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! Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1 2013-June 31 2014) Including some previous FY highlights! Submitted by Elizabeth Weaver, M.S.!
Administrators Geert de Vries, Ph.D. DIRECTOR Neuroscience Institute
[email protected] Elizabeth Weaver, M.S. Associate Director
[email protected] Rob Poh IT Director
[email protected] Tara Alexander Business Manager
[email protected] Hannah Shin Coordinator
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[email protected] ! Elliott Albers, Ph.D. ! Institute Neuroscience
[email protected] ! Mukesh Dhamala, Ph.D. Physics & Astronomy !
[email protected] ! Ph.D. Anne Murphy, Neuroscience Institute !
[email protected] Diana Robins, Ph.D. (Term ! ended April 2014) Psychology !
[email protected] Deb Baro, ! Ph.D. (Replaced Dr. Robins from April-June ! 2014) Psychology
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Ambassadors! Igor Belykh, Ph.D. Mathematics & Statistics
[email protected] Richard Briggs, Ph.D. Physics & Astronomy
[email protected] Nancy Forger, Ph.D. Neuroscience Institute
[email protected] Markus Germann, Ph.D. Chemistry
[email protected] Tricia King, Ph.D. Psychology
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Vincent Rehder, Ph.D. Biology
[email protected] Daniel Weiskopf, Ph.D. Philosophy
[email protected] Ying Zhu, Ph.D. Computer Science
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Program Overview! The Brains & Behavior Area of Focus is an interdepartmental program that promotes research collaborations and dialog through graduate courses, lectures, grants, workshops and much more. Researchers and students involved in this program span across the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology. At a glance, the five central components of this program are the Brains & Behavior Fellowship, the Distinguished Lecture Series, the Seminar Course, the Scholar’s Program, and the Seed Grants. However, B&B deserves much more than a glance and below you will find a more detailed outline of the many facets of Brains & Behavior. ! History of Brains & Behavior Area of Focus! In late 2003 or early 2004, Provost Henry announced the competition for the University "Areas of Focus". Dr. Don Edwards, Biology faculty at the time, was asked by Dean Adamson to lead an effort in neuroscience. With much help from colleagues across the university, Dr. Edwards drafted a proposal that called for the formation of a "Brains & Behavior Program", in which approximately 70 faculty [from ten departments (Bio, Chem, Psych, Phys & Ast, Math & Stats, Comp. Sci, Comp. Inf. Sys., Ed. Psy., Philos., Law) in three Colleges] with an interest in neuroscience had agreed to participate. The budget supported (i) formation of four Research Groups with themes across the neurosciences; (ii) 1 year, $30K "Seed Grants" offered annually on a competitive basis; (iii) B&B Graduate Fellowships; (iv) B&B Undergraduate Scholarships for summer support for Presidential Scholars; (v) an annual B&B Retreat; and (vi) new faculty hires in several departments. The B&B Program began operation along these lines in 2004 with Dr. Edwards as Director. In 2007, B&B and other interested faculty discussed the creation of a new academic unit. This discussion led to the formation of the Neuroscience Institute (NI) in 2008. Currently, both B&B and the NI are thriving and growing programs. ! The Fellowship Program (Pages 6-24)! The Fellowship is the major student component of the Brains & Behavior program. There are 45 graduate students in this prestigious program and they hail from the 8 different disciplines making up the Brains & Behavior area of focus. They are required to attend all the distinguished lectures. In addition, these students take the B&B Seminar Course for an entire year and attend professional development workshops . Many students engage in extracurricular and community activities together.!
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The Brains & Behavior Retreat (Page 25-30)! This popular annual day long event brings over 100 members of the B&B community together to share research, give talks, and present posters. In addition, it includes a well-known keynote speaker.! Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) (Pages 31-32)! Scholars from across the world come to speak in the yearly B&B Distinguished Lecture Series (otherwise known as DLS). The series is held once a month from September through May in Georgia State University’s new Petit Science Center. The speakers usually meet with faculty and students during their stay.!
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Seminar Course (Pages 32)! The Brains & Behavior Fellows Seminar course is a required student-led discussionbased course. Students work in groups to present the papers submitted by the B&B speakers. There are nine invited speakers for the 2014 fiscal year so each student was responsible for presenting 1 or 2 speakers. In addition to the course, attendance at the B&B lecture is mandatory. There is also a lunch for students at noon on Tuesdays to meet the DLS speakers in an intimate setting and discuss the work further.!
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Scholars Program (Pages 33-34)!
The B&B Scholars Program provides fellowships to selected undergraduates to support their research efforts in faculty laboratories. Prospective B&B Scholars are required to have a 3.0 GPA or better, be GSU undergraduates in good standing, and be nominated by their advisors. Scholars then present their research at poster symposium at the end of the summer and one poster winner is determined.!
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Seed Grants (Pages 35)!
Not only is collaboration seen at the student level within the B&B Fellowship, but the annual B&B Seed Grant program fosters collaboration at the faculty level as well. Each year, faculty across 8 disciplines work together to initiate interdisciplinary research with the support of a seed grant. Many times, these small projects go on to garner federal funding and develop into large collaborative research.!
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Staying Connected (37-38)! While B&B reaches across departments to pull student, faculty and staff together through lectures, poster sessions and retreats, it also employs several methods of ‘staying connected’ through newsletters, alumni programs and social media. ! Core Facility Support! B&B supports the Confocal Microscope facility as well as the Petit Science Center Core facility run by Mary Karom through salary supplementation and equipment maintenance/ upgrades. ! Current directions & programatic support for the University Strategic Plan (throughout)! Currently, the Brains & Behavior program supports the University Strategic Plan in a multitude of ways. See each individual section to learn more about which B&B initiatives support each unique aspect of Goals 1-3 of University Strategic Plan.!
! Goal 1: Become a national model for undergraduate education.! !
Goal 2: Significantly strengthen and grow the base of distinctive graduate and professional programs that assure development of the next generation of researchers and societal leaders.!
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Goal 3: Become a leading public research university addressing the most challenging issues of the 21st century.!
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General Budget Breakdown! Pie graph illustrates general distribution of $1,839,666!
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Future Directions (25)!
! The Brains & Behavior program challenges itself to continually support the University’s Strategic Plan by employing effective and innovative approaches to interdisciplinary academia at the level of higher education. Through a plethora of well established programatic approaches, B&B attracts, retains, and develops academic leadership across the university and within 8 different departments. ! ! In particular, B&B has been designed to help its members and students collaborate and share information and research across disciplines. This is encouraged throughout all aspects of the program. However, in the future, B&B plans to utilize its comprehensive electronic database to further examine which aspects of the program are meeting B&B’s core goals. Using this evidence based system, B&B will be in a position to differentiate between and invest in the programs that indeed make significant progress versus those that may be spinning their wheels. B&B aims to reward programs with successful outcomes and those that successfully further the mission of both the B&B program as well as the University Strategic Plan.! ! In addition, B&B proposes to coordinate and implement more GSU-based workshops for both faculty and students. These workshops will supplement graduate level education and faculty professional development. Because we plan to utilize resources within the GSU community, this addition is cost effective.! ! !
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! FELLOW TRAVEL AWARDS!
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B&B Fellows are allotted $500 each year to go towards travel expenses where they are presenting a poster at a conference as first author, or second author behind their PI. In FELLOW
CONFERENCE
Leslie Dunham
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
Stephen Estes
Society of Neuroscience 2013
Charuni Gunaratne
Society of Neuroscience 2013
Thakshila Herath
APS March Meeting 2014!
Reema Jayakar
42nd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society
Bidhan Lamichhane
Society of Neuroscience 2013
Max Oginsky
Society of Neuroscience 2013
Devaleena Pradhan
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
David Sinkiewicz
Society of Neuroscience 2013
Tessa Solomon-Lane
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
Dengchao Wang
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
Nicole Wilner
American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
FY 2014, B&B Fellows used a total of 12 travel awards.!
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This weekend long student retreat takes place off-campus and is primarily geared towards team building, sharing research, and exchanging ideas. Our past B&B student Retreat included data-blitzes, neuroscience-themed scavenger hunt, reptile seminar from conservationist, team building and a workshop examining multiple levels of analysis.
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In FY 2014, B&B organized an Interview Prep workshop led by Ashley Watts from the university's Career Services. In addition, Fellows had the opportunity to take a COS Pivot workshop lead by Princeanna Walker from the University Research Services and Administration in FY 2014, where they learned the skills necessary to search world wide databases for external funding. By preparing our B&B students both in and out of the classroom, B&B sends a more well-equipped professional into the workforce. Other previous workshops have included curriculum vitae prep, grant writing and utilizing multiple levels of analysis. In the future, B&B plans to have a career fair panel, jobhunting 101, and a utilizing technology in the classroom seminar.
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Kenworthy, L, Yerys, BE, Weinblatt, R, Abrams, DN, & Wallace, GL. (2013) Motor Demands Impact Speed of Information Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders. Neuropsychology.!
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S. Bajaj, B. Lamichhane, B. Adhikari, M. Dhamala (2013) Amygdala-mediated connectivity in perceptual decision-making of emotional facial expressions. Brain Connectivity, 3, 386-397.!
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B. Adhikari, E. Goshorn, B. Lamichhane, M. Dhamala (2013) Temporal order judgments of audiovisual events involve network activity between parietal and prefrontal cortices. Brain Connectivity, 5, 536-545.!
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B. M. Adhikari, C. M. Epstein, M. Dhamala (2013) Localizing epileptic seizure onsets with Granger causality. Physical Review E (Rapid communications), 88, 030701. !
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B. M. Adhikari, K. M. Quinn, M. Dhamala (2013) Is the brain's inertia for motor movements different for acceleration and deceleration? PLOS ONE, 8(10),e78055.!
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D. Sabatinelli, L. McTeague, M. Dhamala, D. Frank, T. Wanger, B. M. Adhikari (2014) Reduced medial prefrontal-subcortical connectivity in dysphoria: Granger causality analyses of rapid functional MRI. Brain connectivity.!
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B. M. Adhikari, K. Sathian, C. M. Epstein, B. Lamichhane, and M. Dhamala (2014) Oscillatory activity in neocortical networks during tactile microspatial perception acuity/ Neuroimage, 91, 300-310.!
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D. Sabatinelli, D. W. Frank, T. J. Wanger, M. Dhamala, B. M. Adhikari, and X. Li (2014) The timing and directional connectivity of human frontoparietal and ventral visual attention networks in emotional scene perception. Neuroscience (in press).!
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B. Lamichhane, B. M. Adhikari, S. F. Brosnan, and M. Dhamala (2014) The Neural Basis of Perceived Unfairness in Economic Exchanges. Brain connectivity (in press).!
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C. M. Epstein,B. M. Adhikari, R. Gross, J. Willie, and M. Dhamala (2014) Application of HighFrequency Granger Causality to Analysis of Epileptic Seizures and Surgical Decision Making. Epilepsia (in press). !
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Balmer, T.S. & Pallas, S.L. (2013) Refinement but not maintenance of visual receptive fields is independent of visual experience. Cereb Cortex. doi:10.1093/cercor/bht281.!
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Barnett W. O'Brien G, Cymbalyuk G. (2013) Bistability of silence and seizure-like bursting. J Neurosci Methods. !
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Barnett W. & Cymbalyuk G. (2014) A Codimension-2 Bifurcation Controlling Endogenous Bursting Activity and Pulse-Triggered Responses of a Neuron Model. PLoS ONE Jan 31.!
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X. Chen and Y. Zhu (2013) Real-Time Simulation of Vehicle Tracks on Soft Terrain. Advances in Visual Computing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8033, pp. 437-447.!
! ! Rasanjalee Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage! !
DM Rasanjalee Himali, Sham Navathe, Sushil K Prasad (2013) CCQR: Concept Cluster based Query Routing. IEEE IPDPS !
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DM Rasanjalee Himali, Sham Navathe, Sushil K Prasad (2013) SAS: Semantics Aware Search System in Peer-to-Peer Networks. IEEE ICDCS!
! ! Lori Eidson! !
Eidson, L.N. & Murphy, A.Z. (2013) Persistent Peripheral Inflammation Attenuates MorphineInduced Periaqueductal Gray Glial Cell AcAS1. Journal of Pain.!
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Eidson, L.N. & Murphy, A. Z. (2013) Blockade of Toll-like Receptor 4 Attenuates Morphine Tolerance and Facilitates the Pain Relieving Properties of Morphine. Journal of Neuroscience, 33 (15952-15963).!
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Lei Ray Zhong, Stephen Estes, Liana Artinian, Vincent Rehder (2013) Acetylcholine elongates neuronal growth cone filopodia via activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Developmental Neurobiology. 73(7):487-501!
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Lei Ray Zhong, Stephen Estes, Liana Artinian and Vincent Rehder (2013) Nitric Oxide Regulates Neuronal Activity via Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels. PLOS One.!
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! ! Charuni Gunaratne! !
Gunaratne C.A., Sakurai A. and Katz P.S. (2014) Comparative mapping of GABAimmunoreactive neurons in the central nervous systems of nudibranch molluscs. Journal of Comparative Neurology.!
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Sakurai A, Gunaratne CA, Katz PS (2014) Two interconnected kernels of reciprocally inhibitory interneurons underlie alternating left-right swim motor pattern generation in the mollusc, Melibe leonina, Journal of Neurophysiology, Online ahead publication. http://jn.physiology.org/content/ early/2014/06/09/jn.00261.2014!
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Book Chapter. Newcomb, J.M., Sakurai, A., Lillvis, J.L., Gunaratne, C.A., and Katz, P.S. (2013) Homology and homoplasy of swimming behaviors and neural circuits in the Nudipleura (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). In: In the light of Evolution: Volume VI: Brain and Behavior. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC pp. 153-174.!
! ! Thakshila Herath! !
Thakshila Herath, Prabath Hewageegana and Vadym Apalkov (2014) A quantum dot in topological insulator nanofilm. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 115302 (7pp)!
! ! Reema Jayakar! !
Smith, K.M., King, T.Z., Jayakar, R., & Morris, R. (2014). Reading Skill in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumor: A Theory-Based Neurocognitive Model. Neuropsychology, 28(3), 448-458.!
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Jayakar, R., King, T.Z., Morris, R., & Henrich, C. (2014) Adult survivors of pediatric brain tumor: Vulnerability of the left hippocampus and verbal memory associations to left versus right hippocampal volumes. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. !
