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The latest updates in brain science at UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute.

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Khaled M. Taghlabi, MD
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Honored to begin my Neurological Surgery Pre-residency Fellowship Training @UTSWNeurosurg under the incredible leadership of Dr. @drpouratian and Dr. Jonathan White. Deeply grateful for their trust, support, and for the opportunity to learn from their phenomenal experience
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@FLChiangMDPhD
Florence L. Chiang
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Amazing time at #RSNA25! Such an honor to receive the @RSNA Research Scholar Grant. A big thank you to the #RandEFoundation for supporting our hybrid PET/MRI research to improve imaging of #multiplesclerosis. 🙏 @radnucmp and @UTSW_Radiology @UTSWBrain @UTSWScience
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@UTSWNeurosurg
UTSW Neurosurgery
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#GammaKnifeRadiosurgery for parasagittal #meningiomas? Check out the new publication by Drs. Ankur Patel, Toral Patel, @MatthewSunMD, @JeffTraylorMD in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery @sciencedirect. https://t.co/m1OY3lfhSV @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWBrain #Neurosurgery
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@ADiaz_PhD
Dr. Arnaldo DĂ­az
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✅ Attention Undergrads! Are you looking for a summer research program? Explore SURF & the Amgen Scholars Program at @UTSWGradSchool! Gain hands-on experience with leading scientists in your field, develop your skills, expand your network, & more. Applications are now open! 🧫🧬
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@UTSWBrain
UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute
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Rachel Bailey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in @UtsWcand, won a 2025 @OHRareDisease Scholar Award. The awards advance promising discoveries from the lab to the clinic. Dr. Bailey is working on a gene therapy for an ultra-rare and devastating neurodevelopmental metabolic disorder.
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Nil Saez Calveras
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Immensely grateful to @txalzresearch for their support of this project, and to @MDiamond_Lab and everyone at @UtsWcand for the mentorship that made it possible! @UTSWBrain
@UTSW_NeuroRes
UTSW Neurology Residency
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Congratulations to Nil Saez Calveras, M.D. for receiving the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (#TARCC) Grant for his project "Exploring Tau Folds in Tauopathies via a Rapid Tau Alanine Scanning Method"
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@ADiaz_PhD
Dr. Arnaldo DĂ­az
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#SfN25 attendees, there’s still time! Stop by the @UTSWGradSchool booth (#79) to explore training programs for undergraduates through postdocs. We can’t wait to say hi and hear about your goals and interests! @UTSWPostdocs @UTSWmstp @RTPatUTSW @UTSWBrain @UTSWScience @SfNtweets
@ADiaz_PhD
Dr. Arnaldo DĂ­az
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‼️@UTSWGradSchool is thrilled to be at #SfN25! 🧠🧫🔬🧪 Stop by Booth #79 to learn about our PhD and MD–PhD programs, postdoctoral opportunities, and summer/postbacc research training. Don’t miss your chance to connect with us! @UTSWmstp @UTSWPostdocs @UTSWMedCenter @SfNtweets
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UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute
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Dr. Sarah Shahmoradian @ShahmoraLab received a @ParkinsonDotOrg Impact Award for research mapping how a novel PET tracer binds misfolded α-synuclein fibrils in #Parkinson’s brain tissue. Learn more: https://t.co/SChLH8HL0Q
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@UTSWNeurosurg
UTSW Neurosurgery
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Excited for our new Mind-to-Motion Lab & Brain-Machine Interface leader, Dr. Cecile Verbaarschot, whose team develops #BMIs for perception & #autonomy_restoration in patients w/ upper body sensory loss & paralysis. @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWBrain #Neurosurgery
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UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute
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The UTSW Losonczy Lab, Nusser Lab, & @Spiegel_Lab received a $12million @ERC_Research grant to decipher the neural code of learning & memory. With the MemoryLoci Synergy grant, researchers will collaborate to understand learning and memory from circuits to synapses and molecules.
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@HeakyungKim2
Heakyung Kim
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Congratulations to our own UTSW PM&R faculty member, Dr. Benjamin Nguyen, for receiving the Mentoring Award at the 2025 Leaders in Clinical Excellence Award Ceremony today! @UTSWBrain @UTSW_PMR @AAPMR #physiatry
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UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute
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Over the past 10 years, the O'Donnell Brain Institute has accelerated research and treatment for brain diseases ranging from Alzheimer's and dementia to autism, epilepsy, essential tremor, depression, and others. Take a deep dive into OBI's discoveries.
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In her new office at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Ceci Verbaarschot, Ph.D., sits among unpacked boxes and discusses the intricacies of a brain-computer interface she is developing. The device is...
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@UTSWNeurosurg
UTSW Neurosurgery
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Congrats to Drs. Alex Valadka, @KarivSaar, @RyanChiuMD, Keith George, and UTSW med student Srivats Srinivasan for winning the Best Basic Science poster in the Neurotrauma & Critical Care track at #2025CNS! @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWBrain #Neurosurgery
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UTSW Neurosurgery
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We're launching a new Neurosurgical #Pain Treatment Service tailored to patients suffering from advanced oncological pain and refractory facial pain, featuring ablative interventions & neuromodulation by @ANAlhourani! @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWBrain #Neurosurgery
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@UTSW_Psychiatry
UTSW Psychiatry
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Better than a hat trick! UT Southwestern's neuropsychology testing team is proud to have provided neuropsychological services for the Dallas Stars for more than 25 years. Recently, part of the team performed baseline testing as part of the NHL concussion program. #UTSW #Brain
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@UTSWBrain
UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute
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Dr. Jeffrey Zigman and Dr. Omprakash Singh co-led research that identifies for the first time a distinct set of neurons in the brain that controls feeding & metabolism during one specific time of day. The findings could lead to new weight-loss strategies. https://t.co/A9hudEx3xw
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@UTSWNeurosurg
UTSW Neurosurgery
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Congrats to Drs. Alex Valadka & @RyanChiuMD on the $500K clinical research grant for "Non-Invasive Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematomas" from The UT #TRC4! https://t.co/JubIOePU3y @UTSWMedCenter @UTSWBrain #Neurosurgery
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Explore advancements in trauma care through the Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative (TRC4), an initiative of The University of Texas System
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@UTSWBrain
UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute
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The Losonczy Lab in the new OBI Program for Memory Longevity seeks #postdocs, including an in vitro #electrophysiologist to explore the synaptic and dendritic basis of learning using physiological and imaging tools. #optical-imaging #PatchClamp Learn more: https://t.co/xJiJLNb7po
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@UTSWBrain
UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute
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The Losonczy Lab in the OBI Program for Memory Longevity seeks #postdocs, particularly an in vitro #electrophysiologist to explore the synaptic and dendritic basis of learning using physiological and imaging tools. #optical-imaging #PatchClamp Learn more: https://t.co/GpiylRCUF4
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UTSW Psychiatry
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This could lead to a breakthrough! Jennifer Coughlin, M.D., has been awarded a $4 million grant by the National Institute of Mental Health to study microglia (immune cells) in the brains of people with virally suppressed HIV who have suffered diminished cognitive control. #UTSW
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