UMSOM Program in Neuroscience

TOMORROW: PIN PhD candidate Sophie Elvig will present her dissertation proposal from the Wolff Lab - Novel basal ganglia projections regulating motor variability. Come show your support at 1:00 in HSF II! @sbe-wolff.bsky.social

TOMORROW: PIN PhD candidate Ruchael McNair will present her dissertation proposal from the Trudeau Lab - Biophysical & cellular mechanisms by which hERG S4 voltage sensor mutations contribute to Long QT syndrome. Come show your support at 1:00 pm in HSF II!

Congratulations Dr. Isaacs! You have done great work here at UMB, and we wish you the best as you take the next steps in your career!

TOMORROW: PIN PhD candidate Dominic Isaacs from the Longden Lab will publicly defend his dissertation - Capillary pericytes drive blood flow increases via parent arteriole dilation in the neocortex. Join us in Howard Hall 101 or via zoom at 10:00 am to show your support!

Congratulations Dr. Xiang! Thanks for sharing your impressive work, we can’t wait to see what you do next!

TODAY: PIN PhD candidate Liuruimin (Amy) Xiang from the Longden Lab will publicly defend her dissertation - Control of brain blood flow by a CaCC-driven pericyte Cl- clamp mechanism. Join us in HSF 2 Auditorium or via zoom at 1 pm to show your support!

Congratulations Dr. Kumar!! The Lobo lab and all of PIN congratulate you on a dissertation well defended! Best of luck in your future endeavors 🥳 @marykaylobo.bsky.social

TODAY: PIN PhD candidate Gautam Kumar from the Lobo Lab will publicly defend his dissertation - Sex specific effects of stress and depression on nucleus accumbens neuron subtype transcriptomes & social behavior. Join us in Davidge Hall or via zoom to show your support! @marykaylobo.bsky.social

Join us for the final PIN Journal Club presentations of 2025! Come show your support for these PIN students Tuesdays at noon.

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Join us tomorrow from 12:00 - 1:00 at UMB for another BBS seminar! Dr. Hyopil Kim from JHU and Dr. Phillip Witkowski from NIDA will present their recent work. Zoom link provided upon request! @umsomneurosci.bsky.social

Join us next Tuesday from 12:00 - 1:00 at UMB for another seminar! Dr. Hyopil Kim from JHU and Dr. Phillip Witkowski from NIDA will present their recent work. Zoom link provided upon request! @umsomneurosci.bsky.social @um-mind.bsky.social

UMB Program in Neuroscience is at the graduate school fair at SfN! Come say hi!

Happening NOW: PIN PhD candidate Naibo Zhang from the Polster Lab will publicly defend his dissertation - Mitochondria-based mechanisms and interventions for neurotrauma-relevant neuroinflammatory responses. Join us in Davidge Hall or via zoom to show your support!

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MONDAY: PIN PhD candidate Alex Wiltse will present his dissertation proposal from the Blanpied Lab - Come show your support at 2:00 pm in Hosick Hall!

Join us for the November PIN Journal Club presentations! Come show your support for these PIN students Tuesdays at noon.

Join us tomorrow from 12:00 - 12:30 at UMB to kick off our Fall seminar series! Akshi from JHU will present her exciting work exploring the neural organization of language. Zoom link provided upon request! @umsomneurosci.bsky.social @um-mind.bsky.social

Join us next Tuesday from 12:00 - 12:30 at UMB to kick off our Fall seminar series! Akshi from JHU will present her exciting work exploring the neural organization of language. Zoom link provided upon request! @umsomneurosci.bsky.social @um-mind.bsky.social

TOMORROW: PIN PhD candidate Madeline Hohmeister will present her dissertation proposal from the Jhou Lab - Anatomical characterization of opioid-sensitive GABAergic afferents to the VTA. Come show your support at 11:00 in HSF 3 1010 on Oct 14!

TOMORROW: PIN PhD candidate Ryan Mayers from the Polster Lab will publicly defend his dissertation - Investigating the role of TPCN1 and pro-inflammatory microglial activation in mitochondrial bioenergetics and dynamics. Join us in Taylor Hall or via zoom at 12:00 pm to show your support!

It’s official. 🎉Grateful to receive NIH funding for two R01s: one as Sole PI and another in collaboration with UCSD. Thank you to my career mentors and team for their continued support and guidance. @umsomneurosci.bsky.social

This Thursday, Neuro Networks Seminar Series presents 2 trainee talks! 12:30 pm in Taylor Hall.

TODAY: PIN PhD candidate Carolyn Doty will present her thesis proposal from the Roche Lab - the effects of alcohol, antibiotics and their interaction on the gut microbiome. Come show your support at 12:30 in Hosick Hall!

Perhaps the most highly anticipated event, Guess my Paper! Would you be able to identify an unlabeled Western Blot from one of your papers? Congrats to the winner, Dr. Kelly Dunn!

Our day started off with research Pictionary, where you describe your research by drawing it! Faculty and students then collaborated on PIN Toks, short 30 second videos about neuroscience. Later we crafted mini “grants” from random prompts and let our creative ideas flow!

Another successful Program in Neuroscience Retreat! Our faculty and trainees engaged in (loosely) scientific activities together and had lots of fun! ->