! ! Bidhan Lamichhane! !
Sahil Bajaj,Bidhan Lamichhane, Bhim Mani Adhikari, and Mukesh Dhamala (2013) Amygdala Mediated Connectivity in Perceptual Decision-making of Emotional Facial Expressions. Brain connectivity.!
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Bhim Mani Adhikari, Eli S. Goshorn, Bidhan Lamichhane, and Mukesh Dhamala (2013) Temporal order judgement of audiovisual events involves network activity between parietal and prefrontal cortices. Brain connectivity. !
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Bhim M. Adhikari , K. Sathian, Charles M. Epstein , Bidhan Lamichhane , Mukesh Dhamala (2013) Oscillatory activity in neocortical networks during tactile discrimination near the limit of spetial acuity. Neuroimage. !
! ! Sanghoon Lee! !
Sanghoon Lee, Saeid Belkasim, and Yanqing Zhang (2013) Multi-document Text Summarization using Topic Model and Fuzzy Logic. 9th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining (MLDM) in conjunction with World Congress 2013, New York, USA.!
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Sanghoon Lee, Sunny Shakya, Rajshekar Sunderraman, and Saeid Belkasim (2013) Real Time Micro-Blog Summarization based on Hadoop/HBase. First Workshop on Social Web Intelligence in conjunction with 2013 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on Web Intelligence (WI) and Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT).!
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Luis A. Martinez, Marisa J. Levy and Aras Petrulis (2013) Endogenous oxytocin is necessary for preferential Fos expression to male odors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in female Syrian hamsters. Hormones and Behavior. 64: 653-64.!
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Martinez, L.A.. & Petrulis, A. (2013) Endogenous oxytocin is necessary for preferential Fos expression to male odors in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in female Syrian hamsters. Manuscript in revision at Hormones and Behavior.!
! ! Katharine McCann! !
McCann KE, Bicknese CN, Huhman KL (2013) Effects of inescapable versus escapable social stress in Syrian hamsters: The importance of stressor duration versus escapability. Neurosci Letters.!
! ! Michael McDermott! !
Sushil K. Prasad, Shashi Shekhar, Michael McDermott, Xun Zhou, Michael Evans, and Satish Puri (2013) GPGPU-accelerated interesting interval discovery and other computations on GeoSpatial datasets: a summary of results. In Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Analytics for Big Geospatial Data.!
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Yu Meng!
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Xuan Guo, Yu Meng, Ning Yu and Yi Pan (2014) Cloud Computing for Detecting High-Order Genome-wide Epistatic Interaction via Dynamic Clustering, BMC Bioinformatics.!
! ! Yoko Ogawa Henderson! !
Parent, M.B., Darling, J.N., & Henderson, Y.O. (2014) Remembering to eat: Hippocampal regulation of meal onset. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 306(10), R701-13.!
! ! Devaleena Pradhan! !
Pradhan D. S., Connor K. R., Pritchett E. M., and Grober, M. S. (2014) Contextual modulation of androgen effects on agonistic interactions. Hormones and Behavior 65(1): 47-56.!
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Pradhan D.S., Solomon-Lane T.K., and Grober M.S. (2014) Endocrine profiles of an alternative male reproductive phenotype in the sex changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli. Copeia.!
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Pradhan D.S., Solomon-Lane T.K., Willis, M.C., and Grober, M.S. (2014) A mechanism for rapid neurosteroidal regulation of parenting behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 281 (1786)!
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Solomon-Lane T.K., Willis M. C., Pradhan D.S., and Grober M.S. (2014) The reproductive correlates of within-status agonistic behavioral variations in a stable social hierarchy. Behaviour.!
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Sushil K. Prasad, Shashi Shekhar, Michael McDermott, Xun Zhou, Michael Evans, Satish Puri (2013) GPGPU-accelerated interesting interval discovery and other computations on GeoSpatial datasets: a summary of results, In BigSpatial '13 Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Analytics for Big Geospatial Data, Pages 65-72 !
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D Agarwal, S Karamati, Satish Puri, S Prasad (2014) Towards an MPI-like framework for the Azure cloud platform, In 14th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing, Chicago, USA.!
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Satish Puri and Sushil Prasad (2014) GIS Polygon Overlay Processesing: New Parallel Algorithm and System Prototype, In IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing.!
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Sanish Rai!
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Sanish Rai and Xiaolin Hu (2013) Behavior Pattern Detection for Data Assimilation in Agent Based Simulation of Smart Environments.!
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Xiaolin Hu , Sanish Rai, and Xiaoming Wang (2013) Activity-informed Dynamic Data Driven Simulation, EDP Sciences.!
! ! Reimbay Reimbayev! !
R. Reimbayev and I. Belykh (2014) When transitions between bursting modes induce neural synchrony. Int. Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos.!
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Chen G., Saito A. and Shan S. (2013) The Existence of a 2-Factor in a Graph Satisfying the Local Chvatal Erd0s Condition. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics. !
! ! Tessa Solomon-Lane! !
Pradhan, D.S., Solomon-Lane, T.K., & Grober, M.S. (2014) Systemic and local endocrine profiles of an alternative male reproductive phenotype in the sex changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli. Copeia.!
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Solomon-Lane, T.K., Willis, M.C., Pradhan, D.S., & Grober, M.S. (2014) Female, but not male, agonistic behavior is associated with male reproductive success in stable bluebanded goby (Lythypnus dalli) hierarchies. Behaviour.!
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Pradhan, D.S., Solomon-Lane, T.K., Willis, M.C., & Grober, M.S. (2014) A novel mechanism for rapid neurosteroidal regulation of parenting behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.!
! ! Morgan Thompson! !
Nahmias, Eddy and Thompson, Morgan. (2013) Naturalistic Vision of Free Will. In Current Controversies in Experimental Philosophy, ed. by E. ONeill and E. Machery (Routledge). !
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Juan Liu, Dengchao Wang, Maksim Kvetny, Warren Brown, Yan Li, and Gangli Wang (2013) Quantification of Steady-State Ion Transport through Single Conical Nanopores and a Nonuniform Distribution of Surface Charges.Langmuir, 2013, 29, 8743-8752!
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Dengchao Wang, Juan Liu, Maksim Kvetny, Warren Brown, Yan Li, and Gangli Wang (2014) Physical origin of dynamic ion transport features through single conical nanopores at different bias frequencies. Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 1827-1832.!
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Cooke BM, Ph.D. and Weathington JM (2014) Perishable Potentials: The neurobiological and behavioral effects of child abuse in males and females, Hormones and Behavior.!
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Weathington JM, Puhy C, Hamki A, Strahan JA, and Cooke BM (2013) Sexually dimorphic patterns of neural activity in response to juvenile social subjugation, Behav Brain Res. 256:464-71.!
! ! Xiaohu Zhang! !
Hieu Dinh , Xiaohu Zhang , Joyce Sweeney , Yang Yang , Yun He , Abasaheb Dhawane , and Suri S. Iyer (2014) Glycan based detection and drug susceptibility of influenza virus, Anal. Chem., 2014, 86 (16), pp 8238–8244.!
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J Zou, M Salarian, Y Chen, R Veenstra, CF Louis, JJ Yang (2014) Gap junction regulation by calmodulin, FEBS letters 588 (8), 1430-1438.!
