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        • James Ashe
        • Karen Hsiao Ashe
        • Thomas Bastian
        • Alessandro Bartolomucci
        • Martina Bazzaro
        • David Bond
        • David Brown
        • Mark Bee
        • Ruifeng Cao
        • Marilyn Carroll
        • Matthew Chafee
        • Clark Chen
        • Lihsia Chen
        • Zhe Chen
        • Kathryn Cullen
        • Marija Cvetanovic
        • Janet Dubinsky
      • E-H
        • Timothy Ebner
        • Jed Elison
        • Stephen Engel
        • Carolyn Fairbanks
        • S.H. Fatemi
        • Karen Fitzakerley
        • William Frey
        • Laura Gammill
        • Michael Georgieff
        • Apostolos Georgopoulos
        • Jonathan Gewirtz
        • Geoff Ghose
        • Bernadette Gillick
        • Rocio Gomez-Pastor
        • Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido
        • Andrew Grande
        • Steven Graves
        • Nicola Grissom
        • Andrew Harris
        • Benjamin Hayden
        • Sheng He
        • Sarah Heilbronner
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        • William Iacono
        • Paul Iaizzo
        • Suma Jacob
        • Matthew Johnson
        • Harald Junge
        • Prakash Kara
        • Kendrick Kay
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        • Daniel J. Kersten
        • Suhasa Kodandaramaiah
        • Paulo Kofuji
        • Jürgen Konczak
        • Michael Koob
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        • Jocelyn Richard
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        • Daniel Schmidt
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        • Andrew Venteicher
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        • Jerrold Vitek
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        • Lucy Vulchanova
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        • Yi-Mei (Amy) Yang
        • Anna Zilverstand
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  • Areas of Research
    • Behavior and Cognitive Neurosciences
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    • Developmental Neuroscience
    • Motor Control, Muscle Function, and Disease
    • Neurobiology of Pain and Somatosensation
    • Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neural Injury
    • Neuroendocrine and Homeostatic Systems
    • Neuroengineering
    • Neurogenetics
    • Neuroimaging and Optogenetics
    • Neuropharmaceutics and Neuro-oncology
    • Neuropsychiatric Disease
    • Neuroscience of Auditory and Vestibular Systems
    • Neuroscience of Drug Abuse and Addiction
    • Regenerative Medicine for Neural Systems
    • Synaptic Plasticity and Learning
    • Visual Neuroscience
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        • Minnesota Brain Bee Home
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      • U of MN Academic Health Center
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      • Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR)
      • Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development (GCD)
      • Department of Pharmacology
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      • PharmacoNeuroImmunology (PNI)
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    • Best Dissertation Award
    • Faculty Mentorship Award
    • Morris Smithberg Memorial Prize
    • Sping and Ying Ngoh Lin Award
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        • Laura Buczek
        • Chloe Cable
        • Tyler Cash-Padgett
        • Adriana Cushnie
        • Margot DeBaker
        • Armani Del Franco
        • Rachel Dick
        • Alex Doyle
        • Gunner Drossel
      • E-H
        • Jacob Gable
        • Joseph Emerson
        • Austin Ferro
        • Kristina Fredriksen
        • Jessica Froula
        • Bayardo Garay
        • Lauren Glassburn
        • Julianna Goenaga
        • Reshma Gore
        • Katherine Hamel
        • Hillary Handler
        • Shayne Hastings
        • Anne Huntemer-Silveira
      • I-L
        • Clayton Kettlewell
        • Adrine Kocharian
        • Emily Lecy
        • Maria Linn-Evans
        • Roberto Lopez Cervera
        • Natalie Lopresti (Steenrod)
        • Carey Lyons
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        • David Maisson
        • Priyanka Mehta
        • Daniel Mendez
        • Madison Merfeld
