News & Events

May 2024

Rackham Predoctoral Fellow Award Ceremony. Congratulations, Nick!

April 2024

Nick Kolbman presented his work on chronic pain and psilocybin in a panel on "Psychedelics for the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Evidence from Rodents to Patients" at the USASP 2024

April 2024

Rachel Summerfield is awarded the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award (Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz) by the American Physiological Society!

Congratulations, Rachel!

April 2024

Rachel and Sumegha presented their research work, as Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award recipients, at the American Physiological Summit 2024

April 2024

Eva Goren received the Magnificent Michigan Summer Undergraduate Fellowship by the UM Neuroscience Innovators. Congratulations, Eva!

March 2024 - Celebrations and Send off!

Farewell to Brian Silverstein.

Congratulations to Nick Kolbman for his Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.  

Congratulations to Sumegha Ponnaluri and Rachel Summerfield for winning the Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Award by the American Physiological Society.

February 2024

Nick Kolbman received the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.


Congratulations, Nick!

January 2024

Sumegha Ponnaluri is awarded the 2024 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award by the American Physiological Society!

Congratulations, Sumegha!

January 2024

Rachel Summerfield is awarded the 2024 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award by the American Physiological Society!

Congratulations, Rachel!

December 2023

Congratulations to Nick Kolbman for publishing his first dissertation paper, and the first psychedelic paper from the lab!!   

Current Biology, PMID: 38113836

November 2023

Society for Neuroscience - Washington D.C.

August 2023

Rachel Summerfield presented her findings on the effect of psychedelic DMT on sleep at the poster session for Magnificent Michigan Summer Fellowship awardees

May 2023

Congratulations to Nick Glynos on his Dissertation defense!

April 2023

Rackham Predoctoral Fellow Award Ceremony. Congratulations, Emma!

April 2023

Lab Luncheon - Farewell to Nick Glynos, Chris Fields, Zuzanna Fracz, Lucy Wang, and Harini Byraju

April 2023

Emma Huels received a Neuroscience Graduate Program Travel award to attend Gordon Research Conference on Consciousness. Congratulations, Emma!

April 2023

Rachel Summerfield received the Magnificent Michigan Summer Undergraduate Fellowship, by the UM Neuroscience Innovators. Congratulations, Rachel!

April 2023

Congratulations to Chris Fields on being accepted into the graduate program at the University of Oregon and selected for the Lokey Graduate Science Award.

April 2023

Congratulations to Lucy Wang and the University of Michigan fencing team on winning the Gold Medal for Women's overall and the Silver Medal for Women's Foil. 

March 2023

Zuzanna Fracz accepted into the Biomedical Sciences PhD Program at University of Connecticut. Zuzanna plans to study neurodegenerative diseases with a translational aspect. Congratulations, Zuzanna!!

February 2023

Emma Huels received the Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.

Congratulations, Emma!!

December 2022

UM Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience accepted Zuzanna Fracz's thesis with a recommendation for graduation with High Honors in Neuroscience. 

Congratulations, Zuzanna!!

November 2022

Society for Neuroscience - San Diego

October 2022

American Society of Anesthesiologists 2022 - New Orleans



https://www.asameetingnewscentral.com/fundamentals-of-anesthesiology/article/22498997/novel-approaches-to-inducing-rapid-emergence-from-general-anesthesia

September 2022

Harini Byraju received a 2022 Trainee Professional Development Award by the Society for Neuroscience. Congratulations, Harini!

April 2022

Harini Byraju was awarded Magnificent Michigan Summer Undergraduate Fellowship by the UM Neuroscience Innovators

Congratulations, Harini!!

October 28, 2021 

Dissertation Defense of Michael Brito! Congratulations, Dr. Brito!!

August 2021 

Zuzanna presented her study at the poster session for UM Neuroscience Innovator's Magnificent Michigan Summer Fellowship awardees

July 2021

Dr. Dinesh Pal and Dr. Giancarlo Vanini received industry funding to study the potential of psilocybin in alleviating chronic pain in a pre-clinical animal model

July 2021

Dr. Dinesh Pal and Dr. UnCheol Lee received a NIH R21 to study the brain network mechanisms for recovery from pharmacological and pathological unconscious states 

April 2021

Zuzanna Fracz received Magnificent Michigan Summer Fellowship for undergraduate students from Kavli Neuroscience Innovators at the UM

Congratulations, Zuzanna!!

April 2021 

Dr. Pal received New Investigator Award from the American Physiological Society

October 2020 

Jon Dean graduated to Dr. Dean! Congratulations, Jon!!

February 2020 

Chloe Rybicki-Kler is accepted into Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Michigan. Congratulations, Chloe!

January 2020 

Dr. Pal is elected to the Association of University Anesthesiologists

December 2019

Commentary on our recent article EurekAlert: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/mm-u-wui061818.php

November 2019

Dr. Anjum Parkar is selected for the inaugural eight-week Leadership and Management Program for Postdocs organized by the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Congratulations, Anjum!

October 2019

Society for Neuroscience, Chicago.

September 2019 

Dr. Anjum Parkar received one of the Best Abstract Awards at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Phoenix, Arizona.

Congratulations, Anjum!!

August 2019 

Pal lab was recognized as Planet Blue Ambassador, University of Michigan

June 2019

Dr. Anjum Parkar received postdoctoral enrichment program grant from Kavli Neuroscience Innovators to attend the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care 

February 2019

Dr. George Mashour and Dr. Dinesh Pal are awarded multi-PI NIH R01 to study the role of the prefrontal cortex in the control of arousal states

June 2018

Commentary on our recent article in EurekAlert: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/mm-u-wui061818.php

January 2018

Dr. Dinesh Pal is awarded a new NIH R01 to study the mechanistic underpinnings of the interactions between sleep homeostasis and sedation