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Chen Y, Xue S, Zou J, Lopez JR, Yang J, Perez CF (2014) Myoplasmic resting Ca2+ regulation by ryanodine receptors is under the control of a novel Ca2+-binding region of the receptor, Biochemical Journal 460 (2), 261-271.!
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Danielle Abrams! ! ! Moulton, E., Abrams, D.N., Barton, M., Robins, D.L., & Fein, D. Sub-threshold autism symptomatology at age 2 is predictive of movement onto the autism spectrum at age 4. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Atlanta, GA, May 2014.!
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Abrams, D.N., Robins, D.L., Adamson, L.B., & Fein, D. Early ASD symptom severity predicts diagnostic transition to Global Developmental Delay (GDD). Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Atlanta, GA, May 2014.!
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Timothy Balmer! ! ! Visual experience regulates plasticity in developing visual circuits through plasticity in GABA mediated synaptic transmission, Spineless Neuroscience Forum, Atlanta, GA, 2013. !
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Mechanisms of experience-dependent prevention of plasticity in visual circuits, Dissertation Defense, Atlanta, GA, 2014.!
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William Barnett! ! ! W. H. Barnett, A.Gomez-Lugo, G. Cymbalyuk. Bursting-to-slence transitions are suppressed in half-center oscillator motif. Society for Neuroscience annual meeting. Poster Presentation. 2013.!
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W. H. Barnett, G. S. Cymbalyuk. Protection against multistability in a half-center oscillator. Dynamic Days US. 2014.!
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W. H. Barnett, D. Kueh, R. Calabrese, G. Cymbalyuk. The role of the Na+/K+ pump in motor pattern generation: modeling. Monthly Spineless Neuroscience. Oral presentation. 2014.!
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W. H. Barnett, D. Kueh, R. Calabrese, G. Cymbalyuk. The role of the Na+/K+ pump in motor pattern generation. South East Neuroscience Conference. Oral presentation. 2014.!
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Richard Campbell! ! ! Campbell R and Walthall W, Mechanisms of VD motor neuron differentiation: UNC-55 expression and repression is determined by isoforms of UNC-62, GSU Biology Recruitment Day, February, 2014.!
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Campbell R and Walthall W, Mechanisms of VD motor neuron differentiation: The Joy of Isoforms and Promoter Bashing, BGSA Student Seminar Series, April 2014.!
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Jihye Chang! !
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Relationships Among Attention, Processing Speed, and Biochemical Features in Children Identified with Mitochondrial Disease.!
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Rasanjalee Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage! ! ! DM Rasanjalee Himali, Sham Navathe, Sushil K Prasad, SAS: Semantics Aware Search in Peer-to-Peer Networks, ICDCS 2013.!
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Leslie Dunham! ! ! Oglethorpe University Animal Behavior Class Invited talk: Arginine vasotocin and social behavior in Anolis carolinensis. Atlanta, GA. October, 2013.!
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Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB). Oral Presentation: Arginine vasotocin and social behavior in Anolis carolinensis. Austin, TX. January, 2014. !
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Anna Dunigan! ! ! Dunigan, A.I., Russell, N., V., Mitchell, H.H., and Clancy, A.N. Progress report: actions of selective estrogenic drugs in the medial amygdala on male rat mating behavior. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, P1.49, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 2013. !
! ! Lori Eidson! !
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Perieaqueductal Gray TLR4 modulates morphine tolerance development via soluble TNF. Emory University Tansey Lab invited seminar. 2014.!
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Stephen Estes! ! ! The interdependence of nitric oxide (NO), electrical activity and growth cone motility: Insights from a combined electrophysiology and calcium imaging approach. Brains and Behavior Retreat. Atlanta Ga. 2014.!
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Estes S, Zhong L, Tornieri K, Artinian L, and Rehder V. Intrinsic firing properties set basal calcium levels: Modulatory effects of nitric oxide on electrical activity and growth cone dynamics. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. 2013. !
! ! Charuni Gunaratne! ! !
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Three circuits, one behavior: Evolution of swimming in sea slugs, Brains and Behavior Retreat, GSU. 2014.!
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Evolution of swimming in sea slugs: A comparative analysis of neural circuitry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 2014.!
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Sakurai, A., Gunaratne, C.A., and Katz, P.S. Comparative and computational analysis of central pattern generators reveals multiple solutions to the same problem. South East Neuroscience Conference (SENC), Augusta, GA, 2014.!
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Gunaratne, C.A., Sakurai, A. and Katz, P.S. Three central pattern generators containing homologous neurons use different mechanisms to produce analogous behaviors. 169.02. Neuroscience Meeting Planner. San Diego, CA: Society for Neuroscience. 2013.!
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Gunaratne, C.A., Sakurai, A. and Katz, P.S. Three Little Slugs and how they built their swims: Different neural mechanisms underlying analogous behaviors. Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Behavior, Evolution and Neurobiology, Mount Snow, VT, 2013.!
! ! Shanna Hegerty! !
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Clevinger, A. M., Hegerty, S. E. A., Kleider, H. M. The Relationship among Working Memory, Emotional Arousal, and Reading Comprehension. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Nashville, TN. 2014.!
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Imagery vividness and false memories for imagined events. Annual Brains and Behavior Retreat, Atlanta, GA. 2014.!
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Guided imagery techniques may create more vivid false memories for some individuals. Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological Association, Athens, GA. *This presentation won the 2nd place award in the graduate student poster category. 2014.!
! ! Thakshila Herath! ! ! Qunatum dot in Topological insulator nanofilm. Denver, CO. APS March meeting. 2014.! ! !
Reema Jayakar! ! ! Jayakar, R., King, T.Z., Morris, R., & Henrich, C. Adult survivors of pediatric brain tumor: Vulnerability of the left hippocampus and verbal memory associations to left versus right hippocampal volumes. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, February 2014. !
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Jayakar, R., & Tone, E.B. State and trait anxiety differentially predict theory of mind in young adults. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, June 2014.! 19
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Bidhan Lamichhane! ! ! Brain and Behavior Annual Spring Retreat: Brain Activity during perceptual decision making in visual domain. 2014.!
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Brain Activity during perceptual decision making in visual domain. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. 2013.!
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Julia LeCher! ! ! Nancy Russell, Julia LeCher, Maggie Renken "Potential of Digital Storytelling in the Biology Laboratory" Instructional Innovation Conference. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. 2014.!
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Nancy Russell, Julia LeCher, Maggie Renken "Potential of Digital Storytelling in the Biology Laboratory" Open House for Undergraduate Research. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. 2014.!
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Sanghoon Lee! ! ! Sanghoon Lee and Saeid Belkasim, A Study of Semantic Information Extraction for Health Disparities Research. Brain & Behavior Retreat, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA, April 4, 2014.!
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Sanghoon Lee, Sunny Shakya, Rajshekhar Sunderraman, and Saeid Belkasim, Real Time Micro-blog Summarization based on Hadoop/HBase, Web Intelligence/IAT Workshops, vol. 3, pp. 46-49, DOI: 10.1109/WI-IAT.2013.148, 2013 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 17-20, 2013.!
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Sanghoon Lee, Saeid Belkasim, and Yanqing Zhang, “Multi-document Text Summarization using Topic Model and Fuzzy Logic, In: Perner, P. (Ed.) MLDM 2013, LNCS, vol. 7988, pp. 159-168, Springer, Heidelberg 2013, 9th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining (MLDM) in conjunction with World Congress 2013, New York, USA, July 19-25, 2013.!
