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Distinguished Professor Peter Narins Celebrated in a Special Issue of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Distinguished Professor Peter Narins Celebrated in a Special Issue of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Distinguished Professor Peter Narins is celebrated in a special issue of Journal of Comparative Physiology A, "Insights into Neuroethology: A celebration of the career of Peter M. Narins". Peter M. Narins, past Associate Editor and one of the Top 100 Authors of the Last 100 Years of the Journal of Comparative Physiology A, has profoundly impacted the field of neuroethology with his creative, interdisciplinary research into the evolution, operation, and function of the vertebrate auditory system, most uniquely in anuran amphibians. The Special Issue aims to celebrate Peter’s impact by highlighting how his career inspired and advanced neuroethological research into amphibians and other model systems. The special issue will cover a broad range of species, topics, and approaches in neuroethology. UCLA department of Integrative Biology and Physiology Professor Duncan Leitch and Distinguished Professor Alan Grinnell have papers published in this special issue.
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A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured in the UCLA Newsroom

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured in the UCLA Newsroom

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured in the UCLA Newsroom. Authors on the publication are Professor Duncan Leitch, and MCIP graduate students, Christopher Meredith, Rebeca Fuquen and undergrads Sophia Manfre and Penny Chai.
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A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured on the KTLA 5 news webpage

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured on the KTLA 5 news webpage

A recent Leitch Lab publication, “A somatosensory fovea in the fingertips of the Surinam toad”, is featured on the KTLA 5 news webpage Authors on the publication are Professor Duncan Leitch, and MCIP graduate students, Christopher Meredith, Rebeca Fuquen and undergrads Sophia Manfre and Penny Chai.
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Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Leal on receiving a 2026 UCLA-CDU Dana Center Seed Grant to learn from community voices and inform research on brain health, cognitive aging, and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Latino older adults.
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Educational Programs

The department is proud of its long history in training the next generation of thinkers and leaders in science and medicine. The department offers an Undergraduate Program (B.S. in Physiological Science) as well as a two-year, research-oriented Master’s Program (M.S. in Physiological Science). We are a co-founder and home to the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program, which is one of 11 Ph.D.-granting programs in the Graduate Programs in Biosciences (GPB) at UCLA. The department is also highly engaged with the Undergraduate Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program (UNSIDP). Specifically, IBP provides administrative expertise and support for UNSIDP’s leadership; staff; instruction; curriculum; courses; teaching assistants; and financial support for selected activities.

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