Four scientists have been named Dart Scholars in Learning and Memory this summer. Sponsored by a generous grant from Dart Neuroscience, these awards bring top scientists in the field of learning and memory together to conduct research at the MBL for the summer.
William Frost Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
“Optical recording studies of learning and memory in the marine mollusk Tritonia diomedea”
Wen-Biao Gan New York University
“The role of visual experience in dendritic spine plasticity”
David Glanzman University of California, Los Angeles
“Development of the zebrafish into a model organism for the cellular and molecular analysis of nonassociative memory”
Daniel Johnston University of Texas, Austin
“Changes in dendritic excitability as a substrate for learning”