! ! Marisa Levy! ! !
Marisa J. Levy & Aras Petrulis. The Role of Dopamine in Social Approach, Neuroscience Institute Breakfast & Lecture Series (NIBL), Atlanta, GA.!
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Natasha Ludwig! ! ! Ludwig, N., Robins, D.L., Adamson, L.B., Fein, D.A. Sex differences in parent report of adaptive behavior of children at risk for autism based on the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (MCHAT). International Meeting for Autism Research International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), Atlanta, GA. May 2014. Also presented at the GSU Brains and Behavior Annual Retreat. 2014.!
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Ludwig, N., Robins, D.L., Adamson, L.B., Fein, D.A. Sex differences in parent report of adaptive behavior of children at risk for autism based on the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (MCHAT). Atlanta, GA. GSU Brains and Behavior Annual Retreat. 2014.!
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Ludwig, N., Fink, S.E., Moore, M., Bradstreet, L., King, T., and Robins, D. Validation of a Novel Measure of Social Attribution: The Dynamic Interacting Shape Clips (DISC). Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) 42nd Annual Meeting. Seattle, Washington. Feb 2014.!
! ! Katharine McCann! !
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Paper/Poster Presentation: "Social recognition in male and female Syrian hamsters." Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November 2013.!
! ! Yu Meng! !
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Yu Meng, Junbo Zhang, Xuan Guo, Ning Yu and Yi Pan. Automatic X-to-MapReduce Translator for Cloud Computing. IBM University Day, IBM Research Triangle Park, Raleigh NC, Oct. 2013."!
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Sabrina Na! ! ! Na, S.D., King, T.Z. Effects of radiotherapy on an attention and working memory task over time in adult survivors of pediatric brain tumors. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Seattle, WA. 2014.!
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Yoko Ogawa Henderson! ! ! Gentry, J.N., Henderson, Y.O. & Parent, M.B. Interrelated effects of neonatal injury on meal intake and hippocampal-dependent memory. SAEOPP McNair/SSS Scholars Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2013.!
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Parent, M.B., Henderson, Y.O., Victoria, N.C., & Murphy, A.Z. Preemptive morphine analgesia prevents the impairing effects of neonatal inflammatory pain on adult hippocampal dependent memory and produces memory deficits in non-injured rats. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2013.!
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Henderson, Y.O., Vazdarjanova, A., Murphy, A.Z., & Parent, M.B. Eating-associated hippocampal expression of the synaptic plasticity marker Arc correlates with the duration of the postprandial intermeal interval and is diminished in rats with poor hippocampal-dependent spatial memory. The 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Obesity Society, Atlanta, GA, 2013.!
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Henderson, Y.O. Eating-associated hippocampal expression of the synaptic plasticity marker Arc correlates with the duration of the postprandial intermeal interval and is diminished in rats with poor hippocampal-dependent spatial memory. Brains and Behavior Spring Annual Retreat, Atlanta, GA, 2014.!
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Max Oginsky! ! ! M. F. Oginsky W. Zhong C. M. Johnson N. Cui, C. Jiang. Mecp2-null mice displayed possible endogenous compensatory mechanisms in defective neurotransmitter systems. 2013.!
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M. F. Oginsky W. Zhong C. M. Johnson N. Cui, C. Jiang. Alterations of h-currents and voltagegated Na+ currents in mesencephalic trigeminal propriosensory neurons increase excitability in a mouse model for Rett Syndrome. 2014.!
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W. Zhong, X. Jin, M. F. Oginsky, B. Bondy, C. Jiang. Upregulation of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors in Mecp2-/y mice. 2014.!
! ! Devaleena Pradhan! ! !
Oral Presentation: Solomon-Lane, T.K., Pradhan, D.S., Willis, M.C., Crutcher, J.B., Grober, M.S. Playing the margins: the fitness consequences of individual behavioral variation in the bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, California. 2013.!
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Oral Presentation: Pradhan, D.S. and Grober, M.S. Role of endocrinological and social contexts in regulating life history transitions among reproductive phenotypes in the Bluebanded Goby, Lythrypnus dalli. Neuroscience Institute Breakfast and Lecture Series, Georgia State University. 2013.!
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Oral Presentation: Pradhan, D.S., Willis, M.C., Solomon-Lane, T.K., Crutcher, J.B., Thonkulpitak, K., and Grober, M.S. Female courtship solicitation is associated with reproductive success in Bluebanded Gobies. Animal Behavior Finalist Session, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas. 2014.!
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Oral Presentation: Pradhan, D.S., Solomon-Lane, T.K., Willis, M.C., and Grober, M.S. A mechanism for rapid neurosteroidal regulation of parenting behavior. Undergraduate Seminar Series, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. 2013.!
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Oral Presentation: Pradhan, D.S., Solomon-Lane, T.K., Willis, M.C., and Grober, M.S. A mechanism for rapid neurosteroidal regulation of parenting behavior. Department of Biology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. 2014.! 22
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Oral Presentation: Pradhan, D.S., Solomon-Lane, T.K., Willis, M.C., and Grober, M.S. A mechanism for rapid neurosteroidal regulation of parenting behavior. South East Neuroscience Conference, Augusta, GA. 2014.!
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Oral Presentation: Solomon-Lane, T.K. Pradhan, D.S., Williams M.M., Willis, M.C., Rogers, L., and Grober, M.S. The central role of the middle-ranking female for behavior and reproductive success in the bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) social groups. Animal Behavior Conference, University of Indiana. 2014.!
! ! Satish Puri! !
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Output-Sensitive Parallel Algorithm for Polygon Clipping, Minneapolis, MN, USA, September 2014 at International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP). 2014.!
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Songling Shan! ! ! Meeting Presentation: Chen G., Shan S., and Yang P. 2014. Finding generalized spanning Halin subgraphs in graphs with larger minimum degree. Atlanta Lecture Series in Combinatorics and Graph Theory XI. 2014."!
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Meeting Presentation: Chen G., Shan S., and Yang P. 2014. Finding generalized spanning Halin subgraphs in graphs with larger minimum degree. 10th Graduate Student Combinatorics Conference. 2014.!
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Meeting Presentation: Chen G. and Shan S. 2014. 2-Factors in Edge Chromatic Critical Graphs with Large Maximum Degree. 27th Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing. 2014.!
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Sinkiewicz, DM and Wilczynski, W. The expression of foxp2 in the brain of adult green tree frogs. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November, 2013.!
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Sinkiewicz, DM and Wilczynski, W. Regional expression of foxp2 in response to testosterone in the brain of Hyla cinerea. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, January, 2014.!
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Sinkiewicz, DM and Wilczynski, W. The fox-y frog brain. Georgia State University Biology Graduate Student Association Seminar Series, Atlanta, GA. March, 2014.!
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Tessa Solomon-Lane!
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Solomon-Lane, T.K., Pradhan, D.S., Williams, M.M., Willis, M.C., Rogers, L., & Grober, M.S. The central role of the middle-ranking female for behavior and reproductive success in bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) social groups. Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2014.!
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Solomon-Lane, T.K., Williams, M.W., Martinelli, A., Thomas, A., Rogers, L., & Grober, M.S. Reproductive choices, hormones, and behavior in bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) social groups. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, 2014.!
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Thomas, A., Solomon-Lane, T.K., Williams, M.W., Rogers, L., & Grober, M.S. Sexually dimorphic allometric scaling in the sex changing fish Lythrypnus dalli. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX, 2014.!
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Dengchao Wang! ! ! Dengchao Wang. Quantification of the dynamic electrolyte concentration polarization inside single conical nanopores. Oral presentation, 247th ACS meeting. 2014!
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Weathington JM. Sex-specific effects of early life stress on neural substrates of stress. 2014 National Graduate Student Symposium invited speaker, St. Jude Research Hospital, Memphis TN, March 2014.!
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Wilner, N. J., Tone, E. B. Physical Activity and Psychological Stress Resilience: Considering Anxiety Vulnerability. American College of Sports Medicine. 2014.!
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Xiaohu Zhang! ! ! High throughput Screening of ABO Blood Group Glycans-Norovirus Interaction. Norovirus Quarterly Meeting in Emory University. 2014.!
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Juan Zou! ! ! Identification of CaM binding sites in gap junctions. International Gap Junction Conference, Charleston, SC. 2013.!
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Identification of a Calmodulin Binding Domain in Connexin 45. 57th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 2013.! 24
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The B&B Retreat!
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This popular annual day long event brought over 100 faculty, staff, and students to the Loudermilk Center. The retreat included 6 senior B&B Fellow speakers and a keynote by Larry Young, Ph.D. from Emory University. The day culminated in a wine and cheese poster session with over 40 posters from 8 departments. See details below.!
! BRAINS & BEHAVIOR !
2014 RETREAT
! ! ! ! Larry Young, Ph.D. !
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Director, Center for Translational Social Neuroscience and the Silvio O. Conte Center for Oxytocin and Social Cognition Emory University School of Medicine
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Registration & Introduction 9:30-10:30
Fellow Talks
10:30-12:00 1:15-3:00
“The neurobiology of social relationships: implications for novel treatments for autism spectrum disorder.”
Lunch
12:00-1:15
Keynote
3:00-4:00
Poster Session / Wine & Cheese Reception
4:00-6:00
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Loudermilk Center 40 Courtland St. between Edgewood Ave & Auburn Ave
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9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Breakfast & Registration
! ! Andrea Scarantino, Ph.D. - Philosophy
Update on the B&B Program
! 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Charuni Gunaratne - Neuroscience
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Walt Wilczynski, Ph.D. - Director, Neuroscience Institute
Introductory Remarks
Advisor: Paul Katz, Ph.D.
“Evolution of swimming in sea slugs:
Three neural circuits, one behavior.”
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11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Reema Jayakar - Psychology
Advisor: Erin Tone, Ph.D.
“Hippocampus size and verbal memory in adult
survivors of pediatric brain tumor.”
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11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Stephen Estes - Biology
Advisor: Vincent Rehder, Ph.D.
“The interdependence of nitric oxide (NO), electrical activity and growth cone motility: Insights from a combined electrophysiology and calcium imaging approach.”
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12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch (provided)
1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Will Barnett - Neuroscience
Advisor: Gennady Cymbalyuk, Ph.D.
“Mechanisms controlling temporal characteristics of neuronal activity.”
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1:45 - 2:15 p.m. Jin Zhang - Chemistry
Advisor: Marcus Germann, Ph.D.
“Insight into the modulation of Shaw2 Kv channels by general anesthetics: Structural and functional studies of S4-S5 linker and S6 C-terminal peptides in micelles by NMR.”
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2:15 - 2:45 p.m. Max Oginsky - Biology
Advisor: Chun Jiang , Ph.D.
“Compensatory neuroadaptations in a mouse model for a neurodevelopmental disease: plasticity for survival.”
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3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Larry Young, Ph.D.
“The neurobiology of social relationships: Implications for
novel treatments for autism spectrum disorder”
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4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Poster Session - Wine & Cheese Reception
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• RETREAT PRESENTERS Authors
Presenters
Title
Faculty Advisor
Dept
Xiuxiu He, Kristin Riching, Byoungkoo Lee, Patricia J. Keely, Kevin W Eliceiri, Alissa Weaver and Yi Jiang
Xiuxiu He
Modeling Cell-ECM Interaction
Yi Jiang
Math & Stat
Reimbay Reimbayev, Kun Zhao and Igor Belykh
Reimbay Reimbayev
Transitions between bursting modes induce neural synchrony
Igor Belykh
Math & Stat / Neuro
Jie Zhang and Remus Osan
Jie Zhang
Transient propagation and traveling waves of activity in integrate-and-fire neural networks
Remus Osan
Math & Stat
Jun Xia, Jie Zhang, Adil Virani, Gloria Sanin, Emily Su, Troy Shinbrot, Junior Gnuikan Allade and Remus Osan
Jun Xia
Targeting performances for stochastic models of neural growth with uniform branching and pruning
Remus Osan
Math & Stat
Julien Bacque-Cazenave, Bryce Chung, David Cofer, Daniel Cattaert and Donald Edwards
Bryce Chung & Julien BacqueCazenave
State-dependent changes in sensory feedback during posture and locomotion
Donald Edwards
Neuro
Akira Sakurai and Paul S. Katz
Akira Sakurai
Homologues of interneurons in two different species have distinct functions in the generation of similar rhythmic motor patterns
Paul Katz
Neuro
JingJing Cannon, William Barnett and Gennady Cymbalyuk
JingJing Cannon & William Barnett
Cellular mechanisms underlying bursting activity in neuronal networks
Gennady Cymbalyuk
Neuro
Brian Bondy, Alexander Klishko, Boris Prilutsky and Gennady
Brian Bondy
Multifunctional central pattern generator! controlling walking and pawshake response
Gennady Cymbalyuk
Neuro
Manfred Schmidt, Jessica Haulk and Charles Derby
Manfred Schmidt
"A chemosensory pathway detecting amino acid efflux from olfactory sensilla mediates grooming of the olfactory organ in the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus"
Manfred Schmidt
Neuro
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Mihika Tottempudi, Tiffany Love-Chezem, Lanna Wolfe and Charles Derby
Mihika Tottempudi
Ink from longfin inshore squid, Doryteuthis pealeii, as a chemical and visual defense against two predatory fishes summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, and sea catfish, Ariopsis felis.
Charles Derby
Neuro
Jie Feng, Chen Zhang, Yusheng Jiang, Xiaojun Xu, Zhiren Liu, Edward Brown and Jenny J Yang
Jie Feng
Calcium-sensing receptor can weakly induce calcium oscillation in prostate cancer cells as monomer or heterodimer
Jenny Yang
Chem
Shenghui Xue, Hua Yang, Jingjuan Qiao, Fan Pu, Robert Long, Khan Hekmatarya, Hans Grossniklaus, Zhi-Ren Liu and Jenny J. Yang
Shenghui Xue
Early detection of liver metastasis using dual weighted Protein MRI contrast agent
Jenny Yang
Chem
Kristen Quinn, Justin Squirek, Jenine Ampudia, Martin Norgaard and Mukesh Dhamala
Justin Squirek and Jenine Ampudia
Spontaneous musical improvisations and rehearsed performances
Mukesh Dhamala & Martin Norgaard
Phys & Astr
Martin Norgaard, Samantha Emerson, Kimberly Braunsroth and James Fidlon
Martin Norgaard, Samantha Emerson and Kimberly Braunsroth
Creating under pressure: Effects of divided attention on the improvised output of skilled jazz musicians
Martin Norgaard
School of Music & Psych
Jessica Hanson, Zita Erbowor-Beckson and Laura Hurley
Jessica Hanson
Does serotonin modulate processing of courtship vocalizations in the inferior colliculus of the mouse?
