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2023 Active Grants

Ables, Jessica L., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2022, "Axon Terminal Transcripts in Neuronal Plasticity & Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Ahmad, Mohiuddin, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 2021, "Regulation of Oxytocin Receptor Signaling in Neurons." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Arac, Ahmet, University of California, Los Angeles, 2022, "Probing Causality Between Motor Neural Dynamics and Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Arey, Rachel N., Baylor College of Medicine, 2021, "Defining the Essential Long-Term Memory Translatome." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Ashrafi, Ghazal, Washington University in St. Louis, 2022, "Mechanisms of Metabolic Plasticity in Neural Circuits." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Azevedo, Estefania Pereira Cardoso, Medical University of South Carolina, 2023, "Neural Circuit Dynamics Underlying Context-Dependent Remapping of Visual Perception" One Year Research Grant totaling $100,000.

Bambah-Mukku, Dhananjay, University of California, San Diego, 2022, "Neural Control of Behavioral Sex-Specificity." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Batista-Brito, Renata, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2021, "Inhibitory Neuron Circuit Organization and Sensory Function." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Bolton, Jessica L., Georgia State University, 2022, "Role of Microglia Synapse Pruning in Stress-Response Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Choi, Sebastian Seungwon, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2023, "Neural Circuits for Multidimentional Touch and Pain Sensation" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Coutellier, Laurence, Ohio State University, 2022, "Maturation of Neural Circuits Underlying Social Functions." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Cox, Julia, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2022, "Value Processing in Cortico-basal Ganglia Loops." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Devineni, Anita V., Emory University, 2022, "Transforming Taste Input into Flexible Behavioral Output." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Economo, Michael Nicholas, Boston University, 2021, "Investigating the Control of Movements by Subspaces and Cell Types in the Mouse Orofacial System." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

English, Daniel F., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2023, "Role of Axo-Axonic Interneurons in Memory Guided Behaviors." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Fernandez-Ruiz, Antonio, Cornell University, Ithaca, 2022, "Cellular Mechanisms of Memory-Guided Decision Making." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Fetsch, Christopher, Johns Hopkins University, 2021, "Flexible Readout Mechanisms for Continuous Perception, Decisions, and Confidence." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Giardino, William J., Stanford University, 2022, "Extended Amygdala Neuropeptide Circuitry of Wakefulness." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Gomez, Jesse, Princeton University, 2023, "A New Portrait of Tissue Development in the Childhood Brain" Two Year Research Grant totaling $200,000.

Gritton, Howard J., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2022, "Cholinergic Signaling Mediates Movement Transitions in the Striatum." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Grosenick, Logan, Cornell University, New York, 2021, "Endogenous and Causal Roles of VTA and LC Dopaminergic Projections in Contextual Learning and Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Hardaway, J. Andrew, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 2023, "Optical Decoding of Hindbrain GLP-1 Neurons in Food and Drug Reward" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Hooks, Bryan McIver, University of Pittsburgh, 2023, "Cortical Circuit Changes during the Motor Critical Period" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Hunt, David L., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2023, "Investigating the Mechanisms of Hippocampal Sharp-Wave Regulation" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Jackson, Joshua G., Drexel University, 2021, "Role and Regulation of Astrocytic Mitochondria at the Synapse." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Joffe, Max E., University of Pittsburgh, 2022, "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, 2022, "Decoding a Circadian Output Circuit from Genes to Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Kim, Euiseok J., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2021, "Molecular Identities and Connectivity of Cortico-Cortical Neurons." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Li, Tristan Qingyun, Washington University in St. Louis, 2021, "Role of Microglial Subsets in Brain Development and Function." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Liang, Liang, Yale University, 2021, "Regulation of Visual Information in the Visual Thalamus." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Macpherson, Lindsey, University of Texas, San Antonio, 2021, "Getting a GRASP of Synapses in the Tongue and Gut." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Marlin, Bianca Jones, Columbia University, 2022, "Epigenetic Inheritance of Olfactory Sensory Experience." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Mayo, J. Patrick, University of Pittsburgh, 2022, "Coordination of Eye Movements and Vision in Prefrontal Circuits." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

