2022 Active Grants

Ables, Jessica L., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, "Axon Terminal Transcripts in Neuronal Plasticity & Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Ahmad, Mohiuddin, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, "Regulation of Oxytocin Receptor Signaling in Neurons." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Arac, Ahmet, University of California, Los Angeles, "Probing Causality Between Motor Neural Dynamics and Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Arey, Rachel N., Baylor College of Medicine, "Defining the Essential Long-Term Memory Translatome." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Ashrafi, Ghazal, Washington University in St. Louis, "Mechanisms of Metabolic Plasticity in Neural Circuits." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Autry, Anita E., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, "Neural Control of Infant-Directed Aggression." Two year research grant totaling $150,000.

Bambah-Mukku, Dhananjay, University of California, San Diego, "Neural Control of Behavioral Sex-Specificity." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Batista-Brito, Renata, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, "Inhibitory Neuron Circuit Organization and Sensory Function." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Bennett, Frederick Chris, University of Pennsylvania, "Effects of Brain Macrophage Function on Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Bolton, Jessica L., Georgia State University, "Role of Microglia Synapse Pruning in Stress-Response Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Butterwick, Joel A., Yale University, "Molecular Mechanisms of Sugar Detection by Sweet Taste Receptors." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Carcea, Ioana, Rutgers University, Newark, "Temperature-Induced Changes in the Social Brain Network." One year research grant totaling $100,000.

Chandrasekaran, Chandramouli, Boston University, "Neural Circuit Dynamics Underlying Perceptual Decision-Making." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Coutellier, Laurence, Ohio State University, "Maturation of Neural Circuits Underlying Social Functions." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Cox, Julia, Northwestern University, Chicago, "Value Processing in Cortico-basal Ganglia Loops." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

DeNardo, Laura Anne, University of California, Los Angeles, "Prefrontal Circuits Underlying the Emergence of Persistent Fearful Memories." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Devineni, Anita V., Emory University, "Transforming Taste Input into Flexible Behavioral Output." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Dewan, Adam Kabir, Florida State University, "Untangling Odor Coding." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Economo, Michael Nicholas, Boston University, "Investigating the Control of Movements by Subspaces and Cell Types in the Mouse Orofacial System." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Fernandez-Ruiz, Antonio, Cornell University, Ithaca, "Cellular Mechanisms of Memory-Guided Decision Making." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Fetsch, Christopher, Johns Hopkins University, "Flexible Readout Mechanisms for Continuous Perception, Decisions, and Confidence." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Giardino, William J., Stanford University, "Extended Amygdala Neuropeptide Circuitry of Wakefulness." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Goard, Michael, University of California, Santa Barbara, "The Role of Acetylcholine in Cortical Remodeling During Spatial Learning." Two year renewal grant totaling $150,000.

Gritton, Howard J., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, "Cholinergic Signaling Mediates Movement Transitions in the Striatum." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Grosenick, Logan, Cornell University, New York, "Endogenous and Causal Roles of VTA and LC Dopaminergic Projections in Contextual Learning and Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Heys, James G., University of Utah, "Recurrent Architecture of the Entorhinal-Hippocampal Circuit in Episodic Memory Formation." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Jackson, Joshua G., Drexel University, "Role and Regulation of Astrocytic Mitochondria at the Synapse." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Joffe, Max E., University of Pittsburgh, "Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Interneurons Orchestrate Prefrontal Cortical Adaptations to Stress." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Jones, Jeff, Texas A&M University, College Station, "Decoding a Circadian Output Circuit from Genes to Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Kaufman, Matthew T., University of Chicago, "Dynamic Brain Area Communication in Decision and Movement." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Kerlin, Aaron Michael, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, "Control of Motor Learning by Dendritic Computations." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Kim, Euiseok J., University of California, Santa Cruz, "Molecular Identities and Connectivity of Cortico-Cortical Neurons." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Lee, Hojoon, Northwestern University, Evanston, "Neural Circuits Underlying Taste Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Li, Tristan Qingyun, Washington University in St. Louis, "Role of Microglial Subsets in Brain Development and Function." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Liang, Liang, Yale University, "Regulation of Visual Information in the Visual Thalamus." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Macpherson, Lindsey, University of Texas, San Antonio, "Getting a GRASP of Synapses in the Tongue and Gut." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Marlin, Bianca Jones, Columbia University, "Epigenetic Inheritance of Olfactory Sensory Experience." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Mayo, J. Patrick, University of Pittsburgh, "Coordination of Eye Movements and Vision in Prefrontal Circuits." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

