5 OHSU faculty members singled out for honors
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Five Oregon Health & Science University faculty members have been recognized for exceptional efforts in support of the universitys research, teaching, service, collaboration and leadership missions. They are the winners of the 2007 OHSU Faculty Senate Awards.... The awards recognize OHSU faculty members who have demonstrated a sustained and significant record of meritorious aca...Singled out: Spotting mutant neurons in normal brains offers clues to Fragile X
Using an animal model system, researchers have advanced our understanding of Fragile X Syndrome by... ...successfully visualizing individual mutant neurons in an otherwise normal brain. They find that brain neurons that fail to express appropriate levels of Fragile X protein are structurally abnormal and make defective connections to other neurons. The work is reported by a team led by Kendal Bro...