December 2024 - Winter Commencement
It's a singular honor to be asked by your student to hood them on their commencement.
Thank you Emma for this honor!!
Emma Huels received 2024 Trainee Professional Development Award by the Society for Neuroscience.
Congratulations to Emma Huels on her Dissertation defense!
Rackham Predoctoral Fellow Award Ceremony. Congratulations, Nick!
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
Rachel Summerfield is awarded the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award (Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz) by the American Physiological Society!
Rachel and Sumegha presented their research work, as Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award recipients, at the American Physiological Summit 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.
Nick Kolbman received the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.
Sumegha Ponnaluri is awarded the 2024 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award by the American Physiological Society!
Congratulations, Sumegha!
Rachel Summerfield is awarded the 2024 Barbara A. Horwitz and John M. Horowitz Outstanding Undergraduate Abstract Award by the American Physiological Society!
Congratulations to Nick Kolbman for publishing his first dissertation paper, and the first psychedelic paper from the lab!!
Current Biology, PMID: 38113836
Society for Neuroscience - Washington D.C.
Rachel Summerfield presented her findings on the effect of psychedelic DMT on sleep at the poster session for Magnificent Michigan Summer Fellowship awardees
Rackham Predoctoral Fellow Award Ceremony. Congratulations, Emma!
Lab Luncheon - Farewell to Nick Glynos, Chris Fields, Zuzanna Fracz, Lucy Wang, and Harini Byraju
Emma Huels received a Neuroscience Graduate Program Travel award to attend Gordon Research Conference on Consciousness. Congratulations, Emma!
Rachel Summerfield received the Magnificent Michigan Summer Undergraduate Fellowship, by the UM Neuroscience Innovators. Congratulations, Rachel!
Congratulations to Chris Fields on being accepted into the graduate program at the University of Oregon and selected for the Lokey Graduate Science Award.
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.
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!!
Emma Huels received the Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.
UM Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience accepted Zuzanna Fracz's thesis with a recommendation for graduation with High Honors in Neuroscience.
Congratulations, Zuzanna!!
Society for Neuroscience - San Diego
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
Harini Byraju received a 2022 Trainee Professional Development Award by the Society for Neuroscience. Congratulations, Harini!
Harini Byraju was awarded Magnificent Michigan Summer Undergraduate Fellowship by the UM Neuroscience Innovators
Congratulations, Harini!!
Dissertation Defense of Michael Brito! Congratulations, Dr. Brito!!
Zuzanna presented her study at the poster session for UM Neuroscience Innovator's Magnificent Michigan Summer Fellowship awardees
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
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
Zuzanna Fracz received Magnificent Michigan Summer Fellowship for undergraduate students from Kavli Neuroscience Innovators at the UM
Congratulations, Zuzanna!!
Dr. Pal received New Investigator Award from the American Physiological Society
Jon Dean graduated to Dr. Dean! Congratulations, Jon!!
Chloe Rybicki-Kler is accepted into Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Michigan. Congratulations, Chloe!
Dr. Pal is elected to the Association of University Anesthesiologists
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!
Society for Neuroscience, Chicago.
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.
Pal lab was recognized as Planet Blue Ambassador, University of Michigan
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
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
Commentary on our recent article in EurekAlert: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/mm-u-wui061818.php
Dr. Dinesh Pal is awarded a new NIH R01 to study the mechanistic underpinnings of the interactions between sleep homeostasis and sedation