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Dr. Martha Streng has been designated the winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School's "Best Dissertation Award" in the Biological and Medical Sciences for 2018.

Zachary Zeidler and Adele DeNicola were both awarded the 2018 President's Student Leadership and Service Award, which recognizes the accomplishments and contributions of outstanding student leaders at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

The Milne-Brandenburg Research Award recognizes outstanding PhD thesis research. Nora McCall, who works with Kevin Wickman, and Matthew Green, who works with Stanley Thayer, are two of the 6 awardees this year. 

Congratulations to Graduate Program of Neuroscience faculty member Esther Krook-Magnuson, in the Department of Neuroscience, who was named a McKnight Land-Grant Professor for 2018-2020. The award is designed to advance the careers of new assistant professors. 

http://www.scholarswalk.umn.edu/awards/mcknight/mcknight_landgrant.html

Dr. Krook-Magnuson studies neural connectivity, and how it relates to designing interventions for neurological disorders, including epilepsy. 

Patrick Rothwell and Sarah Heilbronner have been awarded NARSAD Young Investigator Grants.  Patrick's project is entitled, " Optogenetic Measurement and Manipulation of Striatal Microcircuit Dysfunction in Neuroligin-3 Mutant Mice" and Sarah's project is "Posteromedial cortex circuits in depression and schizophrenia".

Paul Iaizzo, Ph.D., Visible Heart Lab, Medical School
Researchers look to hibernating bears for advancements in human medicine. is interviewed. KMSP-TV

The Beatrice Z. Milne and Theodore Brandenburg Award recognizes exceptional research by graduate students in the basic biomedical sciences. The award reflects the thoughtfulness and generosity of Ms. Beatrice Z. Milne and serves as a lasting expression of her commitment to improving the health of the people of Minnesota, the nation, and the world. The award is given annually to currently enrolled graduate students in one of the following graduate programs: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics (BMBB), Integrative Biology and Physiology (IBP), Microbiology, Immunology & Cancer Biology (MICaB), Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology & Genetics (MCDB&G), Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Rehabilitation Science.

The University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Foundation, and the Basic Sciences PhD Graduate Programs Council are pleased to announce the 2017 recipients of the Beatrice Z. Milne and Theodore Brandenburg Award:
Tijana Martinov
Gabriel Starrett
Martha Streng

Each recipient will be honored at the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs Research Recognition Day on Thursday, May 25. Each recipient will give an oral presentation on their research and present a research poster.

Additional information on the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs Research Recognition Day is available at http://www.orbs.umn.edu/gradresearchday/home.html

By Dr. Brooks Jackson to the Grand Forks Herald (full article)

Dr. Jackson is vice president for health sciences at the University of Minnesota and dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School. His letter highlights the work being done by GPN faculty (Drs. George Wilcox, Carolyn Fairbanks, Kelvin Lim, and Mark Thomas).

Jerrold Vitek, M.D., Ph.D., Medical School
Researcher talks Parkinson’s treatment advances. Mankato Free Press

Patrick Rothwell, Ph.D., Medical School, MnDRIVE
Announced as a 2016 MQ fellow for mental health research