Research at the Institute of Neuroscience
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A multidisciplinary faculty spanning biology, psychology, human physiology, math, physics, and computer and information sciences.
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Networks of labs collaborating on big questions.
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Cutting-edge research talks from neuroscientists across the world.
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Core facilities and resources
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Research Highlight:
ION team is awarded a collaborative BRAIN initiative grant
Using a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, a team of researchers in the UO’s Institute of Neuroscience hopes to better understand the neural mechanisms behind the ability to shift attention among differing tasks.
News
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"Researchers predict rat behaviors from brain activity" features our recent article published in Neuron by the Mazzucato lab on the Around the O.
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Mazzucato and Niell labs awarded an NSF grant to investigate the effects of serotonergic psychedelics on brain function.
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The Institute of Neuroscience receives a BRAIN initiative award to explore the neural mechanisms of behavioral flexibility.
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Graphic novel "A trip into serotonin" by Audra McNamee and Luca Mazzucato, featured on the Oregon Quarterly Magazine and on Around the O.
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Sarah DuBrow is named Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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James Murray joins the Institute of Neuroscience as a new Assistant Professor, strengthening our computational neuroscience group.
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Emily Sylwestrak, a new assistant professor in ION, is chosen as a Next Generation Leader for the Allen Institute for Brain Science!
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AroundtheO: UO Biologist Judith Eisen elected into elite American academy