Author Archives: Eleni Gourgou

The grant was awarded following the Interstellar Initiative, in which Eleni participated last September, in New York City.  The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) sponsored the Interstellar Initiative Funding Award for further development of the proposal titled “Elucidation of aging-driven decline of cognitive and motor behaviors through an interdisciplinary approach”. Eleni isContinue reading “Eleni is co-PI in a proposal development grant from the Japan Agency for Medical Research”

Abdul joined the team recently as a RISE student (Research, Innovation, Service and Entrepreneurship program for ME undergraduate students). He is building a 3D rotary base for 3dimensinal observation of samples under the scope! Way to go, Abdul!

Brie Fretz, BS in Biology, MS in Physiology, joined our team to work on the behavior of aging C. elegans  in mazes. Brie will also explore the behavior of worms that carry mutations related to degenerative diseases. Welcome, Brie! Allison LaMonica, George Grosvenor, Emily Branch and Jaimee Moline, all UROP students, also joined our teamContinue reading “Welcome Brie, Allison, George, Emily and Jaimee!”

Zongyu Li and Jiawei Sun recently joined our team. They are both Master’s students at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. They will be working alongside with Shurjo Banerjee, to develop an algorithm that can successfully track worms in mazes. This is a particularly demanding task, since the videos are quite noisy. More detailsContinue reading “Welcome, Zongyu and Jiawei!”

The talk that Eleni was to give at the Neurology/Neuroscience Seminar Series on October 18 is rescheduled for Friday, November 22, at 12noon, room 5515 BSRB. The topic remains the same. Eleni Gourgou Oct 18

Something very exciting is happening at UoM! A new research and education initiative is launched: the University of Michigan Space Institute! It’s vision is to “empower the University of Michigan to advance its world leadership in space.” Eleni serves as Executive Committee member at-large, aiming to bring some neurobiology flavor into the Institute’s many fascinatingContinue reading “University of Michigan Space Institute: Eleni serves as Executive Committee member at-large”

On Friday, October 18, Eleni will give a talk at the Neurology/Neuroscience Seminar Series, titled “C. elegans learning and decision making in a structured environment”. Event is sponsored by the Department of Neurology, UoM Medical School.

Eleni was awarded a Pilot Grant from the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC), University of Michigan Medical School, and University of Michigan Geriatrics Center, to conduct research on “Exploring the impact of neuronal vulnerability to aging-related disorders on spatial learning in C. elegans model organism”. Thank you for trusting us!

Team 8, consisting of Carlotta Mummolo, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Teppei Matsui, University of Tokyo, and Eleni, won an Outstanding Team Presentation Award on the last day of the Interstellar Initiative! They presented a proposal they drafted during the 3-day event, titled “Elucidation of aging-driven decline of cognitive and motor behavior through an interdisciplinaryContinue reading “Eleni’s team won an award at the Interstellar Initiative!”

On September 14-16, Eleni will join the 2019 Interstellar Initiative, organized by the New York Academy of Sciences and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). She was selected (based on a proposal application) to participate as one of 30 early career investigators in the biology of aging from across the nation. LookingContinue reading “Eleni at the Interstellar Initiative, of the New York Academy of Sciences!”