Sami Sauma
The award provides over $31,000 for two years for Sami Sauma to conduct dissertation research on how metabolism affects brain development. Read more
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Richard Nzabahoza (left), a former GEM Participatory Action Research intern (Photo courtesy of Nzabahoza); Harry Frey (right), International Migration Studies master's student (Photo courtesy of Frey)
Beginning in the fall of 2022, more master’s students will have the chance to supervise and guide the refugee interns in the initiative, known as Global Education Movement Participatory Action Research or GEM PAR. Read more
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Though the attack on the Capitol was carried out by citizens, the mob was egged on by extremist leaders, Professor Keena Lipsitz said, and that is where much of the problem lies. Read more
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The paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows a correlation between maternal cannabis use and increased anxiety in young children. Read more
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While other studies usually focus on factors such as working memory, knowledge, motivation, or personality, until now researchers haven’t created a framework for math performance that includes attitude. Read more
Gymnothorax zonipectis fluorescent eel (Photo © John Sparks)
The discovery comes 10 years after scientists captured an image of a bioluminescent eel for the first time off the coast of the Cayman Islands and is the first identification of a fluorescent protein in any moray eel, adding to the growing list and awareness of biofluorescent fish. Read more
Professor Andreas Kottmann (third from left) with students and alumni from his lab (l to r): Ph.D. student Santiago Uribe-Cano (Psychology); alumna Lauren Malave (Ph.D. ’20, Biology); Ph.D. student Dustin Zuelke (Biology); master’s student Sonia Bernal (Cognitive Neuroscience); and alumnus Lev Starikov (Ph.D. ’19, Biology). (Photo Courtesy of Andreas Kottmann)
The Graduate Center spoke with Professor Andreas Kottmann about his lab’s latest research, new directions, and his collaborations with diverse student researchers. Read more
A new study from Malave et al. suggests that in the brains of L-Dopa-treated Parkinson’s patients the lack of Shh signaling to cholinergic neurons results in L-Dopa induced dyskinesia. Image credit: Santiago Uribe-Cano
Researchers at The Graduate Center, CUNY and the CUNY School of Medicine find that increased signaling of the sonic hedgehog protein could suppress debilitating involuntary movements that are a side effect of dopamine replacement therapy. Read more
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“These findings are relevant for educators in terms of how they teach, by suggesting they should center the voices of marginalized people,” Professor Kristen Gillespie-Lynch said, “and how they structure their labs, by suggesting that they should collaborate with the people they want to help.” Read more
John Dennehy
Testing wastewater allows scientists to monitor large populations in a cost-effective way, Dennehy explained. Read more