Chen Scholar, Yuki Oka, Receives Grant to Study Innate Brain Circuits
Yuki Oka, assistant professor of biology and Chen Scholar at Caltech, has received $1.5 million in funding from the New York Stem Cell Foundation. The award, distributed over five years, is one of three given internationally to early career neuroscience researchers. Oka is the first researcher at Caltech to receive the neuroscience investigator award.