Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at the University of Maryland

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The Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at the University of Maryland offers research and training opportunities in neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience and computational neuroscience with internationally-renowned faculty who interact among three campuses: in Baltimore City, at Baltimore County and at College Park. Each campus offers graduate training leading to a Ph.D. degree.

11/20/09 Kaiwen He has paper in Journal of Neurophysiology
A paper NACS alumni Kaiwen He co-authored is on-line in the Journal of Neurophysiology. Title: "Specific roles of AMPA receptor subunit GluR1 (GluA1) phosphorylation sites in regulating synaptic plasticity in the CA1 region of hippocampus." Authors: H. Lee, K. Takamiya, K. He, L. Song, & R. Huganir.

11/09/09 Congrats to Claudia Bonin for passing her dissertation defense!
Claudia Bonin has successfully defended her dissertation: "Spatial and temporal characteristics of electromagnetic activity in the brain prior to reaches to visual targets." Claudia is advised by Drs Mark Hallett and Jonathan Simon.

11/09/09 Kaiwen He has paper in the journal PNAS
NACS alumni Kaiwen He's paper just went on-line in the journal PNAS. The title of her paper is: "Stabilization of Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors at perisynaptic sites by GluR1-S845 phosphorylation." The authors are K. He, L. Song, L. Cummings, J. Goldman, R. Huganir, and Hey-Kyoung Lee.

10/27/09 Congrats to Raymond for passing his dissertation defense!
Raymond Merritt has successfully defended his dissertation. The title of his dissertation is "Myosins IIIa and IIIb regulate stereocilia length by transporting espin 1 to the polymerizing end of actin filaments." Raymond is advised by Drs Bechara Kachar and Arthur Popper.

09/28/09 Raymond Merritt has paper in Nature Cell Biology
Raymond Merritt is co-first author on a paper that appeared in the March 2009 issue of Nature Cell Biology: "Myosin IIIa boosts elongation of stereocilia by transporting espin 1 to the plus ends of actin filaments." Raymond is co-advised by Drs Arthur Popper (UMCP) and Bechara Kachar (NIH). read more >

08/28/09 Dr. Jens Herberholz Awarded NSF Grant
Dr. Jens Herberholz was awarded $509,882 from the National Science Foundation for "Identification of Underlying Mechanisms for Decision-Making and Behavioral Choice in Crayfish." Project goal: gain a better understanding of the basic neural processes that control decision-making & behavioral choice. read more >