Logan Becker, an INS graduate student in Dr. Thibaud Taillefumier's lab, was awarded a Chateaubriand Fellowship. The fellowshiop will provide a stipend that will allow Logan to spend 4 months in France working in the lab of Dr. David Hansel at the Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center through CNRS, Université de Paris. During his stay he will be extending his thesis work on neural variability in biophysically relevant single-cell models at the network level with a goal of understanding how input spiking synchrony shapes subthreshold co- Read more about INS Graduate Student Logan Becker awarded Chateaubriand Fellowship
LCID Associate Director, Dr. Jaquelin Dudley, and LCID Faculty Member Dr. Christopher Sullivan, recently talked to the Daily Texan about traces of avian flu being detected in Austin wastewater.
Walter L. Fast, LCID Faculty member and Pharmacy professor, passed away on December 4, 2023 after a brief illness. Dr. Fast was the Division Head and Professor of Chemical Biology & Medicinal Chemistry, William I. Dismukes Fellow, and Southwestern Drug Corporation Centennial Endowed Fellow in Pharmacy. He first joined UT Austin in 2002 as an Assistant Professor in Pharmacy. Dr. Fast was part of the LCID Faculty from its beginning in 2013
Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Harris on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences!!
Members are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive. Current NAS membership totals approximately 2,400 members and 500 international members, of which
LCID Associate Director Dr. Jaquelin Dudley, along with 10 other UT-Austin faculty, was recently elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.
The honor recognizes Fellows for their extraordinary achievements across disciplines in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and includes pioneering research, leadership in a particular field, fostering collaborations, and advancing public understanding of science.
Congratualtions to INS Grad Student Brandy Routh (Fonken Lab) for wining the Empower Your Pitch -Overall Excellence in Research Communication award for her presentation, "Circadian Rhythms Shape the Growing Brain"!!
“Empower Your Pitch” is an engaging and dynamic competition offered in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Univeristy. This competition is designed to equip participants with the strategies needed to effectively communicate complex ideas in just three minutes. Winners will receive a cash prize and a funded trip to Washington, D.C. to
