NIMH has awarded a Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic or Translational Mental Health Research grant to principal investigator Charles Chavkin, PhD in the Department of Pharmacology and co-investigators John Neumaier, MD, PhD, Paul Phillips, PhD and Larry Zweifel, PhD, all in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The prestigious Conte Centers program supports interdisciplinary basic and/or translational research demonstrating an extraordinary level of synergy, integration, and potential for advancing the state of the field. The UW Conte Center Grant P50 will explore how stress increases the risk of depression. This is an outstanding accomplishment for our Neurosciences group and we look forward to sharing more information on this terrific development in the coming months.