Thank you so much US Association for the Study of Pain and The Journal of Pain for featuring me as the trainee spotlight in this month's newsletter! I really appreciate the opportunity to share what I've been up to with the pain research community!

Join us this Thursday, 4/4/24, for NGP/NRC Seminar! This week we feature student speakers Kaejaren Caldwell and Kimaya Raje. 4 pm in MSB 4051. Coffee and light refreshments provided.

Join us this afternoon for NGP/NRC Seminar. NGP Student Meranda Quijas will be presenting "The sex specific role of RNA-binding protein, pAUF1, in prolonged hypersensitivity following ischemia with reperfusion injury." MSB 4051 at 4 pm. Coffee and light refreshment served.

Join us this Thursday to welcome Dr. Paul Territo. Dr. Territo will present “Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Transcriptomic Analysis of Chronic Levetiracetam Treatment in 5XFAD Mice: A MODEL-AD Preclinical Testing Core Study.” Thursday, April 18th 4-5 pm MSB 4051

Congratulations Shelby Hetzer!! Awarded the Presidential Medal of Graduate Student Excellence!!! You are a shining example of scientific, mentoring and leadership excellence. And kudos to mentor Dr Nate Evanson. UC Neuroscience Graduate Program UC College of Medicine

Congratulations to all of UC's College of Medicine Spring 2024 graduates, and especially to the NGP's own spring grads: Dr. Emily Allgire Dr. Shelby Hetzer Dr. Feni Kadakia Dr. Amanda McGann Dr. Taylor Zuleger

So excited to welcome this group of scholars to Cincinnati for a summer of research. Supported by 3 fantastic NGP mentors Laura Maile Meranda Quijas, Kimaya & NINDS. The enthusiasm of this group was ❤️. UC Neuroscience Graduate Program Cincinnati Medicine NINDS Diversity

Congratulations to Neuroscience PhD student Andrew Gaulden (McReynolds lab), who received a prestigious Albert J. Ryan Fellowship. The Graduate College at University of Cincinnati UC College of Medicine Dr. Jayme McReynolds

Our students presented their work at the 3rd Annual Cincy Neuroscience Retreat last week!! We had a great time bonding with our colleagues and hearing about the fantastic neuroscience research happening Cincinnati Children's and UC College of Medicine!! Meranda Quijas Danzer Lab Dr. Ashley Ross

Highlighting more student posters from the Cincy Neuroscience Retreat last week! Also special shoutout to Kassidy Grover who gave a talk at the retreat about her work! Igal Ifergan, PhD Davidson Lab-UC Eric S. Wohleb, Ph.D.

More pics from the Cincy Retreat last week! We are so proud of our students!!

Fun Friday at the NGP: NGP Alum Dr. Nicholas Jury visited us from the NIH to talk about Careers in Science Policy. Dr. Jury also met with faculty and had lunch with our students. Thank you for visiting, Nick!

The NGP is excited to host an important event for our regional neuroscience community: the OMV Neuroscience Day will be this Friday at UC's own Tangeman University Center. With fantastic invited speakers and 50 posters, this promises to be a stimulating event!

Congratulations to NGP Students Austin Drake (Danzer Lab) and Meranda Quijas (Jankowski Lab), both of whom were recently awarded prestigious Ruth L Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Awards (F31)! Austin and Meranda, we are proud of you and your work!

Thank you to all who attended the OMV Neuroscience Day last Friday! It was a big event: 50 posters, more than 150 attendees, with fantastic keynote and institutional speakers. Special shout out to our NGP student volunteers, who helped the day run smoothly for all!

Congratulations to NGP Student Aleksandr Taranov (Luo Lab)! Alek's first author PNAS paper was published in today's issue of the journal. Please see the link below to access the paper. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Congrats to our undergraduate student Kirsten Voice on winning 1st place in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURF-N) Capstone presentation🥳! We are very proud of her accomplishments. Great job, Kirsten!

Congratulations to our Neuroscience Summer Scholars, who ended their summers with capstone presentations last week. We are so proud of you and all that you accomplished this summer!

Congratulations to our first years and the start of the fall 2024 semester!

Join us for NGP/NRC Seminar this week! Dr. Michael Lacagnina will present, "B cells drive neuropathic pain via IgG-Fc gamma receptor signaling.” NGP/NRC Seminar Series Thursday, September 19th 4-5 pm MSB 4051 light refreshments served