People Faculty Q&A: Samuel Norman-Haignere By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 25, 2022 Samuel Norman-Haignere, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Neuroscience, and Biostatistics and Computational Biology. He received his B.A. in Cognitive Science from Yale University and completed his ...
Research Diverse minds and determined hearts make change: Forging equitability in Neuroscience By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 25, 2022 The Neuroscience Diversity Commission has a simple but powerful purpose – to fundamentally change the bench. The group was formed in 2020 and has been meeting bi-weekly since. Made up of mostly ...
Research The art of smell: Research suggests the brain processes smell both like a painting and a symphony By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Apr. 4, 2022 New research suggest the brain has multiple responses to representing a smell. In one strategy, the brain uses a snapshot, like a painting or a photograph, at a given moment to capture the essential ...
Research A key to restoring sight may be held in a drug that treats alcoholism By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 18, 2022 The pathway that the drug disulfiram blocks to treat alcoholism was very similar to the pathway that’s hyper-activated in degenerative blindness.
Education Making a Match: Rochester Medical Students Gather Together to Mark Next Step in Training By Emily Boynton Mar. 18, 2022 Match Day – the annual ceremony where students across the U.S. open envelopes containing the name of the institution where they’ll train as residents – was held in person for the first time since ...
Research ‘Immune Distraction’ from Previous Colds Leads to Worse COVID Infections By Susanne Pallo Mar. 4, 2022 Counterintuitive results from a new URMC study suggest that prior infection and immunity to one of the seasonal cold coronaviruses may have put people at risk of more severe COVID illness and death.
Community WALL\THERAPY Brightens the Bricks at the University of Rochester Medical Center By Kellie Fraver Mar. 2, 2022 As the second anniversary of the COVID pandemic in Rochester approaches, URMC has commissioned a community art project through WALL\THERAPY that celebrates the staff's unwavering commitment to ...
Education Taking Diversity Seriously: Q&A with Ruth O'Regan By Leslie Orr Feb. 25, 2022 Building a more diverse workforce means reaching out to bright minds and persuading them to embrace the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. Wilmot’s associate director for the Cancer ...
Research Researcher develops new methods to understand how the brain responds to sounds – including singing By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 23, 2022 New research has identified neurons in the brain that ‘light up’ to the sound of singing, but do not respond to any other type of music.
Research Researchers find new clues in the brain linking pain and food By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 11, 2022 It has long been known that there is an association between food and pain, as people with chronic pain often struggle with their weight. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience may ...
