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Neurobiology and Behavior

Seminar series   •   Spring 2012

(All seminars are Thursdays at 12:30 pm in the Morison Room (A106) of Mudd Hall unless otherwise noted)

 

JJan. 26             Emma Greig – Host: Webster

            Signaling Strategies in Fairy-Wrens: Timely Displays or Elaborate Alarms?

 

Feb. 2              Kelly Zamudio – Host: Bass

            Field Biology and Conservation Genetics: Organisms, Landscapes, and Global Change

 

Feb. 9              Andrea Benucci – Host: Fetcho

            Dynamics of Population Responses in Visual Cortex

 

Feb. 16            Aryn Gittis – Host: Fetcho

Striatal Interneurons and the Regulation of Striatal Output Pathways

 

Feb. 23            Jesse Goldberg – Host: Fetcho

 Neural Circuits Underlying Motor Exploration During Learning

 

Mar. 1             Melissa Warden – Host: Fetcho

Cortical Control of Neuromodulatory Systems in Motivated Behavior

 

Mar. 8             David Margolis – Host: Fetcho

Imaging Stability and Plasticity of Neural Circuit Dynamics

 

Mar. 15           Guangying Wu – Host: Fetcho

Sense and Selectivity: Synaptic Mechanisms for Auditory Information Processing

 

Mar. 22           No Seminar – Spring Break

 

Mar. 29           Nozomi Nishimura – Host: Schaffer

To be announced

 

Apr. 5              Karen Carlton  – Host: Hoy/Shaw

Using Opsin Genes to See Through the Eyes of a Fish

 

Apr. 12            Tracy Langkilde – Host: Regan

Fitness consequences of invader-induced stress

 

Apr. 19            Walt Wilczynski – Host: Nowak

Social Modulation of Hormones and Brain in Anuran Amphibians

 

Apr. 26            Steve Schoech – Host: Regan

Stress, Personality, and Life History: Corticosterone and Behavioral Phenotype in Florida Scrub-Jays

 

May 3              NBB Honors Poster Session

 

May 10            Irby Lovette  – Host: Sherman

Historical Perspectives on the Evolution of Songbird Behavior and Ecology in Florida Scrub-Jays

 

June 4              Caitlin Stern  – Advisor: Dickinson

Competition and Cooperation Among Relatives in Kin Neighborhoods

 

June 5              Becky Cramer  – Advisors: Vehrencamp/Webster

Sexual Selection on Songs and Sperm in House Wrens

June 6              Jessie Barker  – Advisors: Reeve

Cooperation and competition in paper wasp and human societies

 

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