The Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM) at the University of California San Diego has launched a program aimed at providing financial support and networking opportunities for outstanding postdoctoral scholars at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

The 2022-2023 inaugural KIBM Postdoctoral Scholars are:

Jeffrey Jones (Gage Lab, Salk), Christopher Lee (Rangamani Lab, UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering), Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana (Sejnowski Lab, Salk and UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences), Lisanne Schulze (Lovett-Barron Lab, UC San Diego School of Biological Sciences) and Donovan Ventimiglia (Asahina Lab, Salk).

Designed to support postdoctoral scholars in their pursuit of innovative neuroscience research, the KIBM Postdoctoral Scholars Program awards $50,000 for 12 months and is renewable for a second year contingent upon progress and the faculty mentor’s continued sponsorship. Scholars are selected based on their past accomplishments, the innovative ideas proposed for their postdoctoral research and their passion for engaging scientific discovery with society. Scholars will participate in monthly meetings and present progress about their research at the KIBM annual retreat.

“We are very pleased to have been able to identify and support five amazingly talented postdoctoral researchers as the inaugural cohort of KIBM scholars,” said School of Biological Sciences Neurobiology Professor Yishi Jin, who serves as co-director of KIBM, along with co-director Ed Callaway of Salk. “We envision that the KIBM scholar program will provide not only financial support but also opportunities for networking, leadership and collaboration among the trainees.”

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