McGinty, Vincent B., Rutgers University, Newark, 2021, "Reading and Writing the Neural Code for Value." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

McKenzie, Samuel, University of New Mexico, 2023, "Formation of Memory Spaces Through Plasticity of Lateral Inhibition" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Myers, Kenneth, Emory University, 2023, "Coordinating Synaptic Actin and Translational Control" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Oldenburg, Ian Antón, Rutgers University, Piscataway, 2023, "Dissecting the Neural Syntax of Action" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Ostroumov, Alexey, Georgetown University, 2021, "Non-Canonical Role of VTA Gaba in Dopamine-Dependent Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Patrick, Gentry N., University of California, San Diego, 2021, "Ubiquitin-Dependent Trafficking and Turnover of AMPA-type Glutamate Receptors." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Rodgers, Christopher, Emory University, 2023, "Neural Circuitry for Sensorimotor Integration." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Rodriguez-Romaguera, Jose, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2023, "Encoding of Hyperarousal Responses to Social Cues Within Amygdala Circuits." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Ross, Rachel A., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2022, "How Does Hunger State Influence Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Rossi, Mark A., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 2023, "Linking Hypothalamic GABAergic Activity with Adaptive Behavior." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Rudolph, Stephanie, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2023, "A Cerebellum-to-Brain Stem Circuit that Controls Arousal" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Santacruz, Samantha Rose, University of Texas, Austin, 2023, "Flexible Multi-Scale Value Representations in Frontostriatal Circuitry." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Schmidt, Ewoud, Medical University of South Carolina, 2022, "Function and Evolution of Cortical Circuits Underlying Sensory Processing." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Scholl, Benjamin, University of Pennsylvania, 2022, "Development of Local Synaptic Networks Underlying Cortical Gain Control." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Sharma, Nikhil, Columbia University, 2021, "The Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Pain." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Shtrahman, Matthew, University of California, San Diego, 2021, "Investigating the Formation of Musical Memories in the Hippocampus." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Siciliano, Cody A., Vanderbilt University, 2021, "Neurobiology of Trigeminal Sensation in Detection of Chemical Danger." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Smith, Monique Leana, University of California, San Diego, 2022, "Anterior Cingulate Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Empathy." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Smith, Ikuko, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2022, "Inhibition and Disinhibition of Active Dendritic Integration." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Smith, Monique Leana, University of California, San Diego, 2022, "Anterior Cingulate Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Empathy." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Stroud, Hume, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2022, "Long-Lasting Neural Gene Control by Early-Life Experience." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Tajima, Nami, Case Western Reserve University, 2022, "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, 2022, "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, 2022, "Midbrain-to-Hindbrain Circuits for Vocal Communication." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Turner-Evans, Daniel, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2022, "Forward Model Microcircuits that Predict Head Direction." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Wallace, Michael L., Boston University, 2022, "Genetic Dissection of Habenula Dopamine Circuits." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Wang, Han, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2022, "Genetic and Circuit Analysis of Sleep." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

West, Elizabeth A., Rowan University, 2023, "Serotoninergic Signaling in the Orbitofrontal Cortex for Updating Value Based Choices" Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Wikenheiser, Andrew M., University of California, Los Angeles, 2022, "Neural Circuits for Naturalistic Decision Making in Rats." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Wilke, Scott A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2023, "Prefrontostriatal Projections in Effortful Decision Making." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

Xiang, Yang, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, 2022, "Glial Control of Neuronal Type-Specific Axon Regeneration." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Yu, Xinzhu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2021, "Astrocyte-neuron Coordination in Motor Learning and Memory." Three Year Research Grant totaling $225,000.

Yu, Jai, University of Chicago, 2023, "A Causal Role for Cross-Region Rhythmic Coupling in Learning." Three Year Research Grant totaling $300,000.

 
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