# News Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 17 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 17 results [### How the Brain Increases Blood Flow on Demand ](/news/2025/07/how-brain-increases-blood-flow-demand) July 22, 2025 New findings from co-lead author and PiN alumni, Trevor Krolak '25, could improve understanding of neurodegeneration and interpretation of brain scans. Read more here. ![blood vessels in the brain](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-07/Blood%20vessels%20in%20the%20brain.jpg?itok=X4_EMhZt) [### Ya'el Courtney, 2025 Commencement Marshal & Student Speaker ](/news/2025/05/yael-courtney-2025-commencement-marshal-student-speaker) May 30, 2025 PiN graduate Ya'el Courtney was selected to serve as a Commencement Marshal in Harvard's 374th Commencement and as Student Speaker in the 2025 DMS Hooding Ceremony. Read the GSAS Commencement feature profiling Ya'el here, and watch the DMS Hooding... ![Ya'el Courtney](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/Ya%27el%20thumbnail%20image%202025.png?itok=gBNVM_QW) [### 'The Goal is to Understand Who You Are' ](/news/2025/05/goal-understand-who-you-are) May 12, 2025 Studying neuroscience gives Nghia Nguyen insights into ‘technical, tangible’ reasons for the things he does every day. Read the full article here . ![Nghia Nguyen](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/andermann-lab-2019-10.jpg?itok=5IjpJ2p2) [### Two Neuroscience students among those awarded the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship in Milestone Year ](/news/two-neuroscience-students-among-those-awarded-hhmi-gilliam-fellowship-milestone-year) July 10, 2024 Olumide Fagboyegun (G4, PiN) and Ella Perrault (G3, PiN) were among the 50 graduate students in science and their advisers who were named to the 2024 cohort of the Gilliam Fellows Program by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute on July 9. These student... ![Olumide and Ella](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/olumideella_0.jpg?itok=QTnpWeI7) [### Hooked on Neuroscience ](/news/hooked-neuroscience) May 23, 2023 Three PhD candidates — Winthrop Gillis, Alyssa Larios, and Richard Hakim — discuss what drew them to the discipline What “changed everything” for neuroscience PhD candidate Winthrop Gillis was taking his first biology class as a high school sophomore. “I... ![Winthrop Gillis, Alyssa Larios, and Richard Hakim](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/hooked_on_neuroscience.jpg?itok=COljBqsE) [### My role is to empower ](/news/my-role-empower) March 22, 2023 PiN alum Soyon Hong is a group leader at the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL. Her lab is interested in investigating how multiple cell types work together to maintain brain function, and how these interactions are affected and altered in... ![Soyon Hong](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/m_jem_20230409_fig1.png?itok=vtfXc2Ih) [### Repairing DNA Damage in Neurons ](/news/repairing-dna-damage-neurons) February 21, 2023 Researchers discover a mechanism used by neurons to repair damage that occurs during neuronal activity. PiN student Daniel Gilliam is co-first author of paper appearing in Nature. “Use it or lose it” goes the adage, applied liberally to everything from... ![neurons](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/neurons.jpg?itok=8M_oa4S1) [### 2020 PiN Graduate named as GSAS Commencement Marshal ](/news/2020-pin-graduate-named-gsas-commencement-marshal) May 20, 2022 One of our 2020 PiN graduates is among the Commencement marshals chosen to represent the Doctor of Philosophy. Each year, the GSAS Student Council (GSC) chooses its Commencement marshals to represent the School’s graduating class. Marshal nominations are... ![Ivan Santiago](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/ivan_santiago.jpeg?itok=zpijoFLX) [### PiN Graduate Recipient of the 2022 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award ](/news/pin-graduate-recipient-2022-harold-m-weintraub-graduate-student-award) March 01, 2022 Please join us in congratulating Jaeeon Lee, a 2021 graduate from the Program in Neuroscience ( PiN), who has received the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for 2022. For further information, please view the Fred Hutch News Release. ![lee_jaeeon.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/lee_jaeeon.jpg?itok=G8HghPMj) [### Ya'el Courtney (G3) wins Gilliam fellowship ](/news/yael-courtney-g3-wins-gilliam-fellowship) August 30, 2021 PiN G3 Ya'el Courtney and her thesis advisor, Maria Lehtinen, are among 50 student-advisor pairs to receive the Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2021 Gilliam Fellowship as part of a program to advance diversity and inclusion in science. You can read more... ![Ya'el Courtney](/sites/g/files/omnuum5476/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/pinphd/files/yael_courtney_thumbnail_01.jpg?itok=Tk4GXzWR) [### Inaugural PiN Excellence in Service Award goes to three G5/G6 students ](/news/inaugural-pin-excellence-service-award-goes-three-g5g6-students) May 28, 2021 PiN students Melanie Basnak, Isle Bastille, and Andrew Landau (pictured below left to right) are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the program as recipients of the inaugural PiN Excellence in Service Award. Mel has served on the executive... description [### Lynn Yap wins Weintraub award ](/news/lynn-yap-wins-weintraub-award) March 01, 2021 PiN student Lynn Yap is selected for the prestigious Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award. 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