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Ph.D. Defenses

The Curriculum in Neurobiology at University North Carolina-Chapel Hill presents Ph.D. defenses:

Beth Cox
Mentor- Dr. Joey Johns

"Prenatal Cocaine: Effects on Neonatal Vocalizations, Cue-Induced Maternal Response, and Brain Development "
Date, Time & Location: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 12:30pm, 124 Taylor Hall

Liz Buttermore
Mentor- Dr. Manzoor Bhat

"Organization and Maintenance of Molecular Domains in Myelinated Axons"
Date, Time & Location: Friday, March 23, 2012, 3pm, 1131 Bioinformatics Auditorium

Neurobiology Faculty appointed Academic Plan Committee Chair

Regina Carelli, Stephen B. Baxter Distinguished Professor of Psychology and director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Program, is co-chairing a committee that will suggest priorities for implementation and help guide the logistics necessary to bring the ideas to fruition. To read further about Academic Plan, please visit this website: http://academicplan.unc.edu

Spring 2012 Neuroscience Center Seminars

On January 12th- The Spring 2012 Neuroscience Center Thursday Seminars kicked-off the semester with speaker Jerrel Yakel, Senior Investigator in the Laboratory of Neurobiology at NIH. Click here for a complete listing of seminars.

Recent News

A paper from the groups of Ben Philpot, Bryan Roth and Mark Zylka has just appeared online in Nature together with a News and Views. The paper reports work with a novel assay that points towards development of a treatment for a neurodevelopment disorder.

Congratulations!

Corey Cusack has been selected to receive a competitive travel fellowship for the Federation of European Neurosciences (FENS) conference in Barcelona this July. On behalf of the International Affairs Committee and the Society for Neuroscience, she has been selected to receive a $2,000 travel award.  Only fifteen students from across North America were chosen to receive this award. The FENS Forum in July will hopefully serve as an engaging venue for Corey to interact with other neuroscientists about her research and career.

Nate Sowa as been selected as one of two people nationally to receive an award for his dissertation work.  This award is given out once a year since 1982, and this is the first time any graduate student at UNC ever won the award. This is thus a very significant piece of news for Nate and UNC.  It speaks to how incredible Nate is and it shines a spotlight on the quality of graduate and MD/PhD education here at UNC.
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Reggie Cannady, PhD student in Clyde Hodge's Lab, was recently awarded an NRSA, "Molecular Mechanisms of Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Relapse-like Behavior."