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URMC Biomedical Genetics Professor named a fellow of the AAAS
Douglas Portman, PhD, holds the Donald M. Foster, MD Professorship in Biomedical Genetics and is a professor of Neuroscience and Biology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was named a ...
Turns out—male roundworms are picky when choosing a mate, new research finds
The Portman lab at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester discovered that the male roundworms use pheromones and touch signals to determine the sex, age, nutritional ...
Transforming Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research
The University of Rochester Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center is transforming the landscape of exploration.
Student Spotlight: John Gonzalez-Amoretti
John Gonzalez-Amoretti is a 4th year Neuroscience graduate student. He is currently working in the lab of Adam Snyder, PhD, in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at the University of ...
Faculty Q&A: Archan Ganguly, PhD
Archan Ganguly, PhD, is an assistant professor of Neuroscience at the University of Rochester Medical Center. His research aims to understand how proteins essential for synaptic communication between ...
Researchers find possible neuromarker for ‘juvenile-onset’ Batten disease
New research suggests an easy-to-measure brain process may be a target or biomarker in measuring treatment outcomes in clinical trials for patients with Batten disease.
Researchers identify path to prevent cognitive decline after radiation
Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester find that microglia—the brain’s immune cells—can trigger cognitive deficits after radiation exposure and may be ...
Researchers find neurons work as a team to process social interactions
Researchers have discovered that a part of the brain associated with working memory and multisensory integration, may also play an important role in how the brain processes social cues.
From lab to life-changer: URMC neuromuscular researchers pave the way for gene therapy revolution
For almost five decades, researchers with the Medical Center have been studying myotonic dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and other rare neuromuscular disorders, and played a pivotal role in ...
Postdoctoral Spotlight: Erin Bojanek, PhD, BS (’14)
Erin Bojanek, PhD, BS (’14), is an instructor in the Frederick J. and Marion A. Schindler Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab.