April 2022
New research finds the risk of psychotic-like experiences can start in childhood
Research has long focused on the impact environmental and socio-economic factors – including income disparity, family poverty, and air pollution – have on increasing a person’s risk of developing ...
Diverse minds and determined hearts make change: Forging equitability in Neuroscience
The Neuroscience Diversity Commission has a simple but powerful purpose – to fundamentally change the bench. The group was formed in 2020 and has been meeting bi-weekly since. Made up of mostly ...
Student Spotlight: Victoria Popov
Victoria Popov is a second year in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Popov graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with an M.S. in professional ...
Faculty Q&A: Samuel Norman-Haignere
Samuel Norman-Haignere, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Neuroscience, and Biostatistics and Computational Biology. He received his B.A. in Cognitive Science from Yale University and completed his ...
The art of smell: Research suggests the brain processes smell both like a painting and a symphony
New research suggest the brain has multiple responses to representing a smell. In one strategy, the brain uses a snapshot, like a painting or a photograph, at a given moment to capture the essential ...