Laura Hurley
Indiana University
Alejandra Rossi, Rosemary Stewart, Casey Flynn, Gregory Demas and Colin Allen
Alejandra Rossi
Hormonal correlates of exploratory and play behavior in domestic dogs
Colin Allen & Aina Puce
Indiana University
Tessa Solomon-Lane, Megan Williams, Ali Martinelli, Alma Thomas, Polina Shvidkaya, Lock Rogers and Matthew Grober
Tessa Solomon-Lane
Reproductive choices, hormones, and behavior in bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) social groups
Matthew Grober
Neuro & Bio
Polina Shvidkaya, Tessa Solomon-Lane, Alma Thomas, Megan Williams, Andrew Rhyne, Lock Rogers and Matthew Grober
Polina Shvidkaya
Social regulation of sexual development: a field-based analysis
Matthew Grober
Bio
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Devaleena Pradhan, Tessa Solomon-Lane, Madelyne Willis, and Matthew Grober
Devaleena Pradhan
A mechanism for rapid neurosteroidal regulation of parenting behavior
Matthew Grober
Bio
Anna Parker, Wulf-Dieter Krenz, Edmund Rodgers and Deborah Baro
Anna Parker
Dopamine enabled homeostats act to maintain conductance ratios
Deborah Baro
Bio
Cloe Gray, Alisa Norvelle, Tony Larkin and Kim Huhman
Cloe Gray
The role of the mesolimbic dopamine system in modulating the memory of social defeat in Syrian hamsters
Kim Huhman
Neuro
Joseph I. Terranova, Ansa Riaz, Nathan Hardcastle, Tony Larkin, and Elliott Albers
Joe Terranova
Do sex differences in the neuronal activity of arginine vasopressin containing neurons mediate sex differences in the expression of aggressive behavior in Syrian hamsters?
Elliott Albers
Neuro
Martin Job, Tyler Flot, Parsa Behnia, Tristan Johnson and Bradley M. Cooke.
Martin Job
Pubertal development of PSANCAM immunoreactivity in the medial amygdala of the male Syrian hamster
Bradley Cooke
Neuro
Alexandria White, Chen Li, Bonnie Williams and Kyle Frantz
Alexandria White
Age differences in bdnf gene expression after cocaine selfadministration or cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking in male rats
Kyle Frantz
Neuro
Lori Eidson, Hillary Doyle, Laura Butkovich and Anne Murphy
Hillary Doyle
Sex differences in astrocyte activity within the periaqueductal gray: A role in pain and analgesia
Anne Murphy
Neuro
Lori Eidson & Anne Murphy
Lori Eidson
Periaqueductal gray TNF modulates morphine tolerance development.
Anne Murphy
Neuro
J. Alex Strahan, William Walker II and Nancy Forger
Alex Strahan and William Walker
Role of microglia in developmental neuronal cell death
Nancy Forger
Neuro
Yoko Henderson, A. Vazdarjanova, Anne Murphy and Marise Parent
Yoko Ogawa Henderson
Neonatal inflammatory pain increases food intake and body mass and diminishes eatingassociated hippocampal activation of the synaptic plasticity marker Arc in adult female rats with poor hippocampal-dependent memory
Marise Parent
Neuro
Emily C. Bruggeman and Bingzhong Xue
Emily Bruggeman
The role of neuronal DNA methyltransferases in energy regulation and obesity development
Bingzhong Xue
Neuro
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John Garretson, Brett Teubner, Vitaly Ryu and Timothy Bartness
Johnny Garretson
Role of peroxisome proliferatoractivated receptor y in appetite control
Timothy Bartness
Neuro & Bio
Natasha Mehta, Page Anderson, and Erin Tone
Natasha Mehta
The influence of attention to facial feedback on selfperformance ratings in social anxiety
Page Anderson
Psych
Jessica Morgan, Erin Tully, Aki Masuda, Lindsey Cohen and Page Anderson
Jessica Morgan
A single subject case series of the effects of Hatha yoga for generalized anxiety disorder
Page Anderson
Psych
Nicole Wilner and Erin Tone
Nicole Wilner
Physical activity and managing stress: individual differences matter
Erin Tone
Psych
Shanna E. A. Hegerty
Shanna E. A. Hegerty
Imagery vividness and false memories for imagined events
Heather KleiderOffutt
Psych
Ashleigh M. Kellerman, Anita A. Hasni, Katharine Suma, Roger Bakeman and Lauren B. Adamson
Ashleigh Kellerman and Anita Hasni
Do children with ASD share sounds?
Lauren Adamson
Psych
Natasha Ludwig, Diana Robins, Lauren Adamson and Deborah Fein
Natasha N. Ludwig
Sex differences in parent report of adaptive behavior of children at risk for autism based on the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT)
Diana Robins
Psych
Sanghoon Lee and Saeid Belkasim
Sanghoon Lee
A study of ontology learning based on text and image retrieval in medical documents
Saeid Belkasim
Computer Science
Marjorie Freggens, Jerome Daltrozzo, Joanne Deocampo and Chris Conway
Marjorie Freggens
Event-Related potential effects of visual sequential learning are related to receptive vocabulary ability
Christopher Conway
Psych
Sonia Singh, Jerome Daltrozzo, Joanne Deocampo and Christpher Conway
Sonia Singh
An event-related potential effect of auditory sequential learning related to syntactic processing of natural language
Christopher Conway
Psych
Michelle Pinns, Sanjay Pardasani, Joanne Deocampo and Christopher Conway
Sanjay Pardasani
Primary caregiver education is correlated with sequence learning ability in children: ERP
Christopher Conway
Psych
Carrie Wright, Nora Perrone-Bizzozero and Jessica Turner
Jessica Turner
Meta gene set variant enrichment analysis of miR-137 predicted and validated targets reveals schizophrenia vulnerable pathways
Jessica Turner
Psych
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! The Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)! !
In fiscal year 2014, scholars from across the United States came to join our students, faculty and staff for approximately 2 days here in Atlanta to take part in our Distinguished Lecture series. Please see below for the anatomy of the DLS and the speaker line-up for FY 2014.! Date
Distinguished Lecturer
Home Institution
Host/ Department
Talk Title
Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University
Kim Huhman Neuro
October 8, 2013
Todd Sacktor, M.D.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Marise Parent! Title: Enhancing, erasing, and Neuro tracing longterm! memories by targeting PKMzeta
November 5, 2013
Rita Valentino, Ph.D.
Univ. Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Anne Murphy Neuro
Stress, arousal, and sex differences
December 10, 2013
Ralph Greenspan, Ph.D.
Kavli Institute for Brain & Mind, UCSD
Paul Katz Neuro
Gene interactions and behavior:! Network upon network
January 14, 2014
Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D.
Univ. California, Irvine
Anne Murphy! Neuro
Modern-life stress and your brain:! Memory, synapses, and mechanisms
February 11, 2014
Gary Lynch, Ph.D.
