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News
Tiny tweaks to neurons can rewire animal motion (Links to an external site)
Read Dr. Martha Bagnall’s comments in Quanta on a new study capturing the role of a potassium channel in the rattlesnake’s rattle.
Mary Bartlett Bunge, 92, Dies; Pioneer in Spinal Injury Treatment (Links to an external site)
New York Times obituary of former Washington University professor Dr. Mary Bartlett Bunge
Congratulations to Kia Barclay and Saul Bello Rojas, finalists for the 2024 O’Leary Prize (Links to an external site)
The award acknowledges the most original and important accomplishments in Neuroscience research at WashU by a predoctoral student or postdoctoral fellow.
New dedicated Neuroscience Research Building
Bringing together more than 100 research teams to help solve the brain’s mysteries
Publications
Sleep disruption—whether from loss of sleep or “social jet lag”—affects thermoregulation
Fruit flies seek out warmer temperatures when they experience sleep deprivation or fragmentation or when faced with a shifted sleep schedule, similar to when people stay up late and sleep in on the weekend.
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St. Louis is an affordable, family- and foodie-friendly city with amazing green spaces and incredible cultural activities.