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Professor Duncan Leitch is part of two of the six teams of researchers to win funding in the first year of Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems

Professor Duncan Leitch is part of two of the six teams of researchers to win funding in the first year of Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems

Six cross-disciplinary teams of researchers from the United States and Canada have won funding in the first year of Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems, a three-year initiative that aims to spark new science exploring neurobiological response to rapid and extensive human-caused environmental changes. Professor Leitch is amongst two teams, “Comparative TRPV1 Function in Sensory Adaptability and Resilience to Global Warming” and “Thermal Priming and Parental Care: Investigating Conserved Neural Pathways of Parental Care Plasticity in Response to Heat”
Professor Elaine Hsiao’s Recent Publication in Cell Host & Microbe is Featured in the UCLA Newsroom

Professor Elaine Hsiao’s Recent Publication in Cell Host & Microbe is Featured in the UCLA Newsroom

Professor Elaine Hsiao’s recent publication in Cell Host & Microbe, “An engineered gut bacterium protects against dietary methylmercury exposure in pregnant mice”, is Featured in the UCLA Newsroom, “Designer microbe shows promise for reducing mercury absorption from seafood.”
Distinguished IBP Professor, Alan Grinnell is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished IBP Professor, Alan Grinnell is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished IBP Professor, Alan Grinnell is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. Dr. Grinnell is one of four UCLA faculty members to be elected this year.
IBP Faculty, Professors Stephanie White and Barney Schlinger, were named to the 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows

IBP Faculty, Professors Stephanie White and Barney Schlinger, were named to the 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) named two of our own IBP faculty to their 2024 class of fellows today. The AAAS is one of the world’s largest general scientific societies. To be named an AAAS fellow is a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community.

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The department is proud of its long history in training the next generation of thinkers and leaders in science and medicine. The department offers an Undergraduate Program (B.S. in Physiological Science) as well as a two-year, research-oriented Master’s Program (M.S. in Physiological Science). We are a co-founder and home to the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program, which is one of 11 Ph.D.-granting programs in the Graduate Programs in Biosciences (GPB) at UCLA. The department is also highly engaged with the Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program (UNSIDP). Specifically, IBP provides administrative expertise and support for UNSIDP’s leadership; staff; instruction; curriculum; courses; teaching assistants; and financial support for selected activities.

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