CBN continues to build on it’s research of health and equity through a recent internal grant awarded, RISE. This grant provides the opprotunity for the center to work with the Grady Trauma Project and Emory University to further study social stress and trauma and form partnerships for new and growing research possibilities. Read more…
The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience is excited to announce that Debbie Bangasser has joined us as the Associate Director of the center. In this new role, Debbie brings a wealth of knowledge to GSU on the mechanisms underlying stress-induced pathoogy. As the university’s first Distinguished Investigator with the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA), Dr. Bangasser will … Read more
To honor the legacy of the late Associate Director of the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Dr. Walter Wilczynski, an endowment was set up by his wife and GSU to recognize the achievements of students at GSU. 2022 winner of the Dr. Walter Wilczynski Outstanding Neuroscience Undergraduate Award is student Kharli M. Major. Read more…
Meet the Atlanta Brain Bee Winners! It is our great pleasure to announce the winners of the 2022 Atlanta Brain Bee contest. We were truly amazed by the caliber, tenacity, and the breadth of knowledge possessed by our young competitors. 1st Our champion, Sridhanya Muppala, is a junior at Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia. Her spark in neuroscience ignited when she attended the summer classes at the International … Read more
The Forger Lab presented their CBN sponsored booth “Your Brain On Bugs” at the Atlanta Science Festival Expo this year. The booth was used to educate the public about the contributions of the microbiota to brain development, highlighting the Forger lab’s research at GSU. The activity was a success! Attendees lined up to participate in a hands-on … Read more
We are pleased to announce that Henry Shen of Oak Ridge, TN, represented Georgia in the National Brain Bee Competition in March of this year. Henry placed first out of 17 competitors at our February 9 competition at Emory University. Following his preparations including tutoring with our Brain Bee volunteers, Henry competed against 55 other competitors … Read more
The Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and The Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience are pleased to announce the champion and top finalists of the 2018 Atlanta Regional Brain Bee held Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Emory University: 2018 Georgia Champion – Aayush Setty of North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, GA Second Place Winner … Read more