For the past decade, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy has been empowering individuals and communities to engage in solutions to climate change, and the results at the state level are telling. Today, Minnesota generates over 20 percent of its power from renewable sources, and is now home to the largest solar installation in the …
Today, we are the people called to stand up and defend our democracy, and that requires strengthening our civil society.
Dolkar has led significant climate initiatives in Minnesota and brings considerable public policy experience in transportation, buildings, and agriculture.
Jumping up and down with squeals of delight, a group of small children watched wide-eyed as a fire engine pulled up in front of their child care provider’s home. Fortunately, the responders were not there for an emergency but for a special outreach to meet providers in Grant County in west central Minnesota and distribute …
Native Sun Community Power Development is among groups driving a new path toward Tribal sovereignty, an Indigenous-led energy revolution powering justice and jobs by deploying solar and electric vehicles across the Upper Midwest.
2024-2026 Annegret Falkner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Computational Neuroendocrinology: Linking Hormone-Mediated Transcription to Complex Behavior Through Neural Dynamics Gonadal hormones – estrogen and testosterone are among the best known – are important to mammals in many ways. They modulate internal states, behavior, and physiology. But while much has been …
2022-2023 Andre Berndt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington Massively parallel, high throughput engineering of optogenetic biosensors for neuronal signaling Florescent, genetically encoded proteins have revolutionized the study of brain cells and neural circuits. By literally lighting up in the presence of specific neural activity, which then can be recorded by microscopes …
2020-2022 Ehud Isacoff, Ph.D., Evan Rauch Chair, Department of Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley Dirk Trauner, Ph.D. Janice Cutler Chair in Chemistry and Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology, New York University Photo-activation of Dopamine Receptors in Models of Parkinson's Disease Dopamine is generally known for its association with creating positive sensations or for its …
2000 - 2002 John R. Carlson, Ph.D., Yale University Odor Receptor Gene Selection: A Genetic Analysis in Drosophila Ulrike Heberlein, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco Neuroanatomical Bases of Ethanol-induced Behaviors in Drosophila Alex L. Kolodkin, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine The Role of Replusive Pathfinding Cues in the Vertebrate Olfactory System Gilles …
Electronic Fund Transfer Payments The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience uses an electronic payments system. This system allows us to transfer funds to our payees quickly and securely. The Fund's payments are made via the Automated Clearing House (ACH), which is a secure network connecting all U.S. financial institutions. The ACH network acts as the …