Summer Neuroscience Program (2019)

This eight-week summer program enables undergraduates to jumpstart their Graduation with Distinction senior theses by working one-on-one with faculty mentors. The full program is open only to rising juniors and seniors who are declared Neuroscience majors. Students work on individual projects with their mentors to gather more information for research independent study (RIS) projects that will be done throughout the fall and spring semesters. The Summer Neuroscience Program is part of the Bass Connections Brain & Society theme.

2019 Projects

  • Edem Asamoa, The Impact of Vision Training on Baseball Performance and Brain Responses as Measured by EEG
  • Shreya Bhatia, Investigating the Neural Mechanisms by which Sustained Attention Shapes Memory Formation
  • Emre Cardakli, Neutrophil Dectin-1 Signaling Negatively Regulates T Cell Proliferation
  • Grace Carlson, Alpha Modulation: How Feedback-based Learning of Reward Associations Occurs through Reactivation of the Sensory Cortices
  • Katherine Freedy, Is Sleep Reflected in the Brain? Functional Connectivity Patterns and Disordered Sleep in College Students
  • Sarah Haurin, Erbb2-V659E Overexpression Induces hiPSC Cardiomyocyte Proliferation
  • Shenyang Huang, The Phenomenology of Remembering Immoral Actions
  • Rehan Khan, A Novel Neural Circuit’s Role in Quiescent Stem Cell Activation
  • Melissa Leal, Basal Oxytocin Levels in ASD and Typically Developing Children
  • Vincenzo Malo, How Manipulating Autophagy Influences Inflammasome Activation in Astrocytes
  • Maya Samal, Emotion Recognition in Young People at Risk for Psychosis
  • Justin Savage, What Is the Role of PTPRZ1 in Astrocyte Development and Synapse Formation?
  • Kathryn Simmons, Assessing Performance of Mice on Progressive Ratio Task Using Touch Screen Technology
  • Dominic Tanzillo, Head Free Maze Navigation: Novel Problems and Solutions
  • Junette Yu, Language Learning in Young Infants with Sensory Impairments
  • Ziwei Zhang, Neural Evidence of Control State Reinstatement: An fMRI Study

Team Leaders

  • Lawrence Appelbaum, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Elika Bergelson, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Felipe De Brigard, Arts & Sciences: Philosophy
  • Tobias Egner, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Cagla Eroglu, School of Medicine: Cell Biology
  • Ahmad Hariri, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Richard Keefe, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Rebecca Klein, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Chay Kuo, School of Medicine: Cell Biology
  • Kevin LaBar, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Mari Shinohara, School of Medicine: Immunology
  • Linmarie Sikich, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Fan Wang, School of Medicine: Neurobiology
  • Marty Woldorff, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Edem Asamoa, Neuroscience (AB)
  • Shreya Bhatia, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Emre Cardakli, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Grace Carlson, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Katie Freedy, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Sarah Haurin, Neuroscience (BS); Evolutionary Anthropology(BS2)
  • Shenyang Huang, Neuroscience (BS); Mathematics (BS2)
  • Rehan Khan, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Melissa Leal, Computer Science (AB)
  • Vincenzo Malo, Neuroscience (BS); Global Health (AB2)
  • Maya Samal, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Justin Savage, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Kathryn Simmons, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Dominic Tanzillo, Neuroscience (BS); Mathematics (BS2)
  • Junette Yu, Neuroscience (BS); Linguistics (AB2)
  • Ziwei Zhang, Neuroscience (BS); Psychology (AB2)

Themes