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#TBA Introduction to Comparative Physiology PS#TBA 3 credits. Prereqs: none. Letter grades. Lec MW 10:10; Dis F 2:30-4:25. CMH W364. R. Booker, T.D. Seeley An introductory level comparative physiology course. Evolution and adaptation will be a central theme of the course. The physical and chemical laws that are the basis of the physiological processes will also be covered. |
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BioNB 2220 Neurobiology and Behavior II: Introduction to Neurobiology (Carl Hopkins, Course Director) Lec 001 (3 cr) - PS#10680; Lec 002 (4 cr) PS#10682; Dis 201 PS#17272; Lec 003 (5 cr) contact lmm8@cornel.edu for registration information 3, 4, or 5 credits. 4 credits with one disc per week and written projects; 5 credits with two disc per week and participation in Writing in the Majors program; 4- or 5-credit option required of students in neurobiology and behavior program of study. Students may not preregister for 5-credit option; contact Lori Miller (lmm8). Not open to freshmen. Prereqs: one year introductory biology for majors and one year of chemistry. May be taken independently of BIONB 2210. S-U or letter grades. MWF 12:20; disc TBA. A.H. Bass, Staff General introduction to the field of cellular and integrative neurobiology. Topics include neural systems, neuroanatomy, developmental neurobiology, electrical properties of nerve cells, synaptic mechanisms, neurochemistry, motor systems, sensory systems, learning, and memory. Some discussion sections include dissections of preserved brains. |
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BioNB 3220 Hormones and Behavior PS#26956 3 credits. Prereqs: junior or senior standing; any one of the following: PSYCH 2230 or BioNB 2210 or 2220 or one year introductory biology plus psychology course. Two lec plus sec in which students read and discuss original papers in the field, give oral presentation, and write term paper. Letter grades. Graduate students see PSYCH 7220. MWF 10:10. E. Adkins-Regan For description, see PSYCH 3220. |
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BioNB 3280 Biopsychology of Learning and Memory PS#14928 3 credits. Prereqs: one year of biology and either a biopsychology course or BIONB 2220. S-U or letter grades. Graduate students, see PSYCH 6320. MWF 11:15. T.J. DeVoogd For description, see PSYCH 3320. |
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BioNB 3310 Human Social Behavior and Evolution PS#1010 3 credits. Prereqs: BIONB 2210 or permission of instructor. S-U or letter grades. MW 2:55-4:10. C. Wilson This lecture-based course draws on research in animal behavior and evolutionary theory to investigate various aspects of human social behavior. Findings are presented from areas such as evolutionary psychology, Darwinian anthropology, behavioral ecology and game theory. Topics include mating and sexual selection, cooperation and conflict (with kin and nonkin), evolutionary health, costly signaling and culture. |
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BioNB 3690 Chemical Ecology PS#6980 3 credits. Prereqs: one semester of introductory biology for majors or nonmajors and one semester of introductory chemistry for majors or nonmajors or equivalents, or permission of instructor. S-U or letter grades. MWF 11:15. J. Thaler, A. Kessler, A. Agrawal, R. Raguso For description, see BIOEE 3690. |
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BioNB 4130 Molecules of Social Behavior and Emotion PS#25442 3 credits. Prereqs: permission of instructor. Letter grades. TR 10:10-11:25. Offered alternate years. D.P. McCobb Active-learning course with specific topics to be determined by students. Focuses on molecular, neural, and endocrine mechanisms underlying innate and learned behavior patterns, and their relationship to social, ecological, and evolutionary context. Neurotransmitters, hormones and receptors governing such behaviors as parental care, territoriality, cooperativity, courtship, and stress responses are examples of topics of interest. Format includes library research, oral and written presentations, team work, and peer review. |
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BioNB 4260 Animal Communication PS#25444 4 credits. Prereqs: BIONB 2210. Letter grades. TR 2:55-4:10; disc TBA. Offered alternate years. S.L. Vehrencamp, J.W. Bradbury Communication is the "glue" that holds societies together. This course examines how and why animals communicate. Topics include the role of the environment in shaping animal signals, whether animals tell the truth to each other, why some bird songs are simple and others complex, and what kinds of signals might be exchanged between species. |
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BioNB 4340 Advanced Behavioral Ecology Lec 001 - PS#25791; Dis 201 PS#25792 3 credits. 8 weeks. Prereqs: BIONB 2210, BIOEE 2610 or 2780, permission of instructor. S-U or letter grades. MWF 12:20-2:15. Offered alternate years. W364 CMH. W.D. Koenig An intensive course for upper-division students interested in behavorial ecology and sociobiology. Lectures, discussions, and student presentations examine topics including adaptation, communication, mating systems, sexual selection, sex ratios, inbreeding and outbreeding, altruism, kin recognition, and conflict and cooperation in animal societies. |
