Senior Lecturer (Clinical) in Clinical Neurophysiology

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We seek exceptional candidates for the new position of Senior Lecturer (Clinical) in Clinical Neurophysiology to be based in the Division of Neuroscience in the world-renowned Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. The successful candidate will lead a new research programme in clinical neurophysiology, will […]

The Real Story About Organoids: What You Should Know About “Brains In A Dish”

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The Washington Post/Getty Images We’ve heard a lot in the last few years about organoids, the so-called “brains in a dish” created in labs by neuroscientists. But as with many neuroscience topics, a wide gulf separates viral newsiness from reality. Scientists at Neuroscience 2019 , the annual conference of […]

Using the gut-brain connection to impact brain health and disease

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CHICAGO — Research on gut-brain communication via the immune system may help in the development of novel treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2019, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health. […]

Supporting Patients, Supporting Students

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An assistant professor at Tufts University and a neurosurgeon at the Lahey Hospital, Whitmore works with both students and patients to analyze and develop new treatments. Photo courtsey of Robert Whitmore ’00 When it comes to defining Robert Whitmore’s ’00 career path, one word comes to mind: exploration. A […]

A neuroscience major with two campus jobs shares what the first day of class is like at the University of Chicago

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The University of Chicago — founded in 1890 by the world’s richest man, John Rockefeller — is widely regarded as one of the most rigorous and well-respected research universities in the country. Fall classes started this week, so Insider reached out to current students to see what that first […]

Think Pain is Purely Medical? Think Again.

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Good news first, or bad…? Since good news soothes the bad, let’s go with bad news first: according to a recent article in the British Journal of Medicine, the US currently faces twin pain-and- opioid crises (Mackey & Kao, 2019). Chronic pain (CP), pain lasting three or more months, […]

Nerve cell protection free from side effects

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The hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a well-known doping substance that has a long history of abuse in endurance sports, such as cycling. In addition to promoting red blood cell production (erythropoiesis), which improves the oxygen supply in the organism, Epo also protects nerve cells from cell death. In order […]

NASA scholarships awarded to three students for research

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Three Baldwin Wallace students recently earned a reward you could say Hartswick Woller Shapley is pretty out of this world. The School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics & Computing students recently received Undergraduate Junior-Senior Scholarship awards from the NASA/Ohio Space Grant Consortium (OSGC). According to the BW website, the OSGC […]

UPMC Hamot 2019 Neuroscience Conference

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This annual conference will focus on the brain disorders, as well as foster networking and collaboration. Both current and future treatment options will be reviewed, along with management issues and prevention of possible complications. On the agenda: Stroke Acute Care Patient Story: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria in a 28-Year-Old Stroke […]