UC Neuroscience Graduate Program

The official account for the @uofcincy Neuroscience Graduate Program. #NextLivesHere

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Thank you to our faculty and students who visited Lakota's Pi Day to share neuroscience with the community! As always, the tissue samples were a crowd pleaser.

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Congratulations to Dr. Ivanka Rainer, who defender her thesis “Altered reward processing in obesity: a potential driver of increased food seeking" in February. Dr. Rainer is now a feasibility coordinator at Medpace. Congratulations, Dr. Rainer!

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Congratulations the NGP's newest graduate, Dr. Kimaya Raje. Kimaya, an MSTP student who will be returning to med school for year 3, presented "Effect of a novel Drd1-conditional knockout of the ADHD-risk gene, Lphn3 (Latrophilin-3) in rats."

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Congratulations to Dr. Pat Woller, our newest NGP grad! Pat defended his thesis, "Epilepsy and Developmental Defects Disrupt the Control of Breathing: Implications for SUDEP and SIDS" this afternoon.

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

The Fall 2025 Semester has begun! Welcome to our new NGP cohort of 12 fantastic students (8 PhD students and 4 MD/PhD students). We are so happy to have you!

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Each year, our fantastic NGP students volunteer their time to support the Cincinnati community through outreach events. Yesterday, they met a group of 6th grade science enthusiasts to teach about neuroscience with fun activities. Highlight: touching real brains and spinal cords!

[Laura Ngwenya MD, PhD @SurgeonScience]

Reflecting on last week when I hooded my first ever PhD student @FaithVBest @UCNeurosci Congrats again Dr. Best!!

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Congratulations to our 4 Summer 2025 NGP Graduates:
Dr. Andrew Gaulden, Dr. Aleksandr Taranov, Dr. L. Sofia Gonzalez, and Dr. Laura Maile! We are so proud of you and your accomplishments!

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

NGP First-years, Burgundy and Grant, attended the Ohio PKAL conference this month. The conference, focusing on career development, was helpful and meaningful for our students! Thank you AAC&U and OH-PKAL.

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

The NGP has had 5 defenses in the last month! Congratulations to our amazing students: Dr. Houda Nashawi, Dr. Judy Yoo, Dr. Faith Best, Dr. Austin Drake, and Dr. Ian Walling!

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Congratulations to Dr. Herman!
Jim Herman, PhD, has been recognized with the prestigious Ron de Kloet Award for Stress Research at a recent meeting in the Netherlands. This honor celebrates his significant contributions to the field of stress biology.

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Thank you to our NGP students who participated in a lunch meeting with Dean Postel and students from other programs. You were engaged and shared insight that was important for the Dean to hear directly from student voices. We appreciate your efforts!

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Another view from our NGP Retreat! Thank you, Dr. Anthony DeSana, for sharing your work with our program.

[Laura Ngwenya MD, PhD @SurgeonScience]

Always great to participate in the @UCNeurosci Retreat! And our post-doc Anthony Desana represented the lab well!! @UCNeurosurgery @UCincyMedicine

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

NGP Takes Over the American Sign Museum! This Friday, we held our annual retreat, with fantastic scientific & professional development sessions. We also started a new tradition of student awards. Congratulations to winners Laura, Meranda, Fady, Kassidy, Judy, Ian, and Jake!

[UC Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neurobiology Dept @UCPPNDept]

Congratulations to Dr. McReynolds! She received a seven-year Early Stage Investigator Merit award from NIH/NIDA based on her R01 application, reflecting the high regard of NIDA leadership. @UCincyMedicine @McreynoldsJayme

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our NGP dinner at SfN! We love seeing our faculty, students, and alumni each year. This year we had an added bonus: the program sent our first-years to soak up the science and get inspired at SfN! Here they are, enjoying the NGP SfN dinner.

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Congratulations to NGP Student Sofia Gonzalez, who was selected as a fellow for the prestigious Yale Ciencia Academy for Professional Development! See link for more details about this professional development program.
https://t.co/ahUnbZYb1r

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Join us for NGP/NRC Seminar this week!

Dr. Michael Lacagnina will present, "B cells drive neuropathic pain via IgG-Fc gamma receptor signaling.”

NGP/NRC Seminar Series
Thursday, September 19th
4-5 pm
MSB 4051
light refreshments served

[UC Neuroscience Graduate Program @UCNeurosci]

Congratulations to our first years and the start of the fall 2024 semester!

[TheLuoLab @TheLuolab]

Congrats to our undergraduate student Kirsten Voice on winning 1st place in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURF-N) Capstone presentation🥳! We are very proud of her accomplishments. Great job, Kirsten!