Posted on March 21, 2022 in ASRC News, Neuroscience Initiative
Patrizia Casaccia, director of the CUNY ASRC Neuroscience Initiative, spoke with Super Human Radio last week about gut-derived metabolites that play a role in neurodegeneration, a recent discovery by her […]
Posted on January 27, 2022 in ASRC News, Neuroscience Initiative
The award provides over $31,000 for two years for Sami Sauma to conduct dissertation research on how metabolism affects brain development. […]
Posted on December 20, 2021 in ASRC News, Featured News, Neuroscience Initiative
A new paper published in the journal Brain by researchers with the the ASRC’s Neuroscience Initiative is shedding new light on how gut bacteria can impact the course of multiple sclerosis. […]
Posted on December 9, 2021 in ASRC News, Neuroscience Initiative
A new paper by researchers from the lab of Professor Patrizia Casaccia, founding director of the ASRC Neuroscience Initiative, may give new insight into how and why multiple sclerosis progresses. […]
Posted on June 17, 2021 in ASRC News, Featured News, Neuroscience Initiative
Shafer will study how different neurotransmitters released by the same neuron mediate different functions within our circadian clocks. Mingote will investigate neurons that release both dopamine and glutamate, and their relation to disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s. […]
Posted on June 7, 2021 in ASRC News, Featured News, Neuroscience Initiative
The discovery could have important implications for the health of aging brains and development of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. […]
Posted on July 14, 2020 in Environmental Sciences Initiative, Nanoscience Initiative, Neuroscience Initiative, Photonics Initiative, Structural Biology Initiative
The Graduate Center Sciences, in partnership with the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development, is offering a paid science communication fellowship program that will engage two STEM graduate students […]
Posted on May 20, 2020 in ASRC News, Environmental Sciences Initiative, Featured News, NanoFabrication Facility, Nanoscience Initiative, Neuroscience Initiative, Photonics Initiative, Structural Biology Initiative
Dear Colleagues and Friends, This spring concludes our celebration of the ASRC’s fifth year of work. We have recognized this milestone through a series of events that have engaged the CUNY community […]
Posted on May 7, 2020 in ASRC News, Featured News, Neuroscience Initiative
New study finds that a set of internal clock neurons previously credited with sending time-keeping cues to the brain are instead receiving external environment cues […]
Posted on April 8, 2020 in ASRC News, Environmental Sciences Initiative, NanoFabrication Facility, Nanoscience Initiative, Neuroscience Initiative, Photonics Initiative, Structural Biology Initiative
More than 100 scientists from 22 research institutions and 15 companies joined the CUNY ASRC Sensor CAT on April 7th for a call-to-action webinar. […]