        • Eric Mitten
        • Janna Moen
        • Megan Monko (Warwick)
        • Timothy Monko
        • Samantha Montoya
        • Haleigh Mulholland
        • Sarah Mulloy
        • Amy Nippert
        • Dakota Palmer
        • Ross Pelzel
        • Carli Poisson
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        • Alexander Roman
        • Nick Rozema
        • Ellie Sachse
        • Jackson Scheib
        • Ameila Schneider
        • Alexandra Scott
        • Emily Semaya
        • Carrie Sheeler
        • Alyssa Soles
        • Elizabeth Souter
        • Margaret Stelzner
        • Bethany Stieve
        • Carlee Toddes
        • Nolan Trevino
        • Brian Trieu
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        • Sandra Alcala
        • Fatou Amar
        • Therese Amos
        • Brian Andersen
        • Bruno Averbeck
        • Habiba Azab
        • Amanda Barks
        • Justin Barnes
        • Alexandra Basford
        • Lisa Bellavance English
        • Kyle Biesecker
        • Murray Blackmore
        • Rachael Blackman
        • Krista Bluske
        • Elias Boroda
        • Katya Brunette
        • Mark Brady
        • Terence Burns
        • Liam Callahan
        • Bridget Campion
        • Danita Carlson
        • Erik Carlson
        • Michelle Carter
        • Ian Cheong
        • Zoe Christenson Wick
        • Benjamin Clark
        • John Patrick (JP) Clark
        • Nathan Connors
        • Jennifer Cook
        • Michelle Corkrum
        • Patricia Costello
        • Samuel Cramer
        • Kevin Crisp
        • David Crowe
        • Robert Dado
        • Steve Davidson
        • Michelle Davies (Arnhold)
        • Nancy Day
        • Stacy Decker
        • Adele DeNicola
        • Robert Dunbar
        • Caitlin Durkee
        • Derek Dziobek
      • E-H
        • Rogene Eichler West
        • Kevin Engel
        • Alan Ernst
        • Erwin Ferri
        • Antonio Fortes
        • Dan Franc
        • Ada Fraticelli
        • Stephanie Fretham (Bohmer)
        • Joe Fullmer
        • Marc Galeazza
        • Julia Gamache
        • Scott Gehler
        • James Gielissen
        • Laura Gilchrist
        • Virginia Goettl
        • Jose Gomez
        • Timothy Gomez
        • Cory Goracke-Postle
        • Matthew Green
        • Susan Greimel
        • Jack Grinband
        • Kellie Gross
        • Rachel Groth
        • Ming Gu
        • Eric Gustafson
        • Matthew Hagen
        • Maureen Handoko
        • Charles Hanson
        • Leah Hanson
        • Brendan Hasz
        • Valerie Hedges
        • Stephen Helms Tillery
        • Dori Henderson
        • Uta Herrmann (Wolfe)
        • Angela Hewitt
        • Katherine Himes
        • Abbey Holt
        • Katie Howe (Mitschele)
      • I-L
        • Marissa Iden Boulware
        • Anna Ingebretson
        • Jadin Jackson
        • Elizabeth Jansen
        • Trenton Jerde
        • Lisa Johanek
        • Adam Johnson
        • Nathan Jorgensen
        • Lyric Jorgenson
        • William Jurney
        • Kristen Kallestad (Thorstenson)
        • James Katter
        • C. Dirk Keene
        • Lois Kehl
        • Bruce Kennedy
        • Stephen Kerrigan
        • Stanislav Kholmanskikh
        • Holly Kordasiewicz (Brownrigg)
        • Tess Kornfield
        • Marcos Kuroki
        • Zeb Kurth-Nelson
        • Aaron Lambert
        • Laura Landers (Sherpetis)
        • Fred Langheim
        • Erin Larson
        • Heather Leong
        • Therissa Libby
        • David Linden
        • Justin Lines
        • Jessie Luoma
        • Jessica Lynch
      • M-P
        • Carol Ma (Huifang)
        • Chani Maher (Becker)
        • Marcela Maldonado (Barajas)
        • Peter Malen
        • Bonnie Marsick
        • Brian McAdams
        • Nora McCall
        • Anna Meehan-Enright
        • Monica Metea
        • Nancy Michael (Staffend)
        • Eric Miller
        • Anusha Mishra
        • Craig Moodie
        • Elisabeth Moore
        • Kelsey Moore
        • Hannah Moser
        • Leigh Ann Mrotek
        • Vivek Nagaraj
        • Jennifer Nagode
        • Amy Naleid (MacDonald)
        • Thomas Naselaris
        • Morgan Newhoff
        • Meredith Noetzel
        • Scott Oakman
        • Catherine Ojakangas
        • Cheryl Olman
        • Timothy Olson
        • Xilma R. Ortiz-Gonzalez
        • Aaron Overland
        • Ed Overstreet