Univ. California, Irvine
Marise Parent! Neurobiological perspectives! Neuro on cognitive enhancement
March 11, 2014
Leslie Sombers, Ph.D.
North Carolina State University
Paul Katz! Neuro
Disambiguating the complex chemical! mechanisms underlying basic brain function! using microelectrochemistry
April 8, 2014
John Rinzel, Ph.D.
New York University
Remus Osan! Math / Neuro
Perceptual dynamics in an! ambiguous world
May 13, 2014
Florian Engert, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Paul Katz! Neuro
The neural basis of operant! learning in larval zebrafish
September 10, 2013
Human sweat and insect repellents: the! molecular biology of mosquito olfaction
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Stay in downtown Atlanta ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Speakers give lecture at the ! ! Petit Science Center ! ! B&B Seminar Course! !
Interview with GSU radio WRAS 88.5
Speakers have lunch with B&B Fellows
The Brains & Behavior Fellows Seminar course is tied to the DLS (above) and is a required student-led discussion-based course. Students work in groups to present the papers chosen by the B&B speakers. There were nine invited speakers for the 2014 fiscal year and each student was responsible for presenting 1 to 2 speakers. After presenting and reading the author’s papers, the students attend the lecture and are in a far more advantageous position to ask meaningful questions and engage in significant dialog at the lunch following.!
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B&B Scholars Program! The B&B Scholars Program provides fellowships to selected undergraduates to support their research efforts in faculty laboratories. FY 2014 Scholars, and their respective labs are listed below. !
! ! Jordon ! Cook Michael Donahue ! ! Frias Lluvia ! Preetham Ganupuru ! Kegan Isaak ! Drake Engel Knapper ! Anandhi Martin ! Caitlin ! McCoyd Megan ! Moore ! Noriega Ana ! Prashant Patel Krupa ! Fardowsa Hassan Robow ! ! Elizabeth Sandy ! ! Jessica Snellings ! William Walker ! ! Mentor
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Charles Derby Lab
Neuroscience
Laura Carruth Lab
Neuroscience
Marise Parent Lab
Neuroscience
Paul Katz Lab
Neuroscience
Sarah Brosnan Lab
Psychology
Andrey Shilnikov Lab
Neuroscience & Math
Walt Wilczynski Lab
Neuroscience
Nicole Vincent Lab
Philosophy
Aras Petrulis Lab
Neuroscience
Andrey Shilnikov Lab
Neuroscience & Math
Gennady Cymbalyuk Lab
Neuroscience
Tim Bartness Lab
Biology
Anne Murphy Lab
Neuroscience
Jessica Turner Lab
Psychology
Nancy Forger Lab
Neuroscience
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Beginning this year in 2014, B&B Scholars had the opportunity to engage in weekly professional development workshops as well as a Poster Symposium at the end of the summer.!
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Undergraduate Scholar Workshops Summer 2014!
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WORKSHOP Scientific Communication Hormones & Behavior Mini Research Symposium with NET/work Directors Research Ethics CV’s and Resumes + Career Panel Abstract Editing Poster Editing Library Session Endnote & Pubmed Training
This program culminated in a poster symposium in August in the Senate Ballroom at the Student Center. ! Congratulations to the 2014 Poster Symposium Winners:!
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• 1st Place: William Walker! ! ! Lab: Nancy Forger! ! “Role of Microglia in Programmed Death”!
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• Honorable Mention: Michael Donahue! ! ! Lab: Laura Carruth! ! “Effects of early developmental stress on global methylation in the zebra finch”!
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B&B Seed Grants Program! Not only is collaboration seen at the student level within the B&B Fellowship, but the annual B&B Seed Grant program fosters collaboration at the faculty level as well. Each year, faculty across 8 disciplines work together to initiate interdisciplinary research with the support of a seed grant. Many times, these small projects go on to garner federal funding and develop into large collaborative research. In this section, you will find the funded Seed Grants from FY 2014. !
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Elliott Albers
Neuroscience
Collection of preliminary data for the Silvio O. Conte centers for basic or translational mental health research proposal (Social behavior neural network coding and sex disparities in mental health)
$30,000
Deb Baro
Biology
Creation of a crustacean microRNA database
$30,000
Igor Belykh
Math
Abnormal synchrony in evolving brain networks
$30,000
Chuck Derby
Neuroscience
Molecular characterization of chemoreceptor proteins in crustaceans through transcriptomics and in situ hybridization
$29,892
Mukesh Dhamala
Physics & Astronomy
Neural basis of musical improvisation
$29,000
Donald Edwards
Neuroscience
The role of reafference in crayfish posture and locomotion
$30,000
Nancy Forger
Neuroscience
The role of microglia in developmental neuronal cell death
$29,792
Maged Henary
Chemistry
Development of dual purpose diagnostic and therapeutic agents for brain tumor treatment based on quadruplex DNA recognition and binding
$30,000
Paul Katz
Neuroscience
A novel approach for identifying ligands of orphaned receptors
$30,000
Raj Sunderraman
Computer Science
Text-mining and databse tools for cognitive neuroscience
$30,000
TOTAL FUNDED
$298,684
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Community Engagement! • BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH (BAM)! ! BAM is a brain awareness campaign and although it lasts throughout all 52 weeks of the year, March is an especially active time for Brain Awareness and is so called Brain Awareness Month (BAM). Upon request of the the B&B Program, in April of 2012, Governor Nathan Deal declared March Brain Awareness Month for all of Georgia (See pic and declaration below). B&B staff, researchers, and Fellows are especially active in this outreach program through a variety outlets, such as expos, teaching k-12, and much more.!
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! • ALZHEIMER’S MEMORY WALK! ! The annual Alzheimer’s Memory Walk has become a B&B program tradition. In FY 2014, the B&B team raised about $1000 and was 20 people strong.!
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Staying Connected (http://www.neuroscience.gsu.edu/staying_connected.html)! • Brains and Behavior Alumni Network (BaBAN)! This new interactive program utilizes google maps technology and helps alumni and current Fellows find and connect with B&B alums through the Brains and Behavior Alumni Network (BaBAN)* It showcases Fellow location, job position, and contact info. There are close to 50 B&B Alumni on BaBAN at this time. ! *For privacy concerns, only B&B Fellows have access to BaBAN at this time. !
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• FACEBOOK! ! Brains & Behavior has a Facebook group here:https: //www.facebook.com/ groups/gsubrainsandbehavior/ . This group is used to post events, pictures, workshops, social gatherings, and B&B news. !
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• B&B LIST SERV! ! We have almost 500 students, faculty, staff, and researchers on this email list who receive all announcements concerning B&B lectures, graduate/professional opportunities, and much more. To join, please email Liz Weaver:
[email protected].! • B&B POTENTIAL!
Just like an action potential allows for communication, so does the B&B Potential newsletter. Albeit, one is on a micro scale and within a neuronal network and the other is on macro scale and within the Brains & Behavior community. Nevertheless, communication is at the center of both! Recently, the B&B Potential has become a full blown magazine. Hard copies are always available at 885 Petit Science Center. It is published twice a year and archives can always be found on the neuroscience website: ! http://neuroscience.gsu.edu/brains-behavior/staying-connected/potential-newsletterarchive/!
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