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A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured in the UCLA Newsroom

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured in the UCLA Newsroom

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured in the UCLA Newsroom. Authors on the publication are Professor Duncan Leitch, and MCIP graduate students, Christopher Meredith, Rebeca Fuquen and undergrads Sophia Manfre and Penny Chai.
A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured on the KTLA 5 news webpage

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured on the KTLA 5 news webpage

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured on the KTLA 5 news webpage Authors on the publication are Professor Duncan Leitch, and MCIP graduate students, Christopher Meredith, Rebeca Fuquen and undergrads Sophia Manfre and Penny Chai.
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant to learn from community voices and inform research on brain health, cognitive aging, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Latino older adults.
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tania Rodriguez

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tania Rodriguez

Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Tania Rodriguez, who will be working on Dr. Stephanie Leal's 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant project to learn from community voices and inform research on brain health, cognitive aging, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Latino older adults. Dr. Rodriguez will do so as a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Fellow, recognized for her academic achievements, leadership, and dedication to Neuroscience and Society!

Educational Programs

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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