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Michael Drew
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Associate Professor
College of Natural Sciences, Department of NeuroscienceHippocampal memory, fear learning and extinction of fear memory, adult hippocampal neurogenesisdrew@mail.clm.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-232-0677
Office Location
WCH
Postal Address
120 INNER CAMPUS DR
AUSTIN, TX 78712-
Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (2004-2010)
Ph.D., Columbia University (2004)
Research Summary:
The major aim of our lab is to understand how the brain forms memories of our experiences, how these memories are retrieved at the right time and place, and how maladaptive memories can be suppressed. We focus on the hippocampus, a region of the brain that is specialized for rapidly generating detailed, multimodal memories of our experiences, called episodic memories. We study hippocampal function in mice because of the availability of genetic tools that give us the ability to manipulate neurons and neural circuits with unprecedented precision. Our specific interests include acquisition and extinction of fear memories and adult hippocampal neurogenesis.
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1998-2004 Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University
2004-2006 NIMH Postdoctoral Trainee in Psychobiological Sciences, Columbia University
2006 NIDA Postdoctoral Trainee in Basic Neuroscience, Columbia University
2006-2008 Young Investigator Award, NARSAD
2006-2008 Charles H. Revson Foundation Senior Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
2008-2013 NIMH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
2011 Faculty Development Summer Research Fellowship, UT Austin
2014 Faculty Service Award, College of Natural Sciences, UT Austin
2016 Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Texas System.
2017 UT "Clock Award" for support for students with disabilities
2018 Research and Creative Grant from the Vice President of Research
2018 Associate Member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
2020 President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award
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NEU 335: Neural Systems II
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