Neuroscience student digs into the impacts of food desert inhabitance on brain development and behavior
As a high school student with a couple psychology courses under her belt, Tyara Thompson ’24 had “fallen in love with the brain.” The […]
Alfredo Zuniga will use OhioLINK Mini-Grant to enhance introductory neuroscience class
Alfredo Zuniga, assistant professor of neuroscience at The College of Wooster, was awarded an OhioLINK Open Educational Resource Course Redesign Mini-Grant that will help […]
Somarr Elliott ’25 receives Charles J. Ping Student Service Award
Somarr Elliott ’25, a neuroscience major in the cognitive behavioral neuroscience track at The College of Wooster, recently received Ohio Campus Compact’s Charles J. […]
Former health coaches team up to improve health outcomes and education in African communities
The dedication to health sciences runs deep for Eran Maina ’21 and Scott Perkins ’20. The biochemistry & molecular biology and neuroscience majors, respectively, […]
Angel Asamoah ’25 receives prestigious Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service
Angel Asamoah ’25, a neuroscience major at The College of Wooster, was recognized for her commitment to public service and social change by the […]
Neuroscience major conducts lab research on LOX genes during APEX Fellowship
Bhumika Ramesh ’26, a neuroscience major at The College of Wooster, discovered how the fields of genetics and neuroscience work together in the study […]
Neuroscience major extends health coach experience with APEX Fellowship
Lindsi Filippi ’24, a neuroscience major and biology minor at The College of Wooster from Pickerington, Ohio, spent the summer engaged in an APEX […]
Neuroscience-psychology major extends health coach experience with APEX Fellowship
Lindsi Filippi ’24, a neuroscience-psychology major and biology minor at The College of Wooster from Pickerington, Ohio, spent the summer engaged in an APEX […]
Wooster student studies dementia and aging during APEX Fellowship
Ruhee Mehta ’26 spent her summer interning at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience in Bangalore, India as part of an APEX […]
Unlocking The Power of Neurotrophins: While analyzing the effects of DNT1 on the overproduction of TAU within Drosophila Melanogaster
Name: Malik Moore Major: Neuroscience-Biology Advisor: Seth Kelly Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, have become increasingly prevalent in aging societies, causing significant global […]
Can We Reverse Aging? Using Cognitive Training in Rodents to Enhance Overall Cognitive Performance
Name: Sarah Snider Major: Cognitive Neuroscience Minor: Economics Advisor: Amy Jo Stavnezer Cognitive plasticity is the ability for cognitive outcomes to be flexible and fluid. […]
Do You Get Déjà Vu? Examining the Effects of Context and Time on Contextual Generalization in a Mouse Model of PTSD
Name: Natalie Ibrahim Belle Major: Neuroscience (Biology) Advisors: Alfredo Zuniga, Nicholas Brandley Intrusive symptoms in post-traumatic stress disorder occur due to the generalization of contextual fear […]
Instating Natural Reward-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in C57BL/6J Mice
Name: Sydney Fitzcharles Major: Neuroscience (Cognitive/Behavioral Track) Advisors: Alfredo Zúńiga, Grit Herzmann Reward is a vastly complex process, integrating diverse brain regions and neurotransmitters […]
An Overworked Powerhouse: A Boolean Model of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Associated Senescence in the Context of Aging Microglia
Name: Katie Fleig Major: Neuroscience Advisors: Erzsebet Regan, Hilary Edgington; William Morgan (second reader) Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s […]
Probiotic Bacterial Produced Serotonin (5-HT) in the Microbiome of Caenorhabditis Elegans Alters Behavior
Name: Jillian Murray Major: Neuroscience (Biology) Minor: Psychology Research about the neural connections between the gut and brain, called the gut-brain-axis, have emerged as […]
Prognostic Factors for Meningioma Growth: A Meta-Analysis
Name: David Lee Dotson Major: Neuroscience (Biology) Minor: Music Advisor: Nicholas Brandley; Seth Kelly (second reader) Many studies have reported connections between certain factors and meningioma […]
It’s the Little Things in (a Grasshopper’s) Life: How the Carolina Grasshopper Visually Signals to Conspecifics While Minimizing Predation Risk
Name: Claire Lynn Campbell Major: Neuroscience (Biology) Advisors: Nicholas Brandley, Jennifer Ison The Carolina grasshopper, Dissosteira carolina, has coarse vision due to its compound […]
“What’s in a name?”: How Just the Word “Autism” affects Autism Stigma
Name: Allison Ringold Majors: Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience and German Studies Advisors: Grit Herzmann, Mareike Herrmann Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Autism has a variety of definitions and […]
Wooster receives $475 thousand HHMI grant to support inclusive excellence in research mentoring in STEM
The College of Wooster has received a grant of $475,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) initiative for work over […]
APEX Fellowship | Tudor Lungu
Major: Neuroscience Class Year: 2024 Organization: The Chester Summer Scholars Program at MetroHealth, Cleveland As an intern at MetroHealth Medical Center, I will be […]