The American Epilepsy Society, or AES, has awarded Francisco Javier Guevara-Pantoja, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Riverside, a $50,000 fellowship to investigate in mice the activity of inhibitory neurons in the dentate gyrus during the initiation and termination of seizures.
Summary: The gene neuropilin2 regulates inhibitory neuron migration and excitatory neuron connections, essential for balanced brain activity. A study revealed that deleting neuropilin2 disrupts inhibitory circuits, leading to autism-like behaviors and a higher seizure risk.
Dr. Karine Gaelle Le Roch is a Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease and Vector Research at the University of California, Riverside.
Tara Gao, an undergraduate student at UC Riverside who excelled in academics and performed significant mentored research, has won the Austin and Helen Riesen Neuroscience Award for Research and Academic Excellence.
Effective July 1, 2024, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) welcomed three new divisional deans, who will lead CNAS student academic affairs and the College’s life and agricultural sciences core areas: Divisional Dean of Life Sciences: Morris Maduro, Professor of Biology in the Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology...
