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Posted: Aug 01, 2024 - 12:00pm

Dr. Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, is one of 10 neuroscientists selected by The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience board of directors to receive the 2024 McKnight Scholar Award.

The McKnight Scholar Awards are granted to young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing their own independent laboratories and research careers and who have demonstrated a commitment to neuroscience. 

With his project, Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Neural Diversity: From Stem Cells to Circuits, Syed will investigate what determines how neurons of different types arise from neural stem cells (NSCs) and how developmental factors specify adult behaviors. Working with a fruit fly model, Syed’s lab will focus on how Type II NSCs produce neuron types of the central complex.

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Congratulations, Dr. Syed!