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The OBI Research Day poster contest is happening now. Faculty judges are talking with the trainees about their work and will choose the top three posters for awards. We had more than 40 research poster submissions from young researchers investigating brain related topics.

What are the neural mechanisms involved in our ability to stop or change our actions? Check out Dr Nader Pouratian FCNS's new study in PLOS Comp Biol. journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a… UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute #Neurosurgery

Dr. Nan Yan, Professor and Vice Chair of Immunology and an OBI Investigator, co-led a study with Immunology graduate student Zhen Tang, B.S., that helps explain critical features of diseases called lysosomal storage disorders. Learn more. bit.ly/4cI2g9b

Dr. Alex Valadka delivered a presentation titled "Lessons Learned from the #Ukraine War" WorldBrainMapping's annual meeting of the Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics. worldbrainmapping.org/annual-congres… UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute #Neurosurgery

So proud of Nil Saez Calveras for presenting a poster at the #jointmeeting on his work UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute UTSW Neurology! A stellar research track trainee in our robust Neurology research track UT Southwestern Medical Center! Congrats Nil!

Read about Dr Nader Pouratian FCNS's B(RAIN)^2 archive - a multi-center data resource of standardized #neuroimaging & intracranial #neurophysiological data from patients who underwent #DBS w/#iEEG recordings in Scientific Data. nature.com/articles/s4159… UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute #Neurosurgery

There is still time to join the O'Donnell Brain Institute team for this Saturday's Head for the Cure 5K - North Texas. We will be walking/running at Oak Point park in Plano to raise funds to support brain cancer research. Register for the team: impact.headforthecure.org/team/622863

We're excited to announce Dr. Venita Simpson Venita Simpson, MD, FAANS has joined our UTSW Neurosurgery TexasHealthResources clinic in Dallas! Welcome, Dr. Simpson! UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute #Neurosurgery

Congratulations to Irvin Garza who was awarded a UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute Sprouts grant. Irvin is engineering novel #AAVs for neuronal, neuromuscular, and muscular diseases using machine guided learning. Sprouts grants support trainees exploring new directions in #brain research.

Honored to be an inaugural recipient of the UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute’s Clinical investigator Development Program. Grateful for the mentorship of Lina F. Chalak, MD MSCS UT Southwestern Pediatrics UT Southwestern Medical Center #HIE #neuroinformatics #neonatalogy

Out now with free download for the next 50 days. The Role of Enablement Theory in Rehabilitation Practice, Education and Research. ACRM Rehabilitation Treatment Specification NG UTSWPM&R UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Spoke with @sambakerKERA on KERA News / NPR about autism, genetics, and cutting through the noise of misinformation. Catch it today in the morning (Morning Edition) or afternoon (All Things Considered). Or listen here: keranews.org/people/sam-bak… UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern O'Donnell Brain Institute

Neuroscience graduate student, Wei-Chen Chen, is a 2025 OBI Sprouts Grant recipient. The Sprouts program supports trainees exploring new research directions. Wei-Chen is studying the molecular mechanisms underlying Autism Spectrum Disorder under the mentorship of Maria Chahrour.

Congrats to the 2025 winners of OBI's Research Day poster contest – Haley Moore, UT Southwestern MSTP student in Konopka Lab & Texas Computational Memory Lab / Lega Lab; Rahulraj Mishra, Neuroscience UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Roberts Lab; & Irvin Garza, Genetics, Development and Disease UTSW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, in the Gray Lab.

Professor of UTSWPM&R and OBI Investigator, Yasin Dhaher, Ph.D., developed a device with colleagues that shows promise for treating pain, spasticity, and paralysis. The electrode grid could be an alternative to invasive spinal stimulation procedures. bit.ly/4mmnYUt

Chad Dashnaw, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Lukasz Joachimiak lab, is a 2025 O'Donnell Brain Institute Sprouts Grant winner. Dr. Dashnaw is studying protein aggregation and designing #tau amyloid. The Sprouts program supports researchers working with OBI Investigators.

OBI Investigator, Chun-Li Zhang, Ph.D., and Postdoctoral Fellow, Tianjin Shen, Ph.D., co-led research that identifies a protein responsible for worsening neurodegenerative disease. Finding ways to control GADD45g could lead to improved outcomes. Read more: bit.ly/4mIKebA

Congrats to Tope Adedolapo, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., on being selected Deputy Representative for Area 5 to the Assembly Committee of Resident-Fellow Members at the American Psychiatric Association! #UTSW #OBI #Psychiatry #APA

We want to congratulate Immunology Graduate Student, Zhen Tang, B.S., who is a 2025 recipient of the O'Donnell Brain Institute Sprouts Grant. The award supports early career scientists working on novel research directions. Zhen is a researcher in Nan Yan

Research from Madhukar Trivedi, M.D. & Rabia Ayvaci found that young patients from lower-income households in Texas may not be getting the most effective treatment for severe #depression and #suicidal thoughts because of financial or geographic factors. Read more bit.ly/4jJgOHm