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Selected by our Scienti昀椀c Review Commi琀琀ee and Board
of Trustees, BRF’s Scienti昀椀c Innovations Award Winners
and Seed Grant Winners advance neuroscience and the
understanding of neurological diseases.
2024 Seed Grant Winners
Vineet Augustine, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego
Neurobiology Department
Mark T. Harne琀琀, Ph.D.
Massachuse琀琀s Institute of Technology
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Yi-Rong Peng, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Ophthalmology
Project Title: A New Model Organism for
Neurocardiac Research
Keywords: Heart Attack, Heart-Brain
Research, Cardiac Sensory Neurons
Project Title: New Approaches to AgingRelated Changes of Cortical Synapse
Structure and Function in Humans
and Mice
Keywords: Aging, Cognitive Decline,
Neurodegenerative Disorders,
Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementias
Project Title: Decoding the Formation and
Degeneration of Neural Circuits via CellType-Speci昀椀c Surface Proteomics
Keywords: Retina, Neurodegenerative
Diseases, Nervous System
Daniel Bayless, Ph.D.
The Salk Institute
Molecular Neurobiology
Project Title: Understanding the Impact
of ASD-linked Genes on Subcortical
Processing of Social Cues
Keywords: Social Behavior, Autism
Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Ryann Fame, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Neurosurgery Department
Project Title: How Cerebrospinal Fluid
(CSF) Ions Control Early Brain Generation
and Excitability
Keywords: Neural Development, Stem
Cells, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD),
Epilepsy, Schizophrenia
Jesse H. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Cornell University
Neurobiology and Behavior
Project Title: Dopaminergic Mechanisms
of Social Cooperation and Observational
Learning
Keywords: Dopamine, Parental Care,
Mechanisms of Social Cooperation and
Learning
Preeya Khanna, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Neuroscience
Project Title: Using Brain-machine
Interfaces to Uncover and Test Neural
Principles of Somatosensory-Motor
Integration
Keywords: Essential Tremor, Parkinson’s
Disease, Stroke, Brain Injury, Motor
Control
Aaron T. Kuan, Ph.D.
Yale School of Medicine
Neuroscience
Project Title: Molecular Connectomics
Using Pan-Staining Expansion Microscopy
Keywords: Synaptic Function,
Neurodegenerative Diseases, Alzheimer’s
Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and
Huntington’s Disease
Heidi C. Meyer, Ph.D.
Boston University
Psychological and Brain Sciences
Toshiro Hara, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Neurosurgery
Project Title: Capturing and Constraining
Neuronal Ensembles of Fear Memories to
Curb Anxiety
Keywords: Anxiety Disorders, Fear,
Stress, Psychiatric Disease
Women's Council Seed Grant
Project Title: Understanding Brain Tumor
Invasion Using Single-Cell Spatial Analyses
Keywords: Brain Tumor, Glioblastoma,
Cancer Neuroscience
Robert R. Parrish, Ph.D.
Brigham Young University
Cell Biology and Physiology
Project Title: The Role of Chloride Loading
in Seizure Termination
Keywords: Epilepsy, Seizures, Brain
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Jon Resch, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Project Title: Hypothalamic Circuitry
Underlying Thirst
Keywords: Thirst, Dehydration, Hunger,
Motivated Behavior
Rebecca M. Voorhees, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
Biology and Biological Engineering
Project Title: Identi昀椀cation of Cell
Type-Speci昀椀c Factors for Biogenesis of
Membrane Proteins in the Central Nervous
System
Keywords: Olfactory Receptors,
Genetics, Membrane Proteins, Neurons
Ste昀昀en B.E. Wol昀昀, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Pharmacology
Project Title: When Poems Jumble Tennis
Serves: Dissecting How Learning Systems
Interact
Keywords: Multi-task Learning, Memory,
Memory Deficits, Motor Skills
Takeshi Yoshimatsu, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis
Ophthalmology and Visual Studies
Project Title: Zebra昀椀sh Model to Study
Visual A琀琀ention
Keywords: Visual Attention, Attentiondeficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)