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Northwestern University (NU) offers world-class advanced training in neuroscience via its Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) PhD program. Read More

Congratulations to Iva Stojkovska and Kristen Warren, co-Presidents of NUBAO, who were featured on CBS News. Watch the story here.
Amyloid PET imaging shows lateralized Alzheimer’s pathology in an individual with primary progressive aphasia (warmer colors=more amyloid; @Rogalski lab)

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Cajal-Retzius cells in the mouse hippocampus (dendrites are in yellow, axons in blue; ©Maccaferri Lab)

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Congratulations to Maite Azcorra Sedano, Dombeck Lab, a recipient of the prestigious la Caixa Fellowship! "la Caixa" Foundation is the fourth largest charity of the world, and is particularly devoted to promoting culture and sciences, with programs such as the Fellowships for Postgraduate Studies in North America and Asia-Pacific, awarded to exceptional students of all areas of knowledge who excel both in the academic and social fields. Learn more about the fellowship here.
The new Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center, located on Northwestern University’s lakefront campus in downtown Chicago.
Glomeruli of the mouse olfactory system (©Bozza Lab)

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Neuronal pathways carrying thermosensory information in the fruit fly brain (©Gallio Lab)
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Vista from Northwestern University looking south towards downtown Chicago and the Feinberg School of Medicine

NEW FACULTY IN NUIN

Atique Ahmed, Ph.D.

Atique Ahmed is a tumor and stem cell biologist working on understanding the therapeutic resistance mechanisms in brain tumors. His laboratory is particularly interested in investigating the role of cellular plasticity in promoting the cancer stem cell niche and disease recurrence. The lab uses a combination of stem and cancer cell biology, advance molecular biology techniques (such as Single Cell RNA Sequencing, Chip-seq analysis, transgenic animal models, and patient-derived orthotopic brain tumor animal models) and advanced in vivo imaging techniques to elucidate the mechanisms of therapeutic adaptation. The goal is to identify novel actionable targets to conduct clinical trials and formulate novel therapeutic interventions to prevent this aggressive cancer.

FACULTY AND RESEARCH

NUIN is a research-oriented PhD program, highly interdisciplinary, collaborative, and with numerous and diverse foci of research excellence. Emphasis is based on clinically relevant as well as basic research.

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GRADUATE PROGRAM

NUIN accepts applicants from diverse backgrounds and majors, including psychology, engineering, physics, computer science, and chemistry, as well as biology and neuroscience. If you are a prospective student, read all about our

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