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The Lee Lab publishes in The Journal of Neuroscience and is featured on the cover

  Josue Lopez and colleagues from the Lee Lab published a reserach article in The Journal of Neuroscience entitled "Caldendrin Is a Repressor of PIEZO2 Channels and Touch Sensation in Mice". This study investigated the role of the calmodulin-like Ca2+ sensor, caldendrin, in the regulation of mechanically activated ion channels and their roles...

Dr. Jon Pierce receives CNS Spark Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Jon Pierce on being award a CNS Spark Grant to support his research proposal entitled "Predicting Genes that Cause Phenotypes as Extra Copies". The CNS Spark Grants program supports new ideas that have the potential to elevate or transform a research program but that are too early-stage in...

Colgin lab publishes in Nature Translational Psychiatry

The Colgin Lab published a research article entiteld, "Ank3 mouse model of epilepsy-bipolar disorder comorbidity" in Nature Translational Psychiatry. The research reveals the potential comorbid role the gene ankyrn 3 (ANK3) may play in bipolar disorder and epilepsy. ANK3 is a leading bipolar disorder (BD) candidate gene and has also been shown to be invovled in...

Dr. Alex Huth's brain-computer interface language decoder is one of UTs top research stories of 2023

The University published a recap of the top reserach stores, iInnovations and world-changing ideas produced by Longhorns across all disciplines this year.  Dr. Alex Huth's reserach developing a non-invasive brain-machine interface that can decode brain activity into language was one of the highlights!

Dr. Michael Drew elected member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Dr. Michael Drew was elected to full member stats in the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ANCP). The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology is an international organization of leading brain scientists. Sceintists are selected for membershipon the basis of their original research contributions, and are drawn from diverse subfields of neuroscience, including behavioral...