Research Neuroscience faculty keeps anatomy lab hands-on despite pandemic, students excel By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Dec. 15, 2020 The class of 104 students who just completed Human Structure and Function, a fundamental course for all medical students, is the top performing class in more than two decades. This success came ...
Research Space travel and the brain: URMC Researchers aim to understand its effects on function By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 30, 2020 URMC researchers were awarded by NASA to help answer questions about astronaut health and performance during future long-duration missions, including crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.
Research Memories Create ‘Fingerprints’ That Reveal How the Brain is Organized By Mark Michaud Nov. 20, 2020 While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be observed in brain activity ...
Research Research to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases Advances: URMC Start-up Acquired By Mark Michaud Nov. 18, 2020 Oscine Therapeutics – a biotechnology company that is developing cell-based therapies for neurological disorders based on discoveries made at the University of Rochester Medical Center – has been ...
Research A life in neuroscience: Janice Wiesman, M.D. (1958-2020) Reflection by John Foxe, Ph.D. By URMC Communications Oct. 28, 2020 Janice Wiesman, M.D. (BS '80; MS '84) was a member of the first graduating class from the neuroscience undergraduate program at the University of Rochester. She passed away in August after a battle ...
Research A faculty send-off: A formidable researcher and student advocate By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 28, 2020 For more than 40 years, Tatiana Pasternak, Ph.D., has produced highly respected work in her NIH-funded non-human primate research laboratory that earned her numerous honors and awards. During her ...
Research Batten Disease: Principal Project of UR IDDRC By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 28, 2020 The principal project of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center will focus on Batten disease, specifically CLN3 disease, also known as juvenile-onset Batten disease. The ...
Research A national nod to IDD Research By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Oct. 28, 2020 The effort to better understand intellectual and developmental disabilities and improve the lives of individuals and families impacted by an IDD diagnosis is at the heart of a decades-long ...
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Ian Kleckner, Ph.D., M.P.H. By URMC Communications Sep. 30, 2020 Ian Kleckner, Ph.D., M.P.H., has always found the mind-body connection fascinating, and today, his work focuses on discovering whether exercise may help with a common cancer treatment side effect: ...
Research New research examines COVID-19 impact on aging brain By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Sep. 14, 2020 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center will collaborate on a study that investigates why some older patients, who become severely ill from ...