Mahboubeh Ahmadi, a UC Riverside postdoctoral researcher in molecular, cell, and systems biology, has been named a recipient of the Taking Flight Award from CURE Epilepsy.
Soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States and a staple of processed foods, contributes to obesity, at least in mice, through a mechanism scientists are now beginning to understand.
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.
