Funded Projects

Browse wide-ranging research at the frontiers of neuroscience supported by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute grants, awards, and training fellowships.

Projects

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Seed Grant
2015
Brain mechanisms of spatial reasoning in mathematics
We aim to understand how brain mechanisms of spatial reasoning are brought into play during symbolic mathematical cognition and to identify individual differences in these mechanisms that co-vary with mathematical ability and mathematical experience.
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Seed Grant
2015
Creating an advanced transgenic animal model of autism

Autism is a highly genetic developmental brain disorder which is characterized by social impairments. Autism affects 1 in 68 US children, with an annual cost in the US of $250 billion dollars. Unfortunately, the basic biology of autism remains poorly understood.

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Seed Grant
2017
Identification of sex hormone interacting proteins
We are interested in elucidating the multiple roles that sex hormones play in development of the nervous system and in regulating brain functions that influence gender identity, puberty, and reproduction.
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Seed Grant
2017
TrkA-ing the chronic pain
A faculty team bridging chemistry and pain research will use optogenetics to understand an important signaling pathway involved in chronic pain.
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Seed Grant
2019
Genetic tools to determine circuit-specific roles of myelination

These tools will enable us to dissect how myelin contributes to specific brain circuits and types of neurons, bringing us closer to a holistic understanding of how cells in the brain collaborate to build a functional nervous system.