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Caroline of the Orr Lab Awarded WCGS Merit Fellowship

Congratulations to Caroline of the Orr Lab on being selected for the Margaret & Herman Sokol Fellowship as part of the WCGS 2025–2026 Merit Fellowship program. This recognition reflects the WCGS Awards Committee’s strong endorsement of her productivity, academic excellence, and contributions to graduate research. This prestigious...

Laraib of the Orr Lab Awarded American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Congratulations to Laraib of the Orr Lab on receiving an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, a two-year award supporting her research on the effects of FTD/ALS-linked TDP-43 pathology on neurovascular function. Her work focuses on how dysfunction of TDP-43 in astrocytes may disrupt the tightly coordinated interactions among neurons...

Nessa Selected for the 2025–2026 Frank & Blanche Mowrer Memorial Fellowship

The Appel Institute is pleased to announce that Nessa, graduate student in the Gan Lab, has been selected as a recipient of the Frank & Blanche Mowrer Memorial Fellowship (WCGS 2025–2026 Merit Fellowship).

This distinction is awarded by the WCGS Awards Committee in recognition of exceptional academic...

Save the Date: Appel Symposium 2026

Please save the date for the Appel Symposium 2026.

Prior to the main symposium, the Appel Institute will host the Appel Poster Symposium. More information will be announced soon.

Stay tuned for updates.

Applications now open for 6th Appel Institute and BMRI Summer Scholars Program

Starting in 2021, Appel Institute and Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) have supported promising students residing in the New York City area to explore neuroscience research through the Summer Scholars Program at Weill Cornell Medicine. Selected scholars are placed in a neuroscience laboratory and work closely with their mentors to develop a research idea, learn laboratory methods, and acquire data to address their scientific hypotheses. During this paid internship,...