Colenso Speer, University of Maryland (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Colenso Speer, University of Maryland

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The NIH awarded its Director's New Innovator Award to University of Maryland biologist Colenso Speer. Speer will receive $1.5 million to create tools and methods for studying how neural circuits form and how connections between neurons change at the molecular level in response to sensory experiences. Speer's research could lead to a major step forward in mapping the physical layout of the circuits and understanding the complex chemical signals in the brain.

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