Portrait of Zexuan Zhao
Ph.D. Student
Ricardo Araneda and Michael Cummings Receive MPower Funding

Their work on Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease was funded.

UMD Chemist Pioneers Tool for Eavesdropping on Neurons

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a technological breakthrough in analytical neuroscience: the ability to profile the proteins inside of a single live neuron. 

Emme Bruns Unravels Interactions Between Diseases and Hosts

New assistant professor investigates the relationship between wildflowers and a sterilizing fungus.

Sound Decisions: Nikolas Francis Beats His Own Drum in Considering How Brains Process and Understand Sound

He recently spoke to Terp alumni magazine about what we don’t know about sound, how his research could help fill those gaps and how he switches between the lab and the stage.

Meet Neuroscience Major Rakshita Balaji

She is an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Assistant Professor Melissa Caras, where she studies the neural basis of sensory plasticity and perceptual learning.

Assistant Professor Brian Pierce Awarded $1.5 Million NIH R35 Grant

This five-year award will support the efforts of the Pierce Laboratory to model and design antibodies and T cell receptors, including the high accuracy prediction of the structures of their interactions with antigenic targets.

Portrait of Anson Hines
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Scientist Emeritus
Portrait of Elizabeth Zimmer
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Research Botanist Emeritus
Portrait of Sergei Sukharev
Biology Professor