Research Iron & the brain: Where and when neurodevelopmental disabilities may begin during pregnancy By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 6, 2023 The cells that make up the human brain begin developing long before the physical shape of the brain has formed. This early organizing of a network of cells plays a major role in brain health ...
Research Small, involuntary eye movements help us see a stable world By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 24, 2023 Involuntary, fixational eye movements play a bigger role in vision than researchers previously thought.
Research RNA Biologist Lynne Maquat Awarded 2023 Gruber Genetics Prize By Emily Boynton Feb. 23, 2023 The founding director of the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester received the award for her discovery of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in humans.
Patient Care UR Medicine Opens Region's First Ambulatory Orthopaedic Surgery Center By Barbara Ficarra Feb. 20, 2023 UR Medicine opens the region's first ambulatory surgery center dedicated to orthopaedic procedures, part of a multi-year, $227 million project to build one of the nation's largest campuses for ...
Research Can hearing loss be reversed? Research reveals clues that could regrow the cells that help us hear By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 13, 2023 The most common cause of hearing loss is progressive because these hair cells—the primary cells to detect sound waves—cannot regenerate if damaged or lost. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for ...
Research Combining Pregnancy and Dental Check Ups By Karen Black Feb. 8, 2023 Thanks to a University of Rochester Medical Center grant, Eastman Institute for Oral Health Associate Professor Jin Xiao, DDS, PhD, will use artificial intelligence and digital technology to help ...
Research Wiggles & wings: The model systems transforming neuroscience By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 27, 2023 Genetic model organisms are truly invaluable to the field of neuroscience. Many of the discoveries made using C. elegans and Drosophila apply throughout the animal kingdom, and this research has led ...
People Student Spotlight: Johanna Fritzinger By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 27, 2023 Johanna Fritzinger is a fourth-year Neuroscience graduate student at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Fritzinger graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BS in Electrical ...
People Faculty Q&A – Peter Shrager, PhD By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 27, 2023 Peter Shrager, PhD, is a professor of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology & Physiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). In 1971, Shrager came to URMC to work in what was then the ...
Research Researchers identify neurons that "learn" to smell a threat By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 24, 2023 Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience have found new clues to how the olfactory sensory system aids in threat assessment and have found neurons that “learn” if a smell is a threat. ...
