Parrots, songbirds have evolved distinct brain mechanisms, Klarman Fellow finds
The study provides a clue into how parrot – and human – brains allow continuous, flexible vocal learning.
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Sea fireflies synchronize their sparkle to seek soulmates
Nicholai M. Hensley, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior is the lead author of the mating ritual of ostracods, titled, "Collective synchrony of mating signals modulated by ecological cues and social signals in bioluminescent sea fireflies" in the Proceedings of the R...
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Service to science: Two veterans find purpose in neuroscience
Caleb Jones, a military veteran, studies with Meinig School graduate field member Jesse Goldberg, associate professor of neurobiology and behavior in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences. Jones is quoted as saying, “Neuropsychiatric illnesses were the most interesting to me, so I decided to study ...
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In a first, memory shown to have two distinct past and future paths
Cornell University Scientists reveal that the hippocampus region of the brain has two separate parts. One that remembers the past and one that can plan for the future. Antonio Fernandez -Ruiz; Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, Assistant Professor in neurobiology and b...
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Role of hippocampus in two functions of memory revealed
The finding has important implications for one day treating memory and learning issues found in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
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As Pew investigator, Goldberg to study how animals feed young
The collaboration aims for a breakthrough in understanding the neural mechanisms by which parental animals balance their own needs with the needs of their offspring.
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Nilay Yapici
Would you like to learn how Nilay Yapici, Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences, Assistant Professor of the neurobiology and behavior department became interested in biology or why she studies neuroscience? To learn more, please read Current Biology.
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Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz receives NIH award for ‘transformational’ project
Neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz has received a New Innovator Director’s Award from the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
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Support NBB: Graduate Student Research Fund
Alumni and Faculty have teamed up to establish an endowment that will have a lasting impact on graduate student research in Neurobiology and Behavior. This endowment generates funds devoted exclusively to supporting our in-house program of Research Grants for graduate students, and we need your help to grow it.
Recent NBB Publications
- Tejapratap Bollu, Brendan S. Ito, Samuel C. Whitehead, Brian Kardon, James Redd, Mei Hong Liu, Jesse Goldberg: Cortex-dependent corrections as the tongue reaches for and misses targets. Nature. 19 May 2021. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03561-9
- Christopher M. Jernigan, Natalie C. Zaba, Michael J. Sheehan: Age and social experience induced plasticity across brain regions of the paper wasp Polistes fuscatus. BIOLOGY LETTERS. 14 April 2021. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0073
- Frank R. Castelli, Mark A. Sarvary: Why students do not turn on their video cameras during online classes and an equitable and inclusive plan to encourage them to do so.
Ecology and Evolution (2021). doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7123 - Jay A. Stafstrom, Gil Menda, Eyal I. Nitzany, Eileen A. Hebets, Ronald R. Hoy: Ogre-Faced, Net-Casting Spiders Use Auditory Cues to Detect Airborne Prey. Current Biology (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.048