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Dr. Guillermo Yudowski received notification of a five year grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA).  The grant will fund the work of Dr. Yudowski's lab (photo) on Endocytic Mechanisms Controlling Functional Selectivity of the CB1 Receptor.

Engrailed Alters the Specificity of Synaptic Connections of Drosophila Auditory Neurons with the Giant Fiber

Adeline Pézier,
Sami H. Jezzini,
Bruno Marie,
and Jonathan M. Blagburn

The Journal of Neuroscience, 27 August 2014, 34(35):11691-11704; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1939-14.2014

The poster of Lee Vaasjo entitled "Identified Aminergic Neurons in Biomphalaria glabrata, an Intermediate Host for Human Intestinal Schistosomiasis" was selected as the "Outstanding Poster" at the 23rd Annual Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference held at Interamericana University, Bayamón Puerto Rico, December 6, 2014.  Poster coauthors were Nadia Delgado, Solymar Rolón Martínez, and Dr. Mark W. Miller.  Lee received a certificate and an Apple iPad in recognition of the selection.

Dr.  Daniel  Colón-Ramos,  Yale  Program  in  Cellular  Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration,  and  Repair  served  as  the  RCMI  Translational Neuroscience  Program  Neuroscientist-in-Residence,  January  5-15,  2015.

He presented a seminar on January 14: Powering the brain: The glycolytic metabolic meets local energy demands at presynaptic sites.

A recent collaboration between Dr. Josh Rosenthal and investigators at Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University in Israel on RNA editing in squid was reported by several on-line science outlets:

www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/squid-recode-their-own-genetics

www.evolutionnews.org/2015/02/squid_recodes_i093601.html

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Flores who was awarded a grant from the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust.  The grant will support her work on Endocytic Regulation of the Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), BAI1 and EMR2, during Pediatric Retinoblastoma (Rb) Optic Nerve Invasion.