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UNE Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences The CEN aims to foster creativity and collaboration among people who have a passion for understanding the complexity of the nervous system.

Neurological diseases represent enormous health, economic and social burdens to the United States as well as the rest of the world. Chronic pain, for example, is estimated to affect more than 50% of the U.S. population, and its direct and indirect economic impact is estimated to exceed $100 billion annually. The Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences aims to foster creativity and collaboration among people who have a passion for understanding the complexities of the nervous system and applying this knowledge to improve human health, productivity and quality of life.

Check out this event with University of New England scientists happening on Saturday at the local library in . Bring y...
09/17/2026

Check out this event with University of New England scientists happening on Saturday at the local library in . Bring your teens and tweens! is thriving at University of New England and we love to take it out on the road.

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04/30/2026

We're hiring! Please share far and wide.

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It's another ! Today we're wowing you with this image captured by our and Core. This is a tyrosine-hydroxyla...
04/27/2026

It's another ! Today we're wowing you with this image captured by our and Core. This is a tyrosine-hydroxylase-expressing neuron in the rat brain surrounded by other subsets of neurons and the nuclei of non-neuronal cells like microglia, astrocytes, and endothelial cells. TH(green), NeuN (magenta), cell nuclei (blue).

04/22/2026

Congratulations to this year's Kahn Family Foundation awardees who will spend the summer engaged in at the University of New England.

* Carissa Michaud - Dr. Mike Burman's lab

* Caitlyne Bobsein - Dr. Kerry Tucker's lab

* Ashton Wonson - Dr. Ling Cao 's lab

* Lola DiNuzzo - Dr. Ian Meng's lab

* Kasim Naringesingh-Smith - Dr. Ian Meng's lab

* Amaya Eaton - Dr. Kerry L. Tucker's lab

* Trevor Seymour - Dr. Eva Rose Murdock Balog's lab

Thanks to the faculty for their mentorship.

Two weeks until our next at Novel Book Bar & Cafe, where University of New England chemistry professor Eva Rose Balog ...
04/02/2026

Two weeks until our next at Novel Book Bar & Cafe, where University of New England chemistry professor Eva Rose Balog will discuss the art and craft of . See you there for some engaging conversation. All are welcome.

On this Monday , check out our and Core's image of Langerhans cells and nerve fibers intertwining in a cross-sec...
03/30/2026

On this Monday , check out our and Core's image of Langerhans cells and nerve fibers intertwining in a cross-section of hind paw skin. Individual nerve fibers travel into the epidermis and terminate in free nerve endings for sensory reception, while the immune cells sample the environment for pathogens and act as antigen-presenting cells for immune system activation. MHCII+ Langerhans cells (magenta), Beta-3 tubulin (yellow). .

On the heels of last night's fascinating on , we want to remind everyone of the Pain Registry for ME. Please conside...
03/10/2026

On the heels of last night's fascinating on , we want to remind everyone of the Pain Registry for ME. Please consider enrolling if you are dealing with pain, and please urge others to do the same.

See you tonight at Novel Book Bar & Cafe at 6 pm for a conversation on , led by Ling Cao from the University of New Eng...
03/09/2026

See you tonight at Novel Book Bar & Cafe at 6 pm for a conversation on , led by Ling Cao from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine . Buy a drink/snack upstairs and come on downstairs for some .

For , our and core brings you this cross-section of a peripheral nerve bundle with surrounding vasculature, muscle,...
03/02/2026

For , our and core brings you this cross-section of a peripheral nerve bundle with surrounding vasculature, muscle, and nerve fibers. This region is nearby to the mouse temporomandibular joint. Cell nuclei (blue), NF200+ nerve fibers (red), CGRP+ nerve fibers (green). Widefield microscopy.

Come join us on March 9 at Novel Book Bar & Cafe for another engaging conversation about . Professor Ling Cao from UNE...
02/24/2026

Come join us on March 9 at Novel Book Bar & Cafe for another engaging conversation about . Professor Ling Cao from UNE University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine will lead the talk on .

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