        • Andrew Papale
        • Marc Parent
        • Min-Yoon Park
        • Ann Parsons
        • Rachel Penrod-Martin
        • Claudio Perez-Leighton
        • Judit Perez Ortiz
        • Brittni Peterson
        • Vadim Petruk
        • Marc Pisansky
        • James Pomonis
        • Nicholas Port
        • Carl Potenzieri
        • Nate Powell
        • Joshua Puhl
      • Q-T
        • Anna Radke (Harrison)
        • Robert Raike
        • Paul Regier
        • Kenneth Reinert
        • Patrick Rothwell
        • Audrey Royer (Smith)
        • Jose San Miguel-Ruiz
        • Catherine Satterfield
        • Michael Paul Schallmo
        • Tiffany Schmidt
        • Neil Schmitzer-Torbert
        • Blaine Schneider
        • Cicely Schramm
        • Kristin Schreiber
        • Katrina Schrode
        • Jennifer Schumacher
        • Daniel Schuster
        • Sharad Shanbhag
        • Robert Shannon
        • Samuel Shuster
        • Amila Silva
        • Lawrence Silvermintz
        • Balvindar Singh
        • Romina Sosa
        • Anja Srienc
        • Rebecca Speltz Paiz
        • Adam Steiner
        • Christopher Stern
        • Eric Stevens
        • Laura Stone
        • Laura Stone
        • Jeff Stott
        • Martha Streng
        • Cheryl Stucky
        • Steven Sullivan
        • Brian Sweis
        • Serena Thompson
        • Andrew Thorpe
        • Katherine Tonn Eisinger
        • Nathalia Torres Jimenez
      • U-Z
        • Yve Ulrich-Lai
        • Britta Veitenheimer Rupp
        • Ruben Velazquez
        • Toby Velte
        • Tou Yia Vue
        • Lucy Vulchanova
        • Jon Waataja
        • David Waid
        • Diana Wallin
        • Guang Jian Wang
        • Maya (Zhe) Wang
        • Scott Warren
        • Jason Weick
        • Katherine Weiner (Fallen)
        • Heather Wenk
        • Marcus Westerman
        • Katie Wiens
        • Tim Wiggin
        • Andrew Wikenheiser
        • Cheri Williams
        • Christy Willoughby
        • Cheryl Wotus
        • Emily Wozniak (Leathley)
        • Shannon Wright
        • Mariah Wu
        • Wei Wu
        • Michael (Seng Bum) Yoo
        • Roberto Zayas
        • Zachary Zeidler
        • Jennifer Zick
        • Natalie Zlebnik
    • Alumni by Year of Completion
    • Alumni Outcomes & Current Positions
  • Faculty
    • Alphabetical Faculty List
      • A-D
        • Mustafa al'Absi
        • Bagrat Amirikian
        • Alfonso Araque
        • James Ashe
        • Karen Hsiao Ashe
        • Thomas Bastian
        • Alessandro Bartolomucci
        • Martina Bazzaro
        • David Bond
        • David Brown
        • Mark Bee
        • Ruifeng Cao
        • Marilyn Carroll
        • Matthew Chafee
        • Clark Chen
        • Lihsia Chen
        • Zhe Chen
        • Kathryn Cullen
        • Marija Cvetanovic
        • Janet Dubinsky
      • E-H
        • Timothy Ebner
        • Jed Elison
        • Stephen Engel
        • Carolyn Fairbanks
        • S.H. Fatemi
        • Karen Fitzakerley
        • William Frey
        • Laura Gammill
        • Michael Georgieff
        • Apostolos Georgopoulos
        • Jonathan Gewirtz
        • Geoff Ghose
        • Bernadette Gillick
        • Rocio Gomez-Pastor
        • Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido
        • Andrew Grande
        • Steven Graves
        • Nicola Grissom
        • Andrew Harris
        • Benjamin Hayden
        • Sheng He
        • Sarah Heilbronner
      • I-L
        • William Iacono
        • Paul Iaizzo
        • Suma Jacob
        • Matthew Johnson
        • Harald Junge
        • Prakash Kara
        • Kendrick Kay
        • Aaron Kerlin
        • Daniel J. Kersten
        • Suhasa Kodandaramaiah
        • Paulo Kofuji
        • Jürgen Konczak
        • Michael Koob
        • Catherine Kotz
        • Esther Krook-Magnuson
        • Lorene Lanier
        • Sid Kuo
        • David Largaespada
        • Alice A. Larson
        • Anna Lee
        • Gordon Legge
        • Julia Lemos
        • Sylvain Lesne
        • Danni Li
        • Ling Li
        • Dezhi Liao
        • Hubert Lim
        • Kelvin Lim
        • Wensheng Lin
        • Shmuel Lissek
        • Walter Low
      • M-P
        • Angus MacDonald III
        • Colum MacKinnon
        • Silvia Mangia
        • Mark Masino
        • Linda McLoon
        • Robert Meisel
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