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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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| Position: | Assistant Professor |
| Departments: | Biology |
| Affiliations: | Department of Biology, UMD |
| Lab: | The Araneda Lab http://www.clfs.umd.edu/biology/aranedalab/ |
| Research Areas: | Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience |
| Research Levels: | Cell/Molecular Neuroscience |
| Research Approaches: | Neurophysiology |
| Research Note: | In most animals the sense of smell is essential for their survival. For instance, the detection and recognition of odor molecules by the olfactory system allows animals to find sources of food, to detect the presence of predators, and ultimately to find potential mates. Using a combination of imaging and electrophysiology recording techniques, our lab studies how the neuronal circuits of the olfactory bulb participate in the processing of olfactory information. |
| NACS Status: | Regular |
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Bioscience Research Bldg. Room 1114 College Park, MD 20742-5815 301-405-5540 raraneda@umd.edu http://www.clfs.umd.edu/biology/aranedalab/ |
Maria Chait (Ph.D 2006) moved from Tel Aviv, Israel to join the NACS program. She works with researchers in the US, Japan and France with Dr. Poeppel employing functional brain imaging (MEG) to study the cortical systems that involved in the processing of auditory information. In short, Maria seeks answers to how a listener is able to segregate sounds. | More | |
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Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program | T: 301-405-8910 | F: 301-314-9566 | Email: NACS@umd.edu
2131 Biology-Psychology Bldg, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
