Recent news related to current and former Klingenstein Awards in the Neurosciences. Fellows: if you have information you would like to contribute, please send it to Kathleen Pomerantz.

February 16, 2011
Gabriel Kreiman ('08 Fellow), in collaboration with Itzhak Fried, investigated the neuronal circuitry underlying volition and showed that neurons in the human medial frontal cortex are activated several hundreds of milliseconds before subjects become aware of their own volitional intentions.
http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273%2810%2901082-2

September 8, 2010
The Rockefeller University announced today that its Board of Trustees has elected Marc Tessier-Lavigne (92 Fellow) as its tenth president, effective on March 11, 2011.
http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/?page=engine&id=1094

August 4, 2010
Mark J. Zylka, (06 Fellow) has made an exciting new discovery related to PAP and pain mechanisms that will be published in Journal of Neuroscience today. The discovery has implications for treating chronic pain.
http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2010/August/molecular-bandit-keeps-pain-at-bay