Neuroscience News SpotlightsWe invite you to view the latest edition of the Central Sulcus, the Emory Neuroscience program newsletter, to catch up on important happenings in our program. We would like to congratulate our recent 2012 & 2013 graduates:JACOB SHRECKENGOST - Shawn Hochman, Advisor: "On the Mechanisms of Presynaptic Inhibition of Primary Afferents" (01/12) SHAREEN IQBAL - Leland Chung, Advisor: "PDGF Upregulates MCL-1 through Activation of Beta-Catenin and HIF-1alpha-dependent Signaling in Cancer" (02/12) LISA L. MATRAGRANO - Donna Maney, Advisor: "Hormone-Dependent Modulation of Auditory Processing and Selectivity in White-Throated Sparrows" (02/12) MEERA MODI - Larry Young, Advisor: "Identifying Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Enhancing Social Cognition using Functional Animal Models" (03/12) VASILIKI MICHOPOULOS - Mark Wilson, Advisor: "Psychosocial Stress Induces Distinct Physiological and Behavioral Phenotypes in Female Rhesus Monkeys" (03/12) SHARON A. SWANGER - Gary Bassell, Advisor: "Bidirectional Control of Dendritic mRNA Translation, Glutamate Receptor Expression, and Synapse Structure by the CPEB-Associated Polyadenylation Machinery" (05/12) TERRELL BROTHERTON - Jonathan Glass, Advisor: "Toxicity and Solubility of Mutant Superoxide Dismutase 1 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" (08/12) ELAINE PRANSKI - Ranjita Betarbet, Advisor: "Ring Finger Protein 11 (RNF11) Mediates NF-KB Signaling and Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration" (08/12) SAMMY LEE - Lian Li and Lih-Shen Chen, Co-Advisors: "Pathogenesis of Demyelinating Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Caused by Mutations in SIMPLE" (08/12) OSAMA MOHAMAD - Ling Wei, Advisor: "Stem Cells and Optogenetics: Novel Approaches for the Treatment of Focal Ischemic Stroke in Adult Mice" (09/12) CHARITY DURAN - Criss Hartzell, Advisor: "Functional Characterization of Anoctamins, a Novel Family of Transmembrane Proteins" (11/12) ANDREW BROOKS - Gregory Berns, Advisor: "The Neural Coding of Loss" (11/12) S. ALISHA EPPS - David Weinshenker, Advisor: "Seizure Susceptibility and Epileptogenesis in Depression-sensitive Rats" (12/12) JAMES BOGENPOHL - Yoland Smith, Advisor: "Metabotropic Glutamate and Adenosine Receptors in the Monkey Striatopallidal Complex and their Involvement in Parkinsonism: Anatomy, Physiology and Behavior" (12/12) ERIN HECHT - Lisa Parr, Advisor: "Neural Adaptations for Social Learning: Structural and Functional Investigations of Action Observation Networks in Macaques, Chimpanzees and Humans" (01/13) DEBRA COOPER - Leonard Howell and David Weinshenker, Co-Advisors: "Effects of Pharmacological Dopamine b-hydroxylase Inhibition on Cocaine-induced Behavior and Neurochemistry" (03/13) STEFANIE RITTER - Randy Hall, Advisor: "Regulation of Glutamate Transporter and Receptor Function by NHERF Scaffolding Proteins" (04/13) SANTIAGO ARCHILA - Astrid Prinz, Advisor: "Experimental and Computational Evidence for Regulation of Synaptic Conductance via Graded Homeostasis of Post-synaptic Chloride Concentration" (04/13) AMY ANDERSON-ZOSE - Edward Craighead and Elaine Walker, Co-Advisors: "Prenatal Maternal Depression and the Neurodevelopment of Social Cognition" (04/13) The NIH Awards a Blueprint Training Grant in Computational Neuroscience to Emory Neuroscience Training FacultyUnder this grant, $1.6 million will be received from the National Institutes of Health over 5 years for Emory and Georgia Tech investigators to support a high profile training program in the area of Computational Neuroscience. Emory/Georgia Tech will become one of only 5 recognized national training centers receiving such NIH support. The core training faculty currently consists of 16 faculty members from Departments spanning the Emory Medical School (Physiology, Neurology, Anesthesiology) and Emory College of Arts and Sciences (Biology, Psychology) as well as Georgia Tech (Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering). This range testifies to the highly collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of this field of study at Emory/Georgia Tech. |
||
|
Ready To Get Started?
If you are ready to get started with Emory's Neuroscience Graduate program, click here to apply now!
|
||
S. Potter Lab - Neurons cultured on multi-electrode array
|
||
S. Sanyal Lab - Confocal image of adult Drosophila brain (Green (FasII) - marks the mushroom bodies; Red (Elav) - all neuronal nuclei)
|
||
S. Traynelis Lab - Tracking of microglial cell motility over time; the lines represent the movements of the cell over a 15-minute period
|
||
|
VIEW ALL RESEARCH
Want to see more research?
Click here to go inside Emory's Neuroscience Graduate Program labs and get an up close look at the latest in Emory innovation. |
||