Action of Actin Dr. Eric Vitriol pulls up microscopy video of the actin cytoskeleton of a motor neuron, and its surface resembles the dancing edges of the sun with its solar flares. The dynamic cytoskeleton enables a...
Grey Matters – Alzheimer’s
A Critical Junction Dr. Ferenc “Frank” Deak describes a chemical synapse as “really where all the action happens in the brain,” a point where an action potential, basically an electrical message from the neuron...
Grey Matters – Spinal Cord Injury
Enhancing care of the brain The MCG Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, under the leadership of Dr. Xin-Yun Lu, department chair since July 2019, has been making strategic hires of scientists with...
From the President: Spring/ Summer 2021
Though I could easily fill this column with praise for the hard work, dedication and leadership our faculty, staff and remarkable students have demonstrated during the year-plus fight against COVID-19 — and let me be...
2020 John F. Beard Award for Compassionate Care
The $40,000 annual John F. Beard Award is given by William Porter “Billy” Payne and his wife, Martha, to a graduating MCG or health sciences student who exemplifies caring and compassion in health care. Payne, the...
Perfect Timing
Transformative gift helps reestablish dermatology as a department at MCG It was just before Christmas 2018, and Dr. David Hess, dean of the Medical College of Georgia, was about to give the three people sitting in...
