Ariane Garrett Paves the Way for More Accurate Blood Pressure Monitoring
Ariane Garrett is no stranger to innovation. As a Biomedical Engineering PhD student in Professor Darren Robyler’s lab, she’s changing the game for medical professionals with her work on a new device that measures blood pressure with more frequency and precision than currently available technology.
Will Cunningham Makes Moves on NPC Graduate Student Organization and Neuronal Circuitry Research
Will Cunningham doesn’t just study how neuronal circuits control systems of movement––he’s making several moves of his own. While pursuing his PhD at Boston University, he’s serving as a member of the Economo lab group, and simultaneously helping to found the Neurophotonics Training Organization (NPTO), a student chapter that will house individual student groups under […]
NPC Podcast Episode #1 with Center Director David Boas
In this inaugural episode, the NPC podcast team explores the cutting-edge world of neurophotonics with professor and NPC director David Boas––exploring how light-based technologies transform neuroscience research.
PhD Student Daniel Shahar is Bending Light and Breaking Boundaries in the Ramachandran Lab
Reading about the latest cutting-edge scientific discoveries, it’s easy to forget about some of the people behind the experiments, crunched numbers, and written reports: the graduate students.
Alanna Carey of the Chen Lab Granted NIH D-SPAN Award
Alanna’s current work utilizes a genetically diverse mouse model in an automated home-cage performing a goal-directed learning task to observe how genetic diversity influences learning capacity. Her dissertation aims to demonstrate that genetic variation related to learning can converge on specific neuronal cell types and investigate how molecular, anatomical, or functional properties of neuronal cell […]
Matthew Simkulet Awarded NIH T32 Grant
With funding from the NIH’s T32 Program, Matthew Simkulet will continue his work with Assistant Professor Tim O’Shea studying neurological responses to implanted devices. Matthew will investigate microprisms implanted in mouse cortexes using two-photon microscopy in order to examine the brain’s natural wound response to implanted devices. Matthew hopes specifically to look into the fundamental […]
Gabrielle Magalhães Ulloa Awarded NIH T32 Grant
With funding from NIH’s T32 grant, Gabrielle Magalhães Ulloa will continue her work studying the prelimbic system’s role in affective learning and decision making in adolescent rodents. While the role of the prefrontal cortex has been established by prior research, Gabrielle hopes to examine adolescent rodents specifically in order to better understand age differences in […]
Courtney Aul Awarded NIH T32 Grant
With funding from NIH’s T32 grant, Courtney Aul will continue her work with Professor Alice Cronin-Golomb studying the association between cognition and motor function in Parkinson’s patients. While previous research has established a correlation between gait and attention in patients with Parkinson’s, Courtney’s research seeks to examine this relationship further, and determine whether or not […]
Florencia Fernández Chiappe Named Pew Latin American Fellow
Chiappe, of Professor Meg Younger’s research group, has been named a Latin American Fellow from the Pew Charitable Trusts
NPC Fellow Kate Herrema to Advance Cortical Organoid Study with CAN DO Award
Congratulations to Kate Herrema, NPC CAN DO awardee 2024! With funding from the Neurophotonics Center’s CAN-DO award, graduate student Kate Herrema will advance her thesis project on combining biomaterials, neurorecording devices, stem cell technology and in vivo imaging to guide the development of human cortical organoids transplanted in the mouse brain. Working with faculty from across […]