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Visscher awarded the 2022 President's Diversity Champion Award

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Mar 09 Visscher

You may know Dr. Kristina Visscher as your friendly Human Neuroimaging instructor, but the rest of UAB now knows her as the Diversity Champion that she is! Dr. Visscher was recently awarded the 2022 President's Diversity Champion Award. 

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Trainee Conference Awards

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Jan 28 The Civitan International Research Center is offering conference awards for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.  Deadline to apply is March 15, 2022.  For additional details visit:
Trainee Conference Awards

Astrocytes in Psychiatric Disorders

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Jan 28 First-of-its-kind book explores astrocytes as emerging player in psychiatric disorders

Shreya Malhotra published first-author article in Journal of Neuroscience

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Oct 13 Neuroscience_alumna_publishes_in_major_journal.pdf

Dr. Robin Lester wins achievement award

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Sep 30 Lifetime achievement in teaching....

Emerging Scholar 2021 - 2022 Recipients

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Jul 13 The Civitan International Research Center proudly announces the winners of the 2021 - 2022 Emerging Scholar awards.  For the full story visit Emerging Scholars.

Drug's effects on Retina

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Jul 01 Fight for Sight

Brain Awareness Week 2021

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Mar 22 Happy Brain Awareness Week!

Eight UAB researchers included on Cell Mentor's list of "1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists"

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Mar 04 Lubin makes the list!

Emerging Scholar Request for Applications 2021

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Feb 19 Announcement.pdf

"Autism in Alabama: Research Advances"

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Feb 10 Cafe_Feb_18_2021_Public.pdf

Gavin named Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Biomedical Programs

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Nov 30 Announcement

Thyme featured in Iron City Ink

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Nov 11 Thyme_Iron_City.pdf

Tuscher makes news!

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Nov 10 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator

Thyme receives Mallinckrodt Grant

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Oct 07 Brain development in zebrafish

Pozzo-Miller - UAB's Featured Discovery

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Sep 17

Our own faculty Dr. Lucas Pozzo-Miller and UAB GBS graduate Dr. Mary Phillips are highlighted in UAB's Featured Discovery!

Read all about it in UAB SOM News.

Congratulations to both of them and to their collaborators and colleagues involved in this study!

Gross named a "top scientist"

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Sep 10 Top Scientists

Pozzo-Miller to chair FP-ND panel

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Aug 11

Dr. Lucas Pozzo-Miller will serve as Chair of a grant review panel for a Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. These are vital programs that determine the merit of grant applications specific to DoD-funded topic areas.

Thyme awarded Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Aug 06 Fellowship

Neuroengineering PhD Program

By: Vicki Hixon Published Date: Jun 22

Please congratulate Dr. Lynn Dobrunz on final approval of the new Ph.D Program in Neuroengineering at UAB. It takes a multiple years to create a new graduate program/major.

Dr. Dobrunz will serve as co-director of this new graduate program that is thought to be the first of its kind in the country. Of course partners from multiple departments also contributed to these efforts.

Neurobiology primary faculty now serve as graduate program Directors, Co-directors, or Associate Directors for three graduate themes: Neuroengineering (Dr. Lynn Dobrunz), Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology (Dr. Alecia Gross), and of course Neuroscience (Dr. Lucas Pozzo-Miller and Dr. Cristin Gavin, Associate Director).