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  • Morgane Golan

    Morgane Golan was awarded the highly competitive ARCS Scholarship! The ARCS foundation is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization founded and run entirely by women whose goals are to boost American leadership and aid in the advancement of science and technology. The foundation’s core values, diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to scientific excellence and innovation…

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  • Marc Pierre was our amazing Summer Undergraduate Research Experience in Neuroscience (NSURE) student from Columbus State University. He worked on an exciting project developing and characterizing a novel hippocampal culture system. This new system will allow our team to more rapidly evaluate neuroprotective and regenerative therapies with improved precision. Thanks Marc for all of your help…

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  • West Lab Day of Fun

    You know what they say, work hard play harder! The West Lab took a break from our usual routine and enjoyed our semi-annual West Lab Day of Fun. The lab had a great time seeing the amazing creatures at the Georgia Aquarium and then made our way down to Truist Park to cheer on the…

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  • Congratulations to Chris Littlejohn for winning 1st place at the 2021 CAES Research Symposium for his presentation “Evaluation of Growth Factors on Their Ability to Promote Proliferation and Reduce Apoptosis in Neural Stem Cells.” This was an exciting project evaluating a number of experimental growth factors to enhance the proliferation of neural stem cells. Rapid…

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  • Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Scheulin for successfully defending her dissertation and earning her PhD! Her dissertation “Preclinical assessment of functional and structural connectivity in stroke and traumatic brain injury utilizing advanced magnetic resonance imaging” was awe-inspiring. Dr. Scheulin is proud to announce she has accepted a position with a medical communications company, BOLDSCIENCE, as a…

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  • Congratulations Soo (pictured left)! Soo successfully defended her masters thesis, “An adolescent porcine model of voluntary alcohol consumption exhibits binge drinking and motor deficits in a two bottle choice test”. We are so proud of you!

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  • 40 Under 40!

    Congratulations, Dr. West! 40 Under 40 celebrates young alumni leading the pack in their industries and communities!

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  • Madison won the 2020 Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant, a university wide award! Way to go Madison! 

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  • At the I-Corps Showcase on Oct. 21, teams presented their findings from customer discovery and their plans to work toward commercializing their technology. Read more here!

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