Hiroyuki Kato and was awarded a three year NIH F31 Research Fellowship. She came to UNC with a BS in Biology from Butler University. Her project focuses on the neuronal circuits underlying integration of complex sounds in neurotypical brains and increase our understanding of how these … Read more

On March 23rd, María Luisa successfully defended her PhD Thesis: “The role of central amygdala neurotensin neurons and their projections to the parabrachial nucleus in the consumption of alcohol and palatable fluids.” Mentor:  Dr. Zoe McElligott.  Maria will postdoc at NIH with Yarimar Carrasquillo. Congratulations María Luisa!