In July, we hosted the annual Summer Research Symposium where students participating in summer undergraduate research experiences presented their projects🔬 Students work in labs across campus, including with partners Max Planck, UF Scripps and Zeiss. Thanks Zeiss for sharing 📸

Ascend Neuroscience is taking over Kids Club at The Gardens Mall with a Brain Sparks Party 🧠🎉 STEM is fun and exciting with hands-on activities for kids and parents alike, led by professional neuroscientists and their trainees. 📆 Sept. 21 🕑 10 a.m. to noon 🆓 admission!

Congratulations to Dr. Gregg Fields! bit.ly/3zo8tba

A new study from FAU Brain Institute discovered a compelling link between copper regulation and neural health. 📷 Riya Sheokand bit.ly/4eEuxNK

📣 Attention #FAU undergrads! The application period is now open for the FAU-Max Planck Honors Program! **Free transportation to Jupiter is available.** Apply today 👉 fau.edu/mphp/

Congratulations to Neha Sapkal, an IMPRS Ph.D. student, for publishing as the lead author in a breakthrough discovery published this week in Nature 👏🏼 What did Sapkal & team uncover? It may stop you in your tracks. 👉 bit.ly/480Vf0U

Florida Atlantic was on the scene at #SfN24 held earlier this month in Chicago! During the meeting's Graduate Fair, the FAU Brain Institute shared opportunities for graduate training in the Neuroscience Graduate Program. Nearly 50 meetings were held with prospective NGP trainees!

Join Florida Atlantic's John D. MacArthur Library for a special Halloween-inspired talk and book signing with author Hailey Ezzell, Class of 2023 from Wilkes Honors College FAU 📚 👻 📅 Thursday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. 📍 Jupiter Campus Library

Carina Meinke attended #SfN24 via a Trainee Professional Development Award. The award recognizes students who demonstrate scientific merit and excellent research. She is a member of Dr. Randy Blakely's lab at FAU Brain Institute and a graduate student in the Max Planck/FAU IMPRS program.

There's still time to join the NeuroSquad team for the 2024 NAMI PBC NamiWalk💚 ➡️ bit.ly/40q5Uk0

“Fiction is the only narrative art form that puts yourself into someone else’s consciousness" -- Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author at the Wilkes Honors College FAU Starry Nights event. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/40VzcXE

A new CURE course launched on the Jupiter Campus this semester in partnership with Zeiss. Check out the cutting-edge microscopy training these undergraduates are receiving as part of their semester-long neuroscience research project 👉 bit.ly/4fPXlU0

Congratulations to Dr. Randy D. Blakely, executive director of FAU Brain Institute, for being named a Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics! fau.edu/newsdesk/artic… ASPET

Are you a recent or soon-to-be college grad looking for the next step? Your research career begins with a Postbaccalaureate Fellowship at FAU Jupiter! Hone your skills in a state-of-the-art lab at our world-class life science & biomedical research hub ➡️ bit.ly/4h2R1ZX

Microplastics have infiltrated ocean systems from the surface to the dark depths. Wilkes Honors College FAU bit.ly/4l0XRRs

A generous grant from Palm Health Foundation has helped kickstart funding to launch the new Center for the Resilient Mind at FAU Brain Institute 🤩 bit.ly/43Fc8h6

South Florida PBS visited the Robert J. Huckshorn Arboretum to explore the importance of fostering native habitats in urban and suburban environments. youtube.com/watch?v=zXHBvP…

A new breakthrough from FAU Brain Institute opens a new approach to treating #dopamine disorders. bit.ly/4lkzZsH

FAU Jupiter Hosts Annual Tech Trek Summer Camp --> bit.ly/3TSIbnX

Long overlooked, glial cells – non-neuronal cells that protect and communicate with neurons – are finally getting attention. A new FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Science FAU Brain Institute study shows the surprising influence of glial cells called astrocytes and their role in brain function. bit.ly/3U9Rccz