The college’s awardees include five current graduate students, four current undergraduates and four recent alumni.
A new paper published in the journal Cerebral Cortex Communications by Crystal Lantz, a postdoctoral associate in biology, and Elizabeth Quinlan, a professor of biology and director of the University of Maryland’s Brain and Behavior Institute, shows that these changes in perceptual thresholds are reflected in the visual cortex.
His talk was titled "A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You."
UMD-led research identifies age-related changes to DNA and reveals longevity-related differences between bat species.
Q&A with Brain and Behavior Institute Founding Director Betsy Quinlan.
The training program, which the NIH has supported for 26 years, funds five graduate students and two postdocs. Distinguished University Professor Catherine Carr is co-principal investigator for the program.
Shah will graduate in May with degrees in biological sciences and individual studies.
As the institute director, Quinlan will hold the Clark Leadership Chair in Neuroscience, which was endowed with a gift from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation that was matched by the state’s Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund.
Almost 3,500 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Fall 2020.
A new study shows how small strokes can disrupt the whole brain and reduce mental processing.