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Daphne Soares’s (NACS '02), discovery of Dome Pressure Receptors, pressure-detecting mounds that enable crocodilians to detect movement of prey in water, appears in Nature. | Research Topics | |
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Each seminar is one hour long, followed by a short discussion period and light luncheon. Room 1103 Bioscience Research Building, 10:15 am.
| Date | Name | General Topic |
| September 18, 2009 | M. ALEX MEREDITH, PH.D. | Studies of Crossmodal Plasticity |
| September 25, 2009 | NATHAN FOX, PH.D. | Brain systems underlying motivation for reward and punishment in Behavioral Inhibition |
| October 02, 2009 | ADELE DIAMOND, PH.D. | Prefrontal cortex executive functions: Genetic and environmental influences with clinical and educational implications |
| October 09, 2009 | STEPHEN SUOMI, PH.D. | Risk, resilience, and gene X environments in primates |
| October 23, 2009 | MICHAEL O'DONOVAN, PH.D. | Spontaneous activity in developing nervous systems: Mechanisms and functions |
| October 30, 2009 | KEITH KLUENDER, PH.D. | Speech perception as efficient coding |
| November 06, 2009 | SARAH BOTTJER PH.D. | Neural Substrates for Vocal Learning during the Sensitive Period in Songbirds |
| November 13, 2009 | CHARLES NELSON, PH.D. | The development and neural bases of face processing |
| November 20, 2009 | REGINA SULLIVAN, PH.D. | Neurobiology of infant attachment |
| December 04, 2009 | HEIKO NEUMANN, PH.D. | Neural mechanisms of motion perception - experimental findings, modeling, and algorithms |
| February 05, 2010 | PAUL KATZ, PH.D. | |
| February 12, 2010 | MIGUEL NICOLELIS, PH.D. | |
| February 19, 2010 | TODD BRAVER, PH.D. | |
| February 26, 2010 | HEATHER EISTHEN, PH.D. | |
| March 05, 2010 | RICHARD MOONEY, PH.D. | |
| March 26, 2010 | MAJA PANTIC, PH.D. | |
| April 02, 2010 | TONY ZADOR, PH.D. | Attention in the auditory cortex |
| April 09, 2010 | RUSS POLDRACK, PH.D. | |
| April 16, 2010 | RANULFO ROMO, PH.D. | |
| April 23, 2010 | HANS HOFMANN, PH.D. | Genes, Hormones and Social Behaviour: An Integrative Approach towards Decision Making |
| April 30, 2010 | BILL KRISTAN, PH.D. |
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It's not often that a novice scientist discovers something that the experts have missed. Daphne Soares' research in the journal Nature reports on an overlooked body part that was in plain view -- the snouts of alligators. | Featured NACS Alumni | |
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