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The Neuroscience Program held its second annual Neuroscience Fair and Brain Bee at MSU on Saturday, February 11, 2012. The two events combined for a day of science and exploration on campus in East Lansing. Brain Bee at MSU Thirty-six students from high schools around the state participated in the 2012 Brain Bee at [...]
The MSU Neuroscience Program is hosting the Brain Bee competition on Saturday, February 11, 2012, for high school students in mid-Michigan. The annual Brain Bee at MSU is a live question and answer competition that challenges high school students on their knowledge of neuroscience facts, including emotions, sensations, aging, addiction, and more. This event is [...]
Several changes in leadership positions affiliated with CNS were recently made for Fall 2011. Following are the new department chairs and program directors in CNS: James Galligan, Director, Neuroscience Program William Jackson, Interim Chair, Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology Joseph Krajcik, Director, Institute for Research on Math and Science Education David Kreulen, Interim Chair, Department of Physiology [...]
College faculty members Robert Last (biochemistry) and Marc Breedlove (neuroscience) are among five MSU faculty members named as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Read more…
A $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, a division of the National Institutes of Health, will increase the number of Hispanic doctoral students trained in the neurosciences. The grant is as an extension of an MSU partnership with the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey and will bring undergraduates and doctoral [...]
The muscles of male mice genetically engineered in the laboratory of Cynthia Jordan, professor of neuroscience and psychology, have extra receptors that latch onto testosterone — a trick that left researchers anticipating mouse versions of bulked up body builders. Instead, these mice developed into shrunken weaklings. More significantly, their condition precisely imitated a rare human [...]
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