McGinty, Vincent B., Rutgers University, Newark, "Reading and Writing the Neural Code for Value." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Naumann, Eva Aimable, Duke University, "Dissection of the Neural Microcircuitry of the Zebrafish Pretectum." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Ostroumov, Alexey, Georgetown University, "Non-Canonical Role of VTA Gaba in Dopamine-Dependent Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Papouin, Thomas J., Washington University in St. Louis, "A Novel Astrocyte-Based Neuromodulation Pathway Regulating Synaptic Connectivity and Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Parker, Jones G., Northwestern University, Chicago, "Dopamine's Role in the Striatal Ensemble Dynamics of Learned Actions." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Patrick, Gentry N., University of California, San Diego, "Ubiquitin-Dependent Trafficking and Turnover of AMPA-type Glutamate Receptors." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Peron, Simon, New York University, New York, "The Impact of Cellular-Resolution Perturbation on Perception." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Ross, Rachel A., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, "How Does Hunger State Influence Behavior." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Schmidt, Ewoud, Medical University of South Carolina, "Function and Evolution of Cortical Circuits Underlying Sensory Processing." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Scholl, Benjamin, University of Pennsylvania, "Development of Local Synaptic Networks Underlying Cortical Gain Control." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Sharma, Nikhil, Columbia University, "The Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pain." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Shtrahman, Matthew, University of California, San Diego, "Investigating the Formation of Musical Memories in the Hippocampus." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Siciliano, Cody A., Vanderbilt University, "Neurobiology of Trigeminal Sensation in Detection of Chemical Danger." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Simon, David J., Cornell University, New York, "Role of Axon Remodeling in the Behavioral Response to Sensory Input." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Sippy, Tanya, New York University, New York, "Reward Driven Sensory Plasticity as an Impetus of Motor Control in the Basal Ganglia." One year research grant totaling $75,000.

Smith, Monique Leana, University of San Diego, "Anterior Cingulate Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Empathy." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Smith, Ikuko, University of California, Santa Barbara, "Inhibition and Disinhibition of Active Dendritic Integration." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Stroud, Hume, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, "Long-Lasting Neural Gene Control by Early-Life Experience." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Tajima, Nami, Case Western Reserve University, "Structure and Function of Native Kinate-Type Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Complexes." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Tran, Nicholas Minh Abell, Baylor College of Medicine, "Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Signaling in Neural Circuit Development, Resilience, and Axon Regeneration." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Tschida, Katherine, Cornell University, Ithaca, "Midbrain-to-Hindbrain Circuits for Vocal Communication." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Turner-Evans, Daniel, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Forward Model Microcircuits that Predict Head Direction." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Varela, Carmen, Florida Atlantic University, "Thalamocortical Dynamics Underlying Flexible Memory Consolidation." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Wallace, Michael L., Boston University, "Genetic Dissection of Habenula Dopamine Circuits." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Wang, Han, University of Wisconsin, Madison, "Genetic and Circuit Analysis of Sleep." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Welshhans, Kristy, University of South Carolina, "Coordinated Control of Local Translation Mediates Brain Development." Three year research grant totaling $300,000.

Wikenheiser, Andrew M., University of California, Los Angeles, "Neural Circuits for Naturalistic Decision Making in Rats." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Xiang, Yang, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, "Glial Control of Neuronal Type-Specific Axon Regeneration." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Yu, Xinzhu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, "Astrocyte-neuron Coordination in Motor Learning and Memory." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.

Zelikowsky, Moriel, University of Utah, "Cortex-Specific Role for the Neuropeptide Tac2 in Social Isolation." Three year research grant totaling $225,000.