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SUMMARY: O’Leary Prize Competition
DESCRIPTION: The Annual James L. O’Leary Prize Competition is held each yea
 r in conjunction with the O’Leary Lecture. Join us live in person for the 2
 022 O’Leary Prize Competition! “Designed to acknowledge the most original a
 nd important accomplishments in Neuroscience research at WashU by a predoct
 oral or postdoctoral fellow” Congratulations to the 2022 Finalists! Simone 
 Brioschi\, PhD\, […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>The <a href="https://neuroscienceresearch.
 wustl.edu/education-events/competitions-awards/oleary-prize/" target="_blan
 k" rel="noopener noreferrer">Annual James L. O’Leary Prize Competition</a> 
 is held each year in conjunction with the <a href="https://neurosciencerese
 arch.wustl.edu/items/oleary-lecture/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">O’Lear
 y Lecture</a>.</p><p><strong>Join us live in person for the 2022 O’Leary Pr
 ize Competition!</strong></p><p class="x_MsoNormal"><em>“Designed to acknow
 ledge the most original and important accomplishments in Neuroscience resea
 rch at WashU by a predoctoral or postdoctoral fellow”</em></p><p class="x_x
 xmsonormal"><strong> Congratulations to the 2022 Finalists!</strong></p><ul
 ><li><strong>Simone Brioschi\, PhD\, postdoc – Colonna lab</strong>: <em>“H
 eterogeneity of meningeal B cells reveals a lymphopoietic niche at the CNS 
 border”</em></li><li><strong>Lucia Capano\, graduate student – Yoo lab</str
 ong>: <em>“Recapitulation of endogenous 4R tau expression and formation of 
 insoluble tau in directly reprogrammed human neurons”</em></li><li><strong>
 Jiayang Chen\, graduate student – Dougherty lab</strong>: <em>“Delineating 
 the in vivo function of the MYT1L neurodevelopmental disorder gene”</em></l
 i><li><strong>Xiaoying Chen\, PhD\, postdoc – Holtzman lab</strong>: <em>“M
 icroglia-mediated T cell Infiltration Drives Neurodegeneration in Tauopathy
 ”</em></li><li><strong>Rui Feng\, PhD\, postdoc – Cavalli lab</strong>: <em
 >“Self-renewing macrophages and microglia populate dorsal root ganglia afte
 r nerve injury and contribute to promote axon regeneration”</em></li><li><s
 trong>Nicole Leitner\, PhD\, postdoc – Ben-Shahar lab</strong>: <em>“Intera
 ctions between neuronal sex determination and Hox gene specification drive 
 the segmental specialization of neural circuits along the anterior-posterio
 r brain axis in Drosophila”</em></li><li><strong>Daniel Murphy\, PhD\, staf
 f scientist* – Corbo lab</strong>: <em>“Genetic reprogramming via acute Nr2
 e3knockout prevents photoreceptor degeneration”    </em>*work performed as 
 postdoc</li><li><strong>Patrick Sheehan\, graduate student – Musiek lab</st
 rong>: <em>“Bi-directional relationship between astrocyte circadian clocks 
 and Alzheimer’s Disease pathology”</em></li><li><strong>Leo Volkov\, gradua
 te student – Corbo lab</strong>: <em>“Defining a hierarchical cascade of tr
 anscriptional factors controlling photoreceptor fate”</em></li><li><strong>
 Jiang Zhu\, graduate student – Weihl lab</strong>: <em>“VCP suppresses prot
 eopathic seeding in neurons”</em></li></ul><p class="x_xxmsonormal">Each Fi
 nalist will deliver a 10-minute presentation\, and our judging panel will c
 hoose a winner to receive a $1000 prize.</p><p class="x_xxmsonormal">Please
  join us for an afternoon of exciting science and competition\, and to supp
 ort Neuroscience at WashU!</p><p><a href="https://neuroscienceresearch.wust
 l.edu/education-events/competitions-awards/oleary-prize/" target="_blank" r
 el="noopener noreferrer">Learn more about the competition</a> and <a href="
 https://neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/education-events/competitions-awards
 /oleary-prize/oleary-prize-recipients/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref
 errer">see the list of past winners</a>.</p><p>Note that each year\, a past
  O’Leary Prize recipient is invited to be a guest judge and present the <a 
 href="https://neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/items/oleary-lecture/" target=
 "_blank" rel="noopener">O’Leary Lecture</a>.  This year’s guest judge is <s
 trong>Jeff Mumm\, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)</strong> who will deliver 
 the O’Leary Lecture on <a href="https://neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/cale
 ndar_event/oleary-lecture-3-16-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wednes
 day March 16</a>.</p><p>For inquiries contact the <a href="mailto:ONR@email
 .wustl.edu">Office of Neuroscience Research</a>.</p><p> </p>
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