Chu Lab in the NEWS

Messages for the GUMC Community - Georgetown University Medical CenterMessages from the Office of the Executive Vice President of Health Sciences Date: February 21, 2024Subject: Welcoming Our New “Cluster” Faculty Dear Members of the GUMC Community: We are so very pleased to welcome the arrival this spring of four new faculty members who make up our first “cluster hires” cohort, an important, new strategic […]

The Chu lab starts at Georgetown University in April 2024

It is a great opportunity to join GUMC through this cluster hiring and be part of the great and growing neuropharmacology and neurobiology community. Looking forward to exciting interactions and collaborations with local research community in the DC area!

Hong-Yuan Chu, PhDHong-yuan Chu, PhD, will be doing a deep-dive into the chemical and functional changes that occur in motor cortex neurons after substantia nigra dopamine neurons are lost.

Dr. Chu receives Parkinson’s Foundation 2023 Bill and Amy Gurley Impact Award!

Thanks for the support from the Parkinson's Foundation!

Unexpected findings from our research about thalamocortical circuitry deficits in mouse models of Parkinsonism attract broad attention!

See Chen et al, Sci Adv (2023) for details.

Study: Fixing brain circuits may help treat Parkinson’sScientists from the Van Andel Institute say their latest research about brain circuits may lead to a new way to treat Parkinson’s disease.

Repairing broken circuits in the brain could help treat Parkinson's disease - Advanced Science NewsScientists delve into how repairing dysfunctional brain circuits in Parkinson’s can offer another path forward for new treatment strategies.

Repairing broken brain circuits may lead to new Parkinson’s treatmentsResearchers in the US have identified a series of processes that help the brain adapt to damage caused by breakdowns in circuits that govern movement, cognition and sensory perception

Team WichmannLearn more about Parkinson's disease research conducted by Team Wichmann of the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network.

The Chu lab is part of the ASAP Collaborative Research Network.

Together with the stellar team at Emory, this cross-species research project aims to advance our understanding the role of the cerebral cortex in Parkinson's disease.

Emory receives $6 million grant to accelerate Parkinson’s disease treatment research | Emory University | Atlanta GAEmory researchers received a three-year, $6.3 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Collaborative Research Network for research into the motor cortical disturbances caused by Parkinson’s disease, which affects more than 6 million people worldwide.

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