WashU Medicine Neuroscience
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Department of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine. We lead fundamental research on the brain. Find opportunities to join us on our website.
St Louis, MO
Joined July 2015
Two members of the Tavoni Lab — Gaia Tavoni, PhD, and Kaining Zhang, PhD — have uncovered a key principle that helps brainlike networks store more memories and make them more resilient to damage. Read more: See the paper:
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RT @WSJ: The average age when people in the Richardson family who carry a gene mutation start to show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease is 39….
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RT @washumedicine: Martin Mwita was born with sickle cell disease and doctors told his mom he likely wouldn't live past age 35. But then a….
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🚨 Great opportunity alert! 🚨.The deadline for CTCN postdoctoral fellowships is Tuesday, July 1. Apply now:
Apply now for a postdoctoral fellows position in the Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (CTCN) at WashU. Learn more and apply: Deadline for applications is July 1, 2025.
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RT @washumedicine: Life-saving decisions, faster: The FDA has approved AI software from a startup founded by WashU Medicine researchers to….
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RT @WashUONR: @WU_IDDRC + @GenomeInstitute @washumedicine secure a $12M NIH grant to form the Scalable Mouse Assay Center. Led by @CarpeRib….
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Jason Yi, PhD, an assistant professor of neuroscience at WashU Medicine, has received a $400,000 pilot grant from the Eagles Autism Foundation to advance a new approach to treating autism spectrum disorder. Read more about the research:
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RT @SitemanCenter: Researchers at @WashUMedicine are testing AI to detect brain cancer — a promising step toward earlier diagnoses and bett….
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RT @washumedicine: WashU Medicine continues to unite the world’s most innovative researchers. We’re proud to introduce Jennifer Phillips-Cr….
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Tom Franken, MD, PhD, sheds new light on how the brain parses complex visual input with two recent studies. The papers explore how border ownership neurons assign borders to foreground objects and how this aids in predicting future visual input. More:
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RT @WashUONR: Astrocytes Take the Lead in Neural Rewiring - this discovery fundamentally changes current understanding about the determinan….
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RT @WashUNeurology: Last month, we hosted the first ever WashU Medicine Bold Pioneer Award Ceremony. Congratulations to all of the winners!….
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RT @washumedicine: Your brain has a plot twist: WashU Medicine researchers have discovered that astrocytes — not neurons — may drive attent….
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Apply now for a postdoctoral fellows position in the Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience (CTCN) at WashU. Learn more and apply: Deadline for applications is July 1, 2025.
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RT @washumedicine: Could a common sleep aid help prevent Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases? A new WashU Medicine study found….
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Congratulations to @papouinlab for being the senior author on this groundbreaking new look in @ScienceMagazine at how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or attention.
Your brain has a plot twist: WashU Medicine researchers have discovered that astrocytes — not neurons — may drive attention and alertness. This new science breakthrough could reshape how we treat ADHD, memory loss and more.
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RT @ScienceMagazine: Three new papers in Science report that astrocytes are indispensable for neuromodulatory signaling across diverse neur….
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RT @washumedicine: Congratulations to the 55 faculty members honored with 2025 Dean’s Impact Awards for their extraordinary research, care….
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RT @WashUAlumni: 🔗 In the wake of the severe storm that devastated the St. Louis region on Friday, @WashUforSTL ha….
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A team of @washumedicine researchers has discovered a promising new use for Prozac, which is the brand name of the antidepressant fluoxetine, in the treatment of children with rare forms of epilepsy. Read more:
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