Nicola Allen, doctora

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Laboratorio de Neurobiología Molecular

Silla Roger Guillemin

Instituto Salk de Estudios Biológicos - Noticias

Noticias


How do astrocytes contribute to fragile X syndrome?

Highlights Salk neuroscientists found how specialized brain cells called astrocytes contribute to fragile X syndrome symptoms They discovered a protein pathway that, when suppressed, can alleviate some symptoms in a mouse model …

¿Cómo se mantiene estable el cerebro y en qué casos puede ser útil un poco de flexibilidad?

LA JOLLA—Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child’s brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic connections between neurons. These wiring patterns become more stable with age, but …


Salk Institute promotes three faculty members in neuroscience, immunology, and cancer research

LA JOLLA—Three Salk Institute faculty members have been promoted for their notable, innovative contributions to science. Associate Professors Nicola Allen and Diana Hargreaves were promoted to full professors, and Assistant Professor …


Nicola Allen del Instituto Salk recibe el Premio Pionero 2024 del Director de los NIH

LA JOLLA—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Salk Associate Professor Nicola Allen to receive a 2024 NIH Director’s Pioneer Award. The award recognizes exceptionally creative scientists pursuing highly …


El Instituto Salk lanza la Iniciativa de Neuroinmunología con una donación de $20 millones de la Fundación NOMIS

LA JOLLA—El Instituto Salk recibirá $20 millones durante cuatro años de la Fundación NOMIS para lanzar una nueva Iniciativa de Neuroinmunología dentro del Centro NOMIS de Inmunobiología y Microbiana del Instituto…


Beyond neurons: How cells called astrocytes contribute to brain disorders

LA JOLLA—Neurons often get most of the credit for keeping our brains sharp and functioning—as well as most of the blame when it comes to brain diseases. But star-shaped cells …


Circuito de llamada y respuesta indica a las neuronas cuándo deben crecer las sinapsis

LA JOLLA—Brain cells called astrocytes play a key role in helping neurons develop and function properly, but there’s still a lot scientists don’t understand about how astrocytes perform these important …


Salk scientists receive $12.9 million from NIH BRAIN Initiative

LA JOLLA—Salk Institute scientists Nicola Allen, Eiman Azim, Margarita Behrens, and Joseph Ecker have been named recipients in the 2019 round of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand the brain.

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La Fundación Kavli dona 3 millones de dólares al Instituto Salk $para investigación de vanguardia en neurociencias

LA JOLLA—El Instituto Salk anunció hoy que The Kavli Foundation se ha comprometido a aportar $3 millones para apoyar la investigación en neurociencia en curso en Salk como parte del Instituto Kavli conjunto UCSD-Salk para…


Salk promotes Nicola Allen and Julie Law to associate professor

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has promoted Nicola Allen and Julie Law to the rank of associate professor for their notable contributions to neurobiology and plant biology, respectively. The promotions were based …


Nicola Allen receives $2.5 million Chan Zuckerberg Initiative early career award

LA JOLLA—Nicola Allen, an assistant professor in Salk’s Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, has received a five-year, $2.5 million Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), as …


Salk recibe 19.2 millones de dólares ($) de la Iniciativa Allen de la American Heart Association para estudiar el Alzheimer y el envejecimiento en el cerebro

LA JOLLA—A team of Salk Institute researchers led by President Rusty Gage has been awarded $19.2 million over eight years by the American Heart Association-Allen Initiative in Brain Health and …


Células cerebrales llamadas astrocitos tienen un papel inesperado en la “plasticidad” cerebral”

Astrocytes are the main cell type in the brain producing Chrdl1. Through a technique called fluorescence in situ hybridization, the RNA of different proteins is tagged with fluorescent labels. In …

¿Qué sucede cuando las células de soporte de tu cerebro no son tan de soporte?

LA JOLLA—Potentially explaining why even healthy brains don’t function well with age, Salk researchers have discovered that genes that are switched on early in brain development to sever connections between …


¿Me escuchas ahora? Garantizando buenas conexiones celulares en el cerebro

LA JOLLA—Para tener una buena conversación telefónica, necesitas una buena conexión celular. Lo que es cierto para los teléfonos móviles, también resulta ser cierto para las neuronas.

Salk Institute scientists have …


Salk Institute scientist Nicola Allen named Pew Scholar

LA JOLLA–The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Salk Institute scientist Nicola Allen, an assistant professor in the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, is one of 22 researchers to be named a …


Educación

BSc, Anatomical Sciences, University of Manchester, England
PhD, Neuroscience, University College London
Investigador postdoctoral, Universidad de Stanford


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Premios y distinciones

  • National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award, 2024
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Career Accelerator Award, 2018
  • Coins For Alzheimer’s Research Trust (CART) Award, 2018
  • World Economic Forum Young Scientist, 2017
  • Dana Foundation Neuroimaging Award, 2016
  • Pew Biomedical Scholar Award, 2015
  • Whitehall Foundation Award, 2014
  • Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award, 2013
  • Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Fellowship
  • European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Fellowship