News

03.06.2018
IPN Faculty Promotions: Drs. James Peters, Rita Fuchs Lokensgard, Alli Coffin
Dr. James Peters has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure; Dr. Alli Coffin has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure; and Dr. Rita Fuchs Lokensgard has been promoted to Full Professor.
Department News - IPN

02.16.2018
Dr. Sue Ritter Awarded NIH Research Grant
Dr. Sue Ritter has been awarded an NIH grant entitled "Catecholamine Neurons and Metabolic Controls".
Department News - IPN

02.16.2018
Dr. Samantha Gizerian Elected Chair of NACADA Faculty Advising Comission
Dr. Samantha Gizerian has been elected chair of the NACADA Faculty Advising Commission beginning October of 2018.
Department News - IPN

02.15.2018
What dreams may come
If Shakespeare lived today, the playwright would surely be prescribed a sleep study. With his many references to sleep walking, apnea, insomnia, and nightmares, you can almost see the baggy-eyed bard sitting in his nightcap writing by candlelight.
Washington State Magazine

02.13.2018
Storm runoff presents salmon with toxic one-two punch, study shows
Even if salmon survive their initial exposure to polluted storm runoff, contaminants may leave them permanently disabled, new research shows.
United Press International

02.12.2018
Salmon face double whammy from toxic stormwater
WSU researchers have found that salmon face a double whammy when they swim in the stormwater runoff of urban roadways.
WSU Insider

02.02.2018
Jessica Higginbotham Awarded NIH Fellowship Grant
Graduate student Jessica Higginbotham has been awarded a fellowship grant from the NIH entitiled Regulatory mechanisms of cocaine memory reconsolidation in the basolateral amygdala.
Department News - IPN

01.29.2018
Helping scientists learn to convey their passion
Now the WSU Vancouver assistant professor is leading her second conference on the subject, Science Talk ’18 this March 1 and 2 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. She will also lead a research communication workshop in Pullman next week.
WSU Insider

01.02.2018
Dr. Sue Ritter Awarded American Diabetes Association Research Award
Dr. Sue Ritter has been awarded an American Diabetes Association grant entitled "Hindbrain Catecholamine Neurons, Glucoregulation and HAAF".
Department News - IPN

11.07.2017
Summer SURE Student Wins ABRCMS Award
Melissa Vargas, a summer SURE student in Dr. Rita Fuch's lab, won an award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.
Department News - IPN

10.16.2017
In Memoriam: Dr. Jaak Panksepp
Born on 5 June 1942 in Tartu, Estonia, Dr Jaak Panksepp passed away on 18 April 2017 in Bowling Green, OH, at the age of 73. He is survived by his wife, Anesa, and their children Jules, Antonia, and Ruth.
Nature.com

10.10.2017
Dr. Ryan McLaughlin Awarded NIH Research Grant
Dr. Ryan McLaughlin was awarded an NIH R21 entitled “Effects of developmental cannabis exposure on prefrontocortical structure and function”.
Department News - IPN

09.29.2017
Drs. Heiko Jansen and Joanna Kelley Awarded International Association of Bear Research and Management Grant
IPN's Dr. Heiko Jansen and colleague Dr. Joanna Kelley have been awarded a research grant from the International Association of Bear Research and Management (IBA).
Department News - IPN

09.19.2017
The Science Behind the Brain
The Neuroscience Club members share a passion over their growing major and help each other succeed in challenging courses, while connecting the community with science.
Daily Evergreen (WSU)

09.18.2017
Dr. Bob Ritter Elected President of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
IPN's Dr. Bob Ritter has been elected the president of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior.
Department News - IPN