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New $7.7 Million Grant to Propel Search for Medications for Brain Disorders

Children born with a damaged gene needed for healthy brain development, SYNGAP1, experience seizures, sensory processing disorders, difficulty speaking, intellectual disability, and autism-like behaviors. It’s a condition without any treatments, one that’s hard both on parents and children, said Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at The Herbert Wertheim…

ZEISS Microscopy Solutions Center Officially Opens 

Located on the top floor of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute just steps away from our campus, the ZEISS Microscopy Solutions Center has opened, serving as a research resource for scientists, a training site for ZEISS technicians, and a product development resource for ZEISS engineers.   On Wednesday, the microscopy center…