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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · 7h

Join us TOMORROW (10/9) for Neuroscience Seminar Series student talks! Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics Building at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · 9d

The Neuroscience Center is excited to host Dr. Gerry Rubin for Neuroscience Seminar this Thursday, October 2. Seminar will be at 12:30PM in 1131 Bioinformatics.

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · 14d

Join us TOMORROW (9/25) for Neuroscience Seminar Series student talks! Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics Building at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · 21d

Join us TOMORROW (9/18) for Neuroscience Seminar Series student talks! Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics Building at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · 27d

Join us TODAY for the first seminar of the Fall 2025 Neuroscience Center Seminar Series! Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics Building at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Apr 30

Join us TOMORROW for a Neuroscience Seminar Series talk featuring Dr. Xin Duan. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics Building at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Apr 23

Join us TOMORROW (4/24) for Neuroscience Seminar Series talks by students Rubal Singla, Hayli Spence-Osorio, and Katherine Degner. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Apr 16

Join us TOMORROW for a Neuroscience Seminar Series talk featuring Dr. Per Svenningsson. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics Building at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Apr 9

Join us TOMORROW (4/10) for the Neuroscience Seminar Series. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Apr 2

Join us TOMORROW (4/3) for Dr. Mary Kay Lobo's Neuroscience Seminar Series talk. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Mar 26

Join us TOMORROW (3/27) for Neuroscience Seminar Series talks by students Rachel Sharp and Blake Fordyce. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Mar 19

Join us TOMORROW (3/20) for Neuroscience Seminar Series talks by student Joe Krzeski and postdocs Kevin Cross and Carla Belmonte Mateos. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Mar 10

The Neuroscience Center was honored to host Dr. David Ginty, who accepted the 23rd Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize on Thursday, March 6. Dr. Ginty’s groundbreaking work on touch and vibration was truly captivating, and we are incredibly grateful for this wonderful community!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Mar 5

We are very excited that Dr. David Ginty will be visiting UNC TOMORROW to accept the 23rd Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize. He will be giving a talk at 12:30 PM in 1131 Bioinformatics. news.unchealthcare.org/2024/12/gint...

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Feb 12

Join us TOMORROW (2/13) for Neuroscience Seminar Series talks by students Reagan Bullins, Liza Chartampila, and Joe Krzeski. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Feb 4

Join us THIS THURSDAY (2/6) for Dr. Mark Andermann's Neuroscience Seminar Series talk. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Jan 23

Congratulations to Hyejung Won and the Won Lab for their recent publication in Cell! This study finds that eight psychiatric disorders share the same genetic causes.

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

news.unchealthcare.org/2025/01/eigh...

Massively parallel reporter assay investigates shared genetic variants of eight psychiatric disorders

High-throughput experimental validation of genetic variants linked to eight psychiatric disorders reveals the regulatory mechanisms underlying variants with pleiotropic and disorder-specific effects.

www.cell.com

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Jan 21

Join us THIS THURSDAY (1/23) for Neuroscience Seminar Series talk featuring PhD students Noah Miller, Yuechen Qiu, and Grace Ross. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Jan 15

Join us TOMORROW (1/16) for Neuroscience Seminar Series talk featuring postdocs Brandon Le and Hope Peterson-Sockwell. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Jan 7

Join us THIS THURSDAY (1/9) for the first 2025 Neuroscience Spring Seminar Series talk featuring PhD students Lucas James, Sarah Magee, and Maria Ortiz. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Jan 2

This system will enable the study of peripheral physiology without affecting the central nervous system!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Jan 2

Kang et al. present HCAD, a peripherally restricted DREADD based on HCA2, with a chemical actuator that avoids crossing the blood-brain barrier and selectively reduces pain in mice.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Structure-guided design of a peripherally restricted chemogenetic system

Kang et al. present HCAD, a peripherally restricted DREADD based on HCA2, with a chemical actuator that avoids crossing the blood-brain barrier and selectively reduces pain in mice. This system will enable the study of peripheral physiology without affecting the central nervous system.

www.cell.com

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UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Dec 20

Thrilled to announce that Dr. David Ginty was just awarded the 23rd Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize for his pioneering research on the development and function of circuits underlying touch. Looking forward to his visit March 6, 2025!
news.unchealthcare.org/2024/12/gint...

Ginty Named 23rd Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize Recipient | Newsroom

Harvard Neuroscientist David D. Ginty, PhD, will receive the Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize for his pivotal discoveries on the sensation of touch and how our body communicates with the brain.

news.unchealthcare.org

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Dec 4

Join us TOMORROW for the last 2024 Neuroscience Fall Seminar Series talk featuring Dr. Luis de Lecea. Seminar will be in room 1131 Bioinformatics Building at 12:30PM. Details in the listserv!

UNC Neuroscience Center @uncneuro.bsky.social · Nov 25

The Carolina Institute for Neurodevelopmental Disorders is hiring a new director, and this could be you! This is a highly prestigious position and a great opportunity for a leader. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/286...

Director for the Carolina Institute for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Open Rank Faculty)

This position is being recruited as a primary faculty rank with a secondary non-faculty director role. Applicants must be able to hold a primary faculty rank in a School of Medicine Department. The Di...

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