The application submission deadline has been extended to Friday, March 25th. It is strongly encouraged that each student take the opportunity to submit an application. In addition to the date extension, presentation posters are now allowed to be 48×48 if so desired.
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2016 Research Showcase
Students and Faculty,
I’m happy to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2nd annual Research Showcase hosted by the Neuroscience Minor. Please forward this message to any interested parties.
The conference will take place 10am- 5pm Friday, April 1st in the Thad Cochran Research Center. Poster presentations will take place in the Atrium and talks are scheduled for 3-5pm in the adjoining seminar room, 1044.
Poster judging will take place between 1-3pm (we will work around students classes as necessary) and cash awards will be given for top posters in graduate and undergraduate categories.
The Research Showcase is open to all in the UM community with interests in seeing the great research our community has produced this year. We hope to foster collaborative engagement by sharing research across disciplines.
Please encourage all your students to participate. This is a great opportunity for students to practice their presentation skills and for Honors students to give a practice talk for their thesis. Please consider adding presentation or attendance to the conference as an extra credit assignment for pertinent classes. This is a great opportunity for underclassman to get valuable information about the minor and about research going on in our departments.
The application for submissions is attached and will also be available on the website. Abstracts are not required at this time. We need only a topic title and whether you would like to produce a poster or talk or both. Please feel free to use posters from previous conferences keeping in mind that the size limit is 36”W x 40”H.
Thanks to all for your support and participation. We hope to continue to grow the conference each year and we are currently accepting suggestions for outside speakers.
Please note that our Psychology Department is holding a Conference the week following the Research Showcase. I have forwarded the call to abstracts to you. Please consider presenting your poster or talk at the Psycholgy Conference after presenting at the Showcase. You can perfect your presentation at the Showcase and have a polished statement ready for the following week.
Dr. Day
Click here for Submission Form
The application submission deadline has been extended to Friday, March 25th. It is strongly encouraged that each student take the opportunity to submit an application. In addition to the date extension, presentation posters are now allowed to be 48×48 if so desired.
Don’t Miss Dr. Lainy Day discussing “Neural, Muscular, and Hormonal Adaptations for Complex Display in Manakins (Pipridae)” on Friday, March 4 at 2:00pm in 303 Shoemaker. If you require special assistance related to a disability, please contact the Biology Main Office at 662-915-7203.
Mississippi Academy of Sciences Meeting
Congratulations to our neuroscience minors Wilson Helmhout, Nathaniel Webb, and John Aaron Howell on excellent presentations at the Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) Meeting in Hattiesburg, MS this past week. Also participating was William Ross, a Pharmacy student. Special accolades are in order for Natey Webb (Junior Biology Major, Chemistry and Neuroscience double minor) who was selected by the Mississippi Academy of Sciences to participate in the Millsaps- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate symposium to present his research aimed at determining if the effects of adrenergic receptor antagonists on memory consolidation seen in mammals are conserved in birds . He competed with the top 20% of participants at the MAS symposium and won 2nd overall in the competition receiving a $200 cash prize. Also to be congratulated are his faculty advisor, Dr. Lainy Day, and his co-authors J’undra Pegues, Taylor Williams, and graduate student, Dr. Amy Hribar.
3MT Competition Winner
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition developed by the University of Queensland, Australia. The exercise challenges higher degree students to present a compelling oration on their research thesis topic and its significance in just three minutes and allows them to use one Power Point slide.3MT® develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students’ capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. This skill is critical for all graduate students across all academic disciplines.A team of judges (not from the discipline) will determine the winners. The competition will be open to both masters and doctoral students.Several masters-level and doctoral winners will be selected, as well as a grand prize winner. The grand prize winner from the University of Mississippi will have a paid trip to the CSGS final 3MT competition in Charlotte, NC in February 2016.
We had a vigorous and interesting 3MT completion this year.
There were two rounds with a total of 100 participants. We had many excellent presentations. Therefore, I am most pleased to announce winners of this year’s competition.
We are very proud to announce Sarah Crocker-Buta won this competition. She is one of Dr. Leary’s students. The contest involves presenting a 3 minute research talk. Congratulations Sarah!
Grand Prize Winner:
Amanda Malloy; Southern Studies
Ph.D. Winners:
Mark McCauley; Biological Science (1st place)
Chandrima Chatterjee; Physics (2st place-tie)
Sam Wilson; Kinesiology (2nd place-tie)
Master’s Winners:
Sarah Crocker-Buta; Biological Science (1st place)
Whitney Turnipseed; Art (2nd place)
2015 Neuroscience Research Award
The Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor is accepting applications for Neuroscience Research Awards to assist undergraduates with sponsored research in any subfield of neuroscience. The program will provide students funds to participate and assist in the ongoing research of faculty performing neuroscience related research. A separate competition will be held for funds to attend a meeting to present research.
I have attached the information regarding this research award and the application. Applications are due November 13th, 2015.
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Undergraduate Research Opportunity!
The West Virginia University Center for Neuroscience continues to cultivate the next generation of neuroscientists with an opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in our 9-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI) program. Accepted students will gain invaluable experience as they study and work in high-tech facilities across over 40+ laboratories housed in modern research facilities.
Students accepted to the 2013 SURI program will receive a $4,000 stipend, paid throughout the program, plus housing in the WVU-leased Pierpont Apartments, located near the Medical Center Campus.
Please click on the the link below to to find out more!
Undergraduate research opportunity
Neuroscience Grad Student Publishes!
Jack Pemment, a graduate student in the Day lab, has published his first review paper.
Jack is currently working on his master’s thesis, exploring the autonomic stress response in martial artists.
Nicotine facilitates learning and memory
Discovery of Gatekeeper Nerve Cells Explains the Effect of Nicotine on Learning and Memory
Excerpt –
“It is known that nicotine improves cognitive processes including learning and memory, but this is the first time that an identified nerve cell population is linked to the effects of nicotine”, says Professor Klas Kullander at Scilifelab and Uppsala University.
Click here for full article.
The impact of stress on short term memory
Neuroscience News. Click here for full article.
Excerpt:
“In many respects, you’d look pretty normal without a prefrontal cortex,” said Craig Berridge, UW-Madison psychology professor. “You don’t need that part of the brain to hear or talk, to keep long-term memories, or to remember what you did as a child or what you read in the newspaper three days ago. People without a prefrontal cortex are very distractible [.] They’re very impulsive. They can be very argumentative.”