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Ron Yu Awarded National Institutes of Health Grant
Kansas City, Mo. (Jan. 25, 2006) – Ron Yu, Ph.D., Assistant Investigator at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for his work, “Genetic Mapping of Functional Vomeronasal Circuit.” The award totaling nearly $2 million will be allocated over a five-year period. Dr. Yu’s work deals with the mechanisms of sensory information processing in the brain — especially as it relates to the sense of smell. He studies the neural circuits and their physiological functions in the mouse olfactory and vomeronasal systems to reveal how the nervous system detects, parses, and integrates sensory information and generates meaningful behaviors. “The NIH support of Dr. Yu at this early stage in his career at the Stowers Institute is a testament to the promise of his work,” said Dr. Robb Krumlauf, Ph.D., Scientific Director. “The additional funds provided by the NIH will allow Dr. Yu to pursue new avenues of research on genes that influence how the brain processes sensory information.” Dr. Yu joined the Institute in 2005 from the Columbia University Center for Neurobiology and Behavior where he completed postdoctoral studies. Since 2001, he served as a National Institutes of Health Mentored Research Scientist with an award from the National Institute of Mental Health, where he worked closely with Dr. Richard Axel. Dr. Yu earned his Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Biophysical Studies at Columbia University and completed his undergraduate degrees in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at Tsinghua University in Beijing. About the Stowers Institute |
