Research The stars in the brain may be information regulators By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 31, 2023 URMC researcher explores how astrocytes may be a key player in the brain’s ability to process external and internal information simultaneously. He argues research on these cells is necessary to ...
Education Tearing with Tradition: Aspiring Doctors Learn Where They Will Train on Match Day By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 17, 2023 At noon on Friday, March 17, aspiring doctors from across the country opened envelopes. Inside, students learned which institution they will train at as residents. It was the annual Match Day ...
Research Iron & the brain: Where and when neurodevelopmental disabilities may begin during pregnancy By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 6, 2023 The cells that make up the human brain begin developing long before the physical shape of the brain has formed. This early organizing of a network of cells plays a major role in brain health ...
Patient Care Strong Expansion Project Receives $50M in State Funding By Karin Christensen Feb. 28, 2023 Strong Expansion Project Receives $50M in State...
Research Through the eye of the beholder: People with autism may process illusory shapes differently By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 28, 2023 Researchers are finding the process in our brain that allows us to see these visual distinctions may not be happening the same way in the brains of children with autism spectrum disorder. They may be ...
Research Small, involuntary eye movements help us see a stable world By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 24, 2023 Involuntary, fixational eye movements play a bigger role in vision than researchers previously thought.
Patient Care UR Medicine Opens Region's First Ambulatory Orthopaedic Surgery Center By Barbara Ficarra Feb. 20, 2023 UR Medicine opens the region's first ambulatory surgery center dedicated to orthopaedic procedures, part of a multi-year, $227 million project to build one of the nation's largest campuses for ...
Research Can hearing loss be reversed? Research reveals clues that could regrow the cells that help us hear By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 13, 2023 The most common cause of hearing loss is progressive because these hair cells—the primary cells to detect sound waves—cannot regenerate if damaged or lost. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for ...
Research Wiggles & wings: The model systems transforming neuroscience By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 27, 2023 Genetic model organisms are truly invaluable to the field of neuroscience. Many of the discoveries made using C. elegans and Drosophila apply throughout the animal kingdom, and this research has led ...
People Student Spotlight: Johanna Fritzinger By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Jan. 27, 2023 Johanna Fritzinger is a fourth-year Neuroscience graduate student at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Fritzinger graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BS in Electrical ...
