The Albert J. Ryan Fellowship was established to perpetuate the name of the Ryan family and the name of Albert J. Ryan, through the advancement of medical knowledge for the good of all humanity by encouraging basic research in any or all fields of medicine and related sciences.
[more]Whether you have a photographic memory, the memory of an elephant, or just a plain old bad memory, your brain relies on the complex functioning of electrical signals and neurotransmitters to bring the past to life. New Dartmouth research adds to the understanding of how memories are formed and how learning happens. A research team from the Hoppa Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences has identified a "molecular volume knob" that regulates electrical signals, controlling the width of electrical signals that flow across synapses in the brain.
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The MCB graduate committee, department chairs and the NCCC director are pleased to announce the final approval of the Cancer Biology (CANB) PhD program led by Steve Leach. The CANB program will represent an equal partner alongside BIOL, BCB, M&I and MSB under the MCB graduate program umbrella and will be recruiting new students this winter through MCB. We look forward to the many ways that this expansion to our program will enrich our community.
[more]Congratulations to Zhongyou Li, graduate student in the Stanton Lab, for being selected as one of the five finalists in the 2020 NACFC Junior Investigator Best Abstract in Basic Science competition. Zhongyou's abstract was selected from over 110 submissions. His chalk talk was selected as the runner up.
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