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BioNB 4460 Plant Behavior - Induced Plant Responses to Biotic Stresses (LEC) PS#1005 3 credits. Prereqs: BIOEE 2610 or permission of instructor. S-U or letter grades. MWF 2:30-3:20. A. Kessler, R. Raguso How do plants respond to herbivore attack? What are the molecular, plant hormonal, metabolic mechanisms of these responses? What ecological consequences do these responses have for the fitness of the plants and their attackers? The course provides an overview of the plant’s myriad responses to herbivores and compares them with responses to pathogens. It gives an introduction to the study of induced plant responses in the lectures as well as practical independent and group-intensive work. (Also BioEE 4460) |
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BioNB 4461 Plant Behavior - Induced Plant Responses to Biotic Stresses (LAB) PS#1004 1 credit. Pre- or co-requisites: BIOEE 4460 or BIONB 4460. S-U or letter grades. R 2:30-4:25. A. Kessler, R. Raguso Laboratory course covering topics presented in BIOEE 4460/BIONB 4460. (Also BioEE 4461) |
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BioNB 4910 Principles of Neurophysiology Lec 001 - PS#10718; M Lab 401 – #10720; T Lab 402 - #10722 4 credits. Prereqs: BIONB 2220 or written permission of instructor. S-U or letter grades for students outside the Neurobiology and Behavior concentration and graduate students, by permission of instructor. MW 10:10; lab M or T 12:20-4:25. B.R. Johnson Laboratory-oriented course designed to teach the theory and techniques of modern cellular neurophysiology including computer acquisition and analysis of laboratory results. Lecture time is used to introduce laboratory exercises and discuss results, to supplement laboratory topics, and to discuss primary research papers. Extracellular and intracellular recording and voltage clamp techniques explore motor neuron and sensory receptor firing properties, and examine the cellular basis for resting and action potentials and synaptic transmission. Invertebrate preparations are used as model systems. |
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BioNB 7000 Introduction to Programming for Research in Neurobiology and Behavior PS#26056
MATLAB - Interested Neurobiology and Behavior graduate students, see Christiane Linster for information. |
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BioNB 7210 Introduction to Graduate Survey in Neurobiology and Behavior PS#14736 2 credits. Requirement for graduate students majoring in neurobiology and behavior. Concurrent registration in BIONB 2220 is required. S-U grades. W 4:30-6:00pm. A305 CMH J.R. Fetcho, Staff A year-long, graduate-level seminar with presentations from lecturers in BioNB 2210 and 2220. Discussions of current research in the area of neurobiology or behavior that have been presented in lecture class. A lab project and/or a writing component each week could be assigned to ensure engagement with the material. |
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BioNB 4200/7200, Dis 201 Repair of Sensory Systems (BioNB 4200 undergrad) PS#25972; (BioNB 7200 grad) PS#259744 credits (BioNB registration), 2 credits (Psych registration). Prereqs: An introductory course in biology or psychology, plus a second course in neurobiology or behavioral and evolutionary neuroscience. A course in biochemistry, genetics or molecular biology, or equivalent, is strongly recommended. S/U or letter grades (BioNB); S/U only (Psych). W 3:30-5:00. B.P. Halpern. This seminar course will be an overview of biological repair of sensory systems. That is, repair by regeneration, transdifferentiation, or use of pluripotential/multipotential cells. Emphasis will be on auditory and visual systems. Interventions using electronic or other prosthetic devices will not be covered (see flier outside W363 CMH for full description). |
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BioNB 4200, Dis 203 Neurobiology and Behavior Jounal Club for Undergraduates PS#25979 1 credit. Prereqs: BioG 1101 or equiv.; an interest in neurobiology & behavior. S/U grades. M 4:30-5:30. W364 CMH. C.D. Hopkins. The Neurobiology and Behavior Journal Club for Undergraduates is intended for Biology students who wish to become familiar with the scientific literature in modern neuroscience or behavior by learning to read, analyze, understand, and present summaries of original research papers from the current literature (see flier outside W363 CMH for full description). |
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BioNB 7200, Dis 202 Species and Speciation PS#26461 2 credits. Prereqs: BioEE 2780 and BioGD 2810 or equivalents, or permission. Letter grades. M 2:00-4:00. A305 CMH. K.L. Shaw. In Darwin’s seminal work, he refers to the origin of species as “that mystery of mysteries”. What processes cause the origination of new species? In this topics course, we will discuss exciting ideas that have been proposed since Darwin’s work to explain how new species arise. The class covers a diversity of life forms, and is inherently multidisciplinary, drawing on ecology, behavior, genetics and phylogeny in the study of speciation. |
| BioNB 7201 – Research Design in the Study of Animal Social Behavior (Lunch Bunch T 12:20) | |
| BioNB 7202 – Current Topics in Neuroethology (NEJC R 10:30) | |
| BioNB 7203 – Research Design in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (C&M JC F 3:00) | |
| NOTE: Post-A NBB grads: GRAD 9001 - Graduate Dissertation Research - 799-RSC | |
