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  2. Year: 2024
  3. Month: May

Month: May 2024

Brittany G. Travers, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on May 20, 2024

We want to better understand how autistic children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) differed in their motor skills, sensory features, and daily living skills.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism spectrum disorder, Brittany Travers, Daily living skills, Motor Skills, Sensory features

Meredith Vitaioli named new director of the Children’s Resource Center-South

Posted on May 16, 2024

The Children’s Resource Center-South (CRC) named Meredith Vitaioli as their new director in April.

Posted in 2024, Awards and Honors, News, Outreach, Service, Training, UCEDDTagged Children’s Resource Center-South, Meredith Vitaioli, New Director

John Svaren, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on May 10, 2024

The most common cause of genetic neuropathy, classified as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, is a 1.4 Mb duplication of the PMP22 gene.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A, dosage-sensitive genes, John Svaren, microRNAs, peripheral myelin protein 22-kD, post-transcriptional regulation, Slide of the Week

Mentor award winners guide undergraduate learning

Posted on May 10, 2024

The nominations for this year’s recipients read like a textbook of great mentoring practices – meeting students where they’re at, getting to know them as scholars and individuals, and guiding their learning with just the right mix of challenge and support.

Posted in 2024, News, Trainee, TrainingTagged awards, Ellie Breitfeld, Eren Fukuda, Jenny Saffran, Kristin Shutts, Mentoring

Masatoshi Suzuki, DVM, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on May 6, 2024

The myotendinous junction (MTJ) is an integrated structure that transduces force across the muscle-tendon boundary, making the region vulnerable to strain injury.

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged In vitro modeling, Masatoshi Suzuki, Micropattern, myotendinous junction, Skeletal myocytes, Slide of the Week, Tenocytes

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