Neuroscience

Thomas Khodadad: Dose-dependent effects of dihydrotestosterone on place learning and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in male rats

Rasika Iyer: Effect of testosterone on spatial memory in ovariectomized female rats

Yuka Tatsumi: Exploring the Underlying Mechanism of Production Effect

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Laurie Chen: Drosophila melanogaster Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Dani Xu: Uncovering the Branching Activity of Ubiquitin Ligase Rsp5

Ting Shi: Effects of dihydrotestosterone on response learning in adult male rats

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Thea Joseph: Characterizing the Role of GDE2 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Madeline McKean: Characterizing the gene expression and enzymatic capacity of GDE6

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Neuroscience Reception for graduating seniors, family and friends. Refreshments will be served in the McCardell Bicentennial Hall Great Hall.

Senior thesis presentations by Kristen Monten, “Multiple Mechanisms of Sleep Regulation: An exploration of local cortical regulation of sleep intensity and global behavioral state” and Olivia Olsen, “Sea minks (Neovison macrodon) in context: ecology, phylogeny, and extinction.”

The Neuroscience Program will host a virtual reception with individual faculty, for seniors and their families. Please see our webpage for details closer to the event date! www.middlebury.edu/academics/neuro

Talk by Patricia Simon, Ph.D. Multiple tobacco product use among youth is a significant public health concern. Among youth who use any tobacco product, 34.7% reported current use of multiple tobacco products (i.e., two or more tobacco products in the past 30 days). Since tobacco companies target consumers based on clearly defined user segments, the success of tobacco use prevention efforts can be bolstered by a deeper understanding of how multiple tobacco product use is segmented among adolescents.

NSCI Thesis Presentation by Lyn Ackert-Smith ‘21: “Understanding brain states: Slow fluctuations of complexity in the hippocampus” Via Zoom: go.middlebury.edu/neurothesis
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Neuroscience Seminar and Q&A by Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Dept of Biology, UPenn: “Mouse pain scales and neural circuits for social touch” (via Zoom Webinar). A Q&A for students will follow the talk. Advanced registration is required: visit www.middlebury.edu/academics/neuro/news for details.

Opportunity for NSCI majors to learn more about helping local high school students prepare for the annual Vermont Brain Bee. VBB Coordinator Lisa Bernardin will be on hand discuss details.