Científico Latino is a collective, and our work together just keeps on giving. Let's give a shoutout to partner institutions supporting our very talented 100 GSMI 2023-2024 students by providing fee waivers and breaking down financial barriers that application fees may cause.🧵

Good news: the University of Minnesota is now fee waiver partner school with the Científico Latino Graduate Student Mentorship Initiative! 🎉🎉

GSMI scholars applying to University of Minnesota Neuroscience and other UMN Grad School PhD programs can request a fee waiver here: grad.umn.edu/admissions/app…

Our webinar 'Demystifying Admissions into Biological/Biomedical PhD programs' will be on10/19 @ 2pm ET
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Learn about the factors admissions committees consider in your Biological/Biomedical Sciences PhD! ⁠

Register here ➡️ cientificolatino.com/eventbrite

Excited to share this new paper from the lab, work led by Dr. Ankit Sood! 🎉

UMN biomedical engineering has positions. This is an opportunity to join our amazing (cross-departmental, but extremely collaborative) neuroscience community here! apply.interfolio.com/131760

Great turnout for our first University of Minnesota Neuroscience PhD virtual open house yesterday! If you weren’t able to make it or just want to say hello again we have another one on November 2nd-

Congratulations to GPN students Allison Chang and Kennedy Person on being appointed to the NIH T32 program in Functional Multi-omics of Aging Training Grant (FMATG) and Crystal Lemchi on being appointed to the NIDA T32 program in Drug Abuse Research. Well done! 🎉🎉

Now might me a good time to mention that I’m going to be in need of a postdoc to help pull this all off!

💡 In this study, led by Anne Huntermer (Anne Huntemer) and Dr. Ann Parr, researchers explore the differentiation of #hiPSCs into regionally specific dorsal and ventral spinal neural progenitor cells. University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Neuroscience

📙 Frontiers in Neuroscience series:
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Brand new paper from the Parr lab and the first publication on my thesis! Check out our work making spinal neurons from hiPSCs 🧫🔬
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University of Minnesota Neuroscience Forgot to mention in all the excitement- the goal for my lab will be to interrogate cerebellar network dynamics and their contributions to healthy behavior and disease states like epilepsy utilizing large scale imaging and intersectional approaches for circuit dissection.

Say hello to our newest faculty member, Professor Martha Streng 👋👋

A reminder for prospective neuroscience PhD students - join University of Minnesota Neuroscience for our virtual open house info sessions. Learn about the program and meet students and faculty. First one is coming up September 26th! Register here: tinyurl.com/VirtualGPN

I frequently have students ask me what careers they can have with a neuroscience degree 🧠

So I’m super excited for this Dana Foundation🧠 free, virtual career fair that explores a wide range of them! ✨ register here: neuroxcareers.org/careerfair/

I’ll be presenting on Thursday 🤗

Come join us at MIDB! Scan the QR code or click on the link below, upload your CV, and tell us about your interests! MIDB Flux Society Steven Nelson Damien Fair Dr. Anita Randolph Eric J Feczko Óscar Miranda-Domínguez. Brenden Tervo-Clemmens Bart Larsen

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NEW Funding Opportunity for the 2024-2025 MnDRIVE Neuromodulation Research Fellowship at the University of Minnesota! Please visit mndrivebrainconditions.umn.edu/funding-opport… for more information about selection criteria and application instructions. #MnDRIVE Deadline to apply is January 19, 2024.

Hello! Your September reminder that we are recruiting a behavioral neuroscientist to the Psychology Department at UMN! Applications due October 1. Any questions about the posting, department, university, or twin cities, send me an email!

If you are planning to apply to neuroscience-related PhD programs this year, or just looking for more information, check out our University of Minnesota Neuroscience virtual open house events coming up 9/26 and 11/2! twitter.com/UMNeurosci/sta…