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2019 SCAN Symposium Scheduled April 11-13, Asheville
Wednesday, December 19, 2018The Duke Institute for Brain Science's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience will host the 2019 Smokies Cognition & Neuroscience Symposium April 11-13, 2019, at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel in Asheville, NC. SCANS is an informal event featuring cognitive and neuroscience laboratories from the... read more about 2019 SCAN Symposium Scheduled April 11-13, Asheville »
Congrats to Duke Grad Students, Trainees Who Submitted Posters!
Tuesday, December 18, 2018The 2019 DIBS Distinguished Lecture & Symposium, featuring Josh Gordon, MD, PhD, Director, National Institute of Mental Health, will include a brain-sciences poster exhibition and contest as part of the Feb. 20 event. More than 30 Duke grad students, postdoctoral fellows, resident physicians... read more about Congrats to Duke Grad Students, Trainees Who Submitted Posters! »
2018-2019 Research Incubator Awards Announced
Wednesday, December 5, 2018Six interdisciplinary Duke faculty teams have received 2018-2019 Research Incubator Awards from the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS). The awards provide seed funding to support collaborative brain science research for projects of exceptional innovation and broad significance to the field... read more about 2018-2019 Research Incubator Awards Announced »
Neuroscience Majors Head Receives Prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Monday, December 3, 2018Julie Uchitel, a Neuroscience and French double major, '19, and president of the Neuroscience Majors Union, is one of two Duke students to receive the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. She and Shomik Verna were among 1,000 applicants; 48 were selected to receive the award. Please click HERE for... read more about Neuroscience Majors Head Receives Prestigious Marshall Scholarship »
More Than 225 Attended Dec. 1 Exercise & the Brain Symposium
Sunday, December 2, 2018About This Event: More than 225 researchers attended the Dec. 1 "Exercise & the Brain" Symposium. Interest was so high that organizers had to close registration when attendance reached capacity a week before the event. Physical exercise has emerged as a powerful strategy for... read more about More Than 225 Attended Dec. 1 Exercise & the Brain Symposium »
Outreach Podcast on Autism App Features Postdoc Jordan Hashemi
Wednesday, November 14, 2018Jordan Hashemi, postdoc at the Duke Center for Autism & Brain Development, in the lab of DIBS Faculty Network Member Guillermo Sapiro, delivers a podcast on autism screening. Please click HERE to hear the podcast. read more about Outreach Podcast on Autism App Features Postdoc Jordan Hashemi »
Duke Study Identifies Different Model of Cerebellar Learning
Wednesday, October 24, 2018Humans often learn motor skills through a process of trial and error, with mistakes leading to negative consequences that teach us to avoid future errors. But what if NOT making a mistake in the first place also helps us learn those skills? A new Duke study presents alternate theories on how... read more about Duke Study Identifies Different Model of Cerebellar Learning »
$2.1 Million BRAIN Initiative Grant Awarded to Soderling & Eroglu
Tuesday, October 23, 2018Astrocytes are “stars” not just because of their stellate shape, but because these non-neuronal glial cells regulate synaptic connectivity and function between neurons in the brain. Scientists know a lot about neurons, but less, especially at the molecular level, about astrocytes and their... read more about $2.1 Million BRAIN Initiative Grant Awarded to Soderling & Eroglu »
Register Now for Summer Social Neuroscience Event @ DIBS!
Wednesday, October 17, 2018DIBS will once again host the Summer School in Social Neuroscience & Neuroeconomics, founded by DIBS Faculty Network Member Greg Samanez-Larkin, June 3-6, 2019. It will be folowed by the Decision Neuroscience Conference at Duke's Fuqua School of Business, June 7-8. For more information, please... read more about Register Now for Summer Social Neuroscience Event @ DIBS! »
Staci Bilbo to Return to Duke in 2019
Tuesday, October 16, 2018Professor Staci Bilbo will be returning to Duke as the Haley Family Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, in conjunction with the Bass Connections Brain & Society theme, on July 1, 2019. Previously she was the Lurie Family Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at... read more about Staci Bilbo to Return to Duke in 2019 »