Regis Shanley, a 5th year student in the Neuroscience program, will be practicing for her dissertation defense: "Estrogen Modulation of VTA Dopamine Neuron Physiology and Behavioral Responsivity to Variable Social Stressors".
Nora Awadallah, a 4th year PhD student in the Neuroscience program, will be practicing for her second level exam: "Characterization of Gbg activation on SERT dynamics in the brain and gastrointestinal tract".
Emily Birnbaum, a 3rd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience program, will be presenting her research in progress: "Repurposing the LANCL2 pathway to treat Alzheimer's Disease".
Allison Meyers, a 6th year PhD candidate in the Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience program, will be presenting her research in progress: "Environmental Regulation of Silent Synapses in the Dorsolateral Striatum".
Devry Mourra, a 5th year PhD candidate in the Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience program, will be presenting his research in progress: "Satiety’s regulation of striatal signaling".
Atanas Stankov, a 4th year PhD student in the Behavioral Cognitive Neuroscience program, will be presenting his research in progress: "Sources of submillisecond structured temporal synchrony in the rat hippocampus".
Emily Birnbaum, a 3rd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience program, will be practicing for her Master's defense: "Targeting LANCL2 to Treat Alzheimer's disease".
BrainE Hour Organizers Jasmine Pathan and Aria Walls will be going over goals and ground rules for BrainE hour in 2023.
Yuka Miura, a 5th year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience program, will be practicing for her Thesis defense: "Cell-type specific stress adaptation in BNST-VTA circuit".
BrainE Hour brings together graduate students conducting STEM research at CUNY to develop science communication skills through informal and formal science communication events. To prepare for BrainE Blitz lightning talks in May, we will have an invited speaker, Denise Croote, PhD, a science communicator and post-doc at the Icahn …
Kick Off the Fall 2024 Semester with BrainE Hour! Mark your calendars for Friday, September 6th, as we welcome the new academic year. Join us from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the CUNY Graduate Center, located on the 5th floor, in the DGSC Working Lounge (Room 5409). This is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect …
Science should be a conversation, not scientists lecturing audiences about their research. BrainE Hour is hosting research lightning talks to encourage the discussion between scientists of different backgrounds. Any and all GC STEM graduate students are welcome to give a 3-5-minute lightning talk or poster presentation about their research. When: Friday, September …
