Blog by BrainWaves
Author: Jasmine Turna
The post-colloquium Phoenix social is a MiNDS tradition, but the Students of MiNDS Association (SOMA) helped shake things up a little this past Thursday following Dr. Goldowitz’s talk. With October 31st just around the corner, the afternoon talk very quickly turned into an even...
AUTHOR: Shawna Thompson
Taking time out of her busy schedule, Dr. Jane Foster, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, sat down with me for an interview.
Q. What initially drew you to neuroscience? Why did you choose this field?
I don’t think we real...
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AUTHOR: Crystal Mahadeo
Shawna Thompson is a PhD student in Dr. Jane Foster’s lab. Recently, Shawna transferred from Masters to PhD to continue her research. She also attended SfN in Chicago for the first time! We talked about the transfer process and her experience at the Neuroscience conference....
In this month’s Program Corner, we are introduced to the remainder of this year’s incoming class of MiNDS students. As you will see, they are an exciting group of individuals with varied interests both in and outside of the lab. We hope that you enjoy getting to know them as much as we have!
AUTHOR: Justin Balsor
As proud students of McMaster’s Neuroscience Graduate program, it seems fitting that the current issue of Brainwaves should feature a brief account of this year’s annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. With just under 30,000 attendees, the meeting was held at Chicago’s...
AUTHOR: Elyse Rosa
Alison Fenney was a PhD student in the MiNDS program working with Dr. Timothy Lee. Alison defended her thesis in the fall of 2011. While working with Dr. Lee, her PhD project focused on the role of motor information in learning and behaviour in the presence and absence of physical...
AUTHOR: Elyse Rosa
Monica Akula has a Neuroscience and Psychology double major from the University of Toronto. Her graduate supervisor will be Dr. Judith West-Mays. Monica's research interests include cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and genetics. Her hobbies are reading and watching mo...
AUTHOR: Shawna Thompson
Taking time out of her busy schedule, Dr. Jane Foster, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, sat down with me for an interview.