This image shows the spatial distribution of spinal cord cell types. Credit: The Meltzer Lab

Millions live w/ chronic pain & little relief. #HannaGray Fellow @shanmeltzer.bsky.social & team's new map of the spinal cord — built cell-by-cell — provides insights into how pain-signals travel, & will be openly available to the science community to help speed new pain treatments hhmi.news/4u1eIsJ

A smiling, outdoor headshot of Corina Amor Vegas, whose team is engineering immune cells to target damaged, aging cells in the body to better understand their role in neurodegeneration

A smiling headshot of Marissa Scavuzzo, who's investigating how enteric glia — key cells in the gut’s nervous system — help keep the body’s metabolism and inflammation in balance, and why this may break down in neurodegenerative diseases.

Congrats to #FreemanHrabowski Scholar Corina Amor Vegas & #HannaGray Fellow Marissa Scavuzzo, both among this year's MIND Prize winners! Recognizing early-to-mid-career scientists, the award honors those with innovative ideas that advance neurodegeneration research: bit.ly/46VrlMh.