News & Highlights
BBC Features the Gaultier Lab’s Research into the Role of the Microbiome in Mood Disorders
March 2024 - A recent BBC Food article featured the Gaultier Lab's research into the role of Lactobacillus on mood disorders. Click here to read the article!
February 2024 - Aida Lopez, a 3rd-year Neuroscience Graduate Program student in the Eyo Lab, received funding through the iPrecision immunomedicine (iPRIME) Fellowship Awards Program for her project “P2RY12 regulation…
Neuroscience Faculty Among Winners at School of Medicine Shark Tank Competition
February 2024 - The Shark Tank Competition was the highlight of the second day of UVA's School of Medicine research retreat. With $500,000 total being awarded, five teams pitched their…
December 2023 - Neuroscience professor and chair Harald Sontheimer was featured in UVA Today, highlighting his work on a "deep brain implant" that may treat or even reverse the degenerative…
December 2023 - UVA’s Research in Motion recently featured Neuroscience professor and chair Dr. Harald Sontheimer. In his words: "I study glial cells called astrocytes, the brain support cells that…
December 2023 - Nature Neuroscience interviewed Ukpong Eyo about his path to the neuroscience field and thoughts on the research landscape today. Click here to read the article!
December 2023 - Check out Neuroscience's own John Lukens on the latest episode of Inside UVA with UVA president Jim Ryan! Visit this link to learn more and listen to…
October 2023 - Congratulations to Chia-Yi (Alex) Kuan, who was just awarded a new $3 million NIH R01 grant! In this new grant, Dr. Kuan and Min-Hao Kuo, PhD, co-principal…
September 2023 - Congratulations to Ukpong Eyo, who, co-authored with Anna Molofsky at UCSF, published an important opinion in Science arguing that we have much yet to learn about microglial…
September 2023 - Congrats to Tsai-Yi Lu, new Assistant Professor in Neuroscience, on their first-author paper recently published in Nature Neuroscience! View Publication
August 2023 - UVA's Research in Motion recently featured Neuroscience professor and Assistant Dean for Research Dr. Mary Peace McRae. In her words: "My research studies how opioids negatively impact…
August 2023 - Our nation is at an inflection point in the battle against Alzheimer’s, dementia, and related neurological disorders. With millions of patients and families impacted by these conditions,…
Synphane Gibbs-Shelton and Ukpong Eyo awarded Gilliam Fellowship
July 2023 - Congratulations to Synphane Gibbs-Shelton and her mentor Ukpong Eyo on receiving one of the 50 national Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowships to Advance Equity and Inclusion…New Insights Into Seizures Advance Efforts to Develop Better Treatments
May 2023 - Congratulations to Ukpong Eyo and Edward Perez-Reyes for publishing their paper on the advancement of seizure treatments! Research from the Eyo and Perez-Reyes labs suggests that immune…SOM Earns Top Honors in U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School Rankings
May 2023- The University of Virginia School of Medicine has earned a top national ranking for its biomedical research in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools guide.…
May 2023 – Congratulations to Alban Gaultier for winning the 2022 Robert J. Kadner Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching! This award was established in honor of Robert J. Kadner, PhD,…
April 2023- Congratulations to Jaeda Coutinho-Budd for winning the Jordi Folch-Pi Award! The Jordi Folch-Pi Award is given to an outstanding young investigator who has demonstrated a high level of…
April 2023- Congratulations to Hannah Ennerfelt for being named the Outstanding Graduate Student in Neuroscience this year, as well as winning the Peach Outstanding Graduate Student Award! Each year, an…
April 2023- Michael Kovacs, from Tajie Harris’s laboratory, has been selected as the 2023 MIC Outstanding Student. Mike will also represent the MIC Graduate Program as our nominee for the…
March 2023- The Annual Graduate Biosciences Society (GBS) Symposium was held on Friday, March 17, 2023 in McKim Hall. The day was filled with terrific presentations from the Outstanding Student…
Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Could End Disease’s Chronic Inflammation
February 2023 - Congratulations to Andrea Merchak and the Gaultier Lab for publishing their recent findings related to multiple sclerosis! View publicationAntidepressants, Infection Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders
December 2022 - Congratulations to Kristine Zengeler and the Lukens Lab for publishing their research related to Antidepressants and their link to neurodevelopmental disorders! Learn more
September 2021 - Congratulations to Drs. Kanchan Bisht and Ukpong Eyo for publishing their research related to microglia, vasculature, and PANX1-P2RY12 in Nature Communications! View Article View commentary
March 2019 - Congratulations to Drs. Ting-Ting Du and Jung-Bum Shin for publishing their recent findings related to hearing loss in Nature Communications! Learn More
March 2019- Carleigh O’Brien is nearing graduation! She published her second first author paper in February of 2019 in the Journal of Immunology, titled “IL-10 and ICOS Differentially Regulate T…
February 2019 - Dr. Alban Gaultier and Dorian Rosen have identified an antidepressant that may also stop deadly sepsis. Their findings were published in the February 6, 2019 issue of…
October 2018 – The “B.I.G. Neuro” team had a showing of nearly 50 people for the Community Bridges 5K Run/Walk for President Jim Ryan’s inauguration weekend. What a turnout! Special…
Graduate Student is Featured in Alpha Omega Alpha Periodical
October 2018 - Neuroscience graduate student, Mark Rudolf of Corwin Lab, has recently published in The Pharos, a prestigious periodical released by Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. His poem…
October 2018 - The "B.I.G. Neuro" team had a showing of nearly 50 people for the Community Bridges 5K Run/Walk for President Jim Ryan's inauguration weekend. What a turnout! Special…
October 2018 - Congratulations to Dr. Kipnis and his lab for receiving the NIH Director's Pioneer Award! Click here to read the full UVA Today article.
August 2018 - Lukens Lab is featured in the "Tech and Science" section of Newsweek for their recent publication! The full article entitled, "Critical Roles for Microbiota-Mediated Regulation of the…
August 2018 - Dr. Ukpong Eyo is the newest primary faculty member in the Department of Neuroscience. Welcome Dr. Eyo!
July 2018 - Congratulations to Dr. Sandro Ferreira Da Mesquita, Dr. Antoine Louveau, and the Kipnis Lab for recently publishing in Nature! The paper is titled, "Functional aspects of meningeal…
August 2018 - Lukens Lab is featured in the "Tech and Science" section of Newsweek for their recent publication! The full article entitled, "Cutting Edge: Critical Roles for Microbiota-Mediated Regulation…
UVA Brain Discovery Could Block Aging’s Terrible Toll On The Mind
July 2018 - Congratulations to Dr. Sandro Ferreira Da Mesquita, Dr. Antoine Louveau, and the Kipnis Lab for publishing in Nature! The findings are related to aging and treating/preventing Alzheimer's.…
July 2018 - Primary Neuroscience Faculty member Alban Gaultier is promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations Dr. Gaultier!
Alban Gaultier and Ioana Marin find new way to reverse depressive symptoms
Alban Gaultier and Ioana Marin have discovered a fascinating new use for Lactobacillus, a probiotic found in live-culture yogurt: reversing depressive symptoms and in a larger sense, highlighting a link between…
Congratulations are in order for Antoine Louveau in the Kipnis Lab, who recently was awarded a 2016 LE&RN Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for his project "Regulation of Brain Homeostasis by the…
Congratulations to Tony Filiano, Research Associate in the Kipnis Lab, who published his paper "Unexpected role of interferon-γ in regulating neuronal connectivity and social behavior" in Nature. To read his article and learn…
Primary Neuroscience faculty member Jung-Bum Shin was awarded promotion to Associate Professor. Congratulations Dr. Shin!! Very well deserved!