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Researchers at the University of California, Davis, want to even out the differences in size and composition of naturally derived extracellular vesicles, or EVs, to turn them into a scalable and reliable drug platform, not unlike industrially produced medication. 

(DAVIS) Life sciences industry expert Deborah Neff ’76 is giving $8 million to the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences for two endowments, one for the deanship and the other for the Center for Neuroscience for research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The gift is the largest by an individual in the college’s history.

(SACRAMENTO) UC Davis Health neuroscientist and neuroengineer Sergey Stavisky has received two prestigious awards totaling $3.5 million. The grants will fund research that seeks to restore the speech of stroke survivors and people with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Adapted from the original article by Matt Murphy, published at this link. 

(SACRAMENTO) Born with the intent of fostering interdisciplinary research, the Large Interdisciplinary Applications in Neuroscience (LIAN) Planning Grants program will support two teams led by Drs.

(SACRAMENTO) One day in early 2022, as Haytham Almunir got into his friend’s car to join him for lunch, he noticed the fingers on one of his hands suddenly stiffened and stuck together. He separated them with the other hand, but they immediately stuck back together.

As his friend drove, he asked Almunir questions. Almunir noticed he couldn’t find the words to respond.

“My friend was asking me questions, but I couldn’t answer. When no words were coming, I got really scared,” he said.

(SACRAMENTO) The University of California, Davis has launched the Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics to advance basic knowledge about the mechanisms of psychedelics and translate it into safe and effective treatments for diseases such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease, among others.

(SACRAMENTO) Researchers at UC Davis Health can continue their important research into brain health another five years thanks to a prestigious $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging. 

(SACRAMENTO) How we perceive faces depends on the context, but why is that?

Humans experience this phenomenon daily. We look at hundreds of faces and make a judgment.

(SACRAMENTO) UC Davis Health neuroscientist Sergey Stavisky has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to receive the 2022 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.