‘Transient forgetting’ controlled by dopamine circuits, scientists find. Memory-retrieval block revealed; pauses thought without abolishing long-term memories.
January 2021 – Scripps Research News and Events
Nate Noyes in the Ron Davis Laboratory discovers that long-term memory depends on the cancer gene, Ras.
January 2020 – TSRI News and Views
Davis lab discovers compounds that may protect brain cells’ energy organelle from damage linked to Alzheimer’s, ALS and Parkinson’s
January 2020 – TSRI News and Views
Dr. Davis was interviewed on iHeart radio about the lab’s work on developing new therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders.
January 2020 – iHeart Podcast
Professor Davis was featured in the New York Times piece on the benefits of forgetting.
December 2019 – New York Times article
Davis Lab research on the importance of forgetting featured in a podcast from Quanta Magazine.
August 2019 – Quanta Podcast
Nature magazine published an excellent article on the importance of forgetting featuring Davis Lab research.
July 2019 – Nature article
Newsy produced a video on active forgetting featuring Davis Lab research.
July 2019 – Newsy video
Dr. Davis was interviewed about how the brain forgets and mitochondrial therapeutics in the Dr. Greg Seuss Podcast.
December 2018 – Greg Suess Podcast
A study by Anna Phan shows memory strength dependent on abundance of “package” deliveries.
December 2018 –TSRI News and Views
Researcher, Jacob Berry, decodes mechanism of remembering – and forgetting.
November 2018 –TSRI News and Views
Dr. Ron Davis talks about Alzheimer’s disease in the second segment of To The Point.
June 2018 – WPTVs To The Point
A team of scientists in the labs of Drs. Ron Davis and Kirill Martemyanov seek to understand how brains erase and store memories.
December 2017 –TSRI News and Views
Dr. Ron Davis is awarded $5 million outstanding investigator grant to study the biology of memory.
January 2017 –TSRI News and Views
A study by Dr. Ron Davis lab and research associate, Ilaria Drago, sheds light on the role of calcium in learning and memory.
August 2016 –TSRI News and Views
A study in the Ron Davis lab with research associate, Rodrigo Pacifico, links bipolar disorder to unexpected brain region.
July 2016 –TSRI News and Views
Scientists in the Ron Davis lab discover a new protein crucial to normal forgetting.
June 2016 –TSRI News and Views
Team to study microRNA role in memory, sleep and synapse function.
May 2016 – TSRI News and Views
A study by Dr. Ron Davis and research associates, Yunchao Gai and Ze Liu’s identifies memory suppressor gene that could hold key to new Alzheimer’s disease treatments.
April 2016 – TSRI News and Views
Recent discoveries by Dr. Ron Davis and research assistant, Courtney MacMullen may provide a target for Bipolar Disorder therapies.
March 2016 – TSRI News and Views
Dr. Ron Davis and research associates, Germain Busto and Tugba Guven-Ozkan identify a memory suppressor that may play a role in autism.
February 2016 – Medical Xpress
Dr. Ron Davis is awarded $2 million to study the impact of aging and age-related disease on the inner workings of a single type of nerve cell.
December 2015 – TSRI News and Views
Dr. Ron Davis and research associates, Germain Busto and Tugba Guven-Ozkan found small RNAs play important roles in memory formation.
June 2015 – TSRI News and Views
Dr. Ron Davis and research associate, Jacob Berry paint a more complete picture of sleep and memory.
June 15, 2015 – TSRI News and Views
Dr. Ron Davis and lab find a defect responsible for memory impairment aging.
March 9, 2015 – The Scripps Research Institute – News Release
Dr. Ron Davis and researchers Ying Tan, Germain Busto and Curtis Wilson pinpoint proteins vital to long-term memory.
September 12, 2013 –The Scripps Research Institute – News Release
Dr. Ron Davis awarded prestigious Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award.
February 20, 2013 –The Scripps Research Institute – News Release
Dr. Ron Davis and research associate, Ms. Courtney MacMullen, identify variation in genes associated with bipolar disorder.
October 2, 2012 – Translational Psychiatry
Dr. Ron Davis speaks at the Palm Beach County Medical Society’s “Future of Medicine Summit” on the genetic architecture underlying bipolar disorder.
September 28, 2012 – Palm Beach Daily News
Dr. Ron Davis and postdoctoral fellow, Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval, show positive memories linger longer.
July 9, 2012 – The Scripps Research Institute – News Release
Dr. Ron Davis and graduate student, Jacob Berry, identify neurotransmitters that lead to forgetting.
May 9, 2012 – The Scripps Research Institute – News Release
May 9, 2012 – Science Codex
May 9, 2012 – ScienceDaily
Dr. Ron Davis and postdoctoral fellow, Ayako Tanoki-Yamaguchi, discover a way to restore memory in aged animals.
April 02, 2012 – TSRI news release
April 02, 2012 – ScienceDaily
April 02, 2012 – Science Codex
April 03, 2012 – SeniorJournal.com
April 03, 2012 – sciencenewslinebiology
April 03, 2012 – News–Medical
April 04, 2012 – Daily Mail Online Science and Tech
Dr. Ron Davis speaks on memory at BallenIsles.
March 13, 2012 – TCPalm
February 29, 2012 – TSRI News Release
Dr. Ron Davis and Scripps Florida host a ceremony for Rare Disease Day, Feb 29
Sailor, equestrian Helowicz promotes awareness of neurological disorder.
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Dr. Ron Davis in search of memory.
May 9, 2011 – TSRI News Release
Dr. Ron Davis awarded $3 Million NIH grant to accelerate identification of learning and memory genes.
October 8, 2010 – TSRI News Release
Researchers in the Ron Davis laboratory identify new gene for memory.
September 13, 2010 – TSRI News Release
Ronald Davis joins Scripps Florida as Founding Chair of new Neuroscience Department.
October 19, 2009 –TSRI News Release