UM-MIND - Institute for Neuroscience Discovery

UM-MIND is hiring! We are recruiting several tenure-track neuroscience faculty members, preferably at the Assistant Professor level, to join our institute at the University of Maryland School of Medicine here in Baltimore, MD. Learn more here: umb.taleo.net/careersectio... @medschool.umaryland.edu

Congratulations to our Fall 2026 Baltimore Brain Series awardees! Mark your calendars, and come learn about the cutting-edge research Baltimore trainees are producing every day. @umsomneurosci.bsky.social @um-mind.bsky.social @oneneurojhu.org @jhu.edu

Join us next Tuesday Oct 27 from 12:00-1:00 at UMB for the first BBS seminar of the semester! Dr. Shana Silverstein from Hopkins and Dr. Ryan Tyler from NIDA will present their exciting research! @umsomneurosci.bsky.social @um-mind.bsky.social

Fall is just around the corner…which means abstract submission is open for the Baltimore Brain Series award! Nominated trainees will give an in-person talk at the awarding institution and will receive a $150 honorarium. @um-mind.bsky.social

PREPRINT ALERT! Sophie and Alex, amazing PhD students from the Wolff and Anastasidis labs, teamed up to venture into Microbubble-enhanced focused ultrasound (MB-FUS) and took a new, multimodal approach to test its safety in-depth. (1/10) 🧪 #neuroskyence #neuroscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Join us next Tuesday from 12:00 - 1:00 at UMB for another BBS seminar! Drs. Pathik Parekh and Subhadeep Dutta Gupta from the National Institute on Aging will present their work. @um-mind.bsky.social @umsomneurosci.bsky.social

Application submission for the Fall 2025 cycle of the Baltimore Brain Series award ends TODAY! Awardees will give an in-person talk at the awarding institution, and will receive a $150 honorarium. Apply here now: redcap.link/baltimorebrain… @um-mind.bsky.social @umsomneurosci.bsky.social @jhu.edu

Abstract submission for the Fall 2025 cycle of the Baltimore Brain Series award is now open! Nominees will give an in-person talk at the awarding institution. Apply here by September 5th: redcap.link/baltimorebra... @jhu.edu @um-mind.bsky.social @umaryland.edu @umsomneurosci.bsky.social

We are so excited to announce that Leonardo Parra-Rivas, PhD, will be joining us in December as an Assistant Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Neurology! Leo's work focuses on the molecular pathways underlying synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease and LB dementia. Welcome, Leo!

You won’t want to miss the 2025 annual PIN retreat on August 22 - this is a fantastic opportunity to connect with your colleagues and enjoy Patapsco Park! Register by August 5 here: umaryland.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

New publication from the McCarthy lab on the effects of gestational cannabis exposure!

Congratulations to UM-MIND's own Drs. Margaret McCarthy (@pegmccarthy.bsky.social), Seth Ament, and their teams on this new publication in Cell Reports, led by UM-MIND Program Manager Dr. Ashley Marquardt (@aemarquardt.bsky.social)! @medschool.umaryland.edu #Research #SciSky

I'm hiring a lab tech! If you know any talented college seniors or recent grads who'd enjoy doing cool neuroscience in Baltimore, please encourage them to consider applying: umb.taleo.net/careersectio...

We are so excited to host Neuro Networks Day today, a dynamic and collaborative event designed to celebrate and elevate our vibrant neuroscience community. Join us in Leadership Hall today at 9:45am for this community event!

Join us TODAY from 12:00-1:00 at UMB for another Baltimore Brain Series seminar! Awardees Dr. Ken Negishi from NIDA and Dr. Jennifer Liu from JHU will present their exciting work. Zoom link provided upon request! @ummedschool.bsky.social @um-mind.bsky.social

We are so excited to announce that Chase Francis, PhD, will be joining us this September as an Assistant Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Psychiatry! The Francis Lab's goal is to develop new non-invasive strategies to treat stress and mood-related disorders. Welcome, @phdsred.bsky.social!

Welcome to the neuroscience community at @ummedschool.bsky.social, Dr. Bergeria!

Join us next Tuesday from 12:00-1:00 at UMB for another Baltimore Brain Series seminar! Awardees Dr. Bradley Keegan from NIDA and Bailey Spiegelberg from UMB will present their exciting work. Zoom link provided upon request! @um-mind.bsky.social

UM-MIND is pleased to support the Baltimore Brain Series lectures this spring! See the schedule for the fantastic trainee talks taking place this spring on our campus @ummedschool.bsky.social, at @jhu.edu, and at NIDA below.

NIH funding is central to the research enterprise, providing critical support for neuroscience research across the country and here at UM-MIND. What are the effects of federal budget cuts to neuroscience research? Learn more in the infographic below and share with your community. #NIHSavesLives

Welcome, Dr. Faw!

UM-MIND is pleased to be hosting the inaugural UM-MIND X-CHANGE & CIBR Bioimage Analysis Workshop this week! Over this three day workshop, participants from @ummedschool.bsky.social, UMBC, and Morgan State are receiving hands-on training in various methods and software tools for image analysis.