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2007 Grass Fellows

Eleven young scientists have been awarded fellowships by the Grass Foundation to conduct research in neurobiology at the MBL this summer. The program is directed by Catherine Carr, University of Maryland. Gal Haspel, NIH/NINDS, serves as associate director.

Robyn J. Crook
Brooklyn College (CUNY)
"Spatial Learning and Memory in Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus pompilius L."

S. E. Roian Egnor, Ph.D.
Harvard University
"Vocal Behavior in the House Mouse (Mus musculus domesticus)"

Anna K. Greenwood, Ph.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
"Characterization of the Neural Circuitry Underlying Distinct Anti-Predator Behaviors in Pufferfish"

Erwin Idoux, Ph.D.
Boston University
"Ontogeny of the Intrinsic Properties of the Neurons Responsible for the Velocity to Position Integration of Zebrafish (Danio rerio)."

Anthony Leonardo, Ph.D.
Harvard University
"Neuronal Circuit Dynamics Underlying Dragonfly Prey Capture"

Alex Loebel, M.S.
The Weizmann Institute of Science
"Rapid and Stable Propagation of Synchronized Ensemble Activity in Networks of Spiking Neurons with Short-Term Synaptic Depression"

Angélica María López-Rodríguez M.D.
Instituto de Neurobiologia-UNAM
"Structural Analysis by Freeze Fracture of Human p1 Receptors Produced in S. cerevisiae"

Karen P. Maruska M.S.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
"Rapid Effects of Stress Hormones on Auditory Processing and Vocalization Abilities in the Oyster Toadfish, Opsanus tau"

Theresa Marie Szabo, Ph.D.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
"Temperature-related Hormonal Effects on Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity"

M. Jade Zee, Ph.D.
Cornell University
"In vitro Characterization of the Vocal Hindbrain Central Pattern Generator of a Teleost Fish"

Erik J. Zornik, Ph.D.
Boston University
"Generating Complex Vocal Patterns in Xenopus laevis"

 
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