Neuroscience cluster members receive CoMRAD Awards
Congratulations to the following members of the Neuroscience Research Cluster for being approved for 2017 CoMRAD Awards. These 6 successful projects from the Cluster represent almost 1 out of 5 successful CoMRAD Awards, which is a terrific outcome from our Cluster. Congratulations to all recipients! 2017 CoMRAD Awards from Neuroscience Research Cluster: Lane Bekar, Department of Pharmacology “Modeling late-onset neurodegeneration in wild-type mice using common lifestyle stressors” Francisco Cayabyab (PI), Department of Surgery, and Yanbo Zhang (Co-Applicant), Department of Psychiatry “Therapeutic potential of low-field magnetic stimulation in stroke” Darrell Mousseau, Department of Psychiatry “Using pH-sensitive probes to monitor flipping behaviour of the mitochondrial MAO protein” Lissa Peeling, Department of Surgery “Clot analyses in acute ischemic stroke” Changiz Taghibiglou, Department of Pharmacology “Cellular prion protein (PrPC)-dependent brain insulin resistance: A missing molecular link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and neurodegenerative diseases” Yanbo Zhang, Department of Psychiatry, “Double-blind proof-of-concept trial of intermittent theta burst low field magnetic stimulation augmentation of antidepressant therapy in treatment-resistant depression”