Neuroscience Undergraduate Student Association at FSU

01/22/2018

Hey NUSA!

This is a friendly reminder of our first general body meeting tonight from 6:30-7:30 in psychology building A room A105.

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01/22/2018

The FSU College of Medicine will host a faculty candidate seminar today (Monday, January 22) at, 12:00 pm, 1306 COM. Yi-Yuan Tang (Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University; Presidential Endowed Chair in Neuroscience; Professor of Psychological Sciences & Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University) will speak on "Training attention and self-control over the life span: brain mechanisms and clinical applications." Dr. Tang is a faculty candidate for the Mina Jo Powell Endowed Chair in Neurological Sciences.for more about Tang, visit:
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/people/ytang/

Presidential Endowed Chair in NeuroscienceEducation:Ph.D., Dalian University of Technology & Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging).

01/17/2018

We had a great time today meeting our state legislators with the Alzheimer's Association, hopefully we will be able to participate in more events like this in the future!

04/14/2017

A new fast food chain is on the rise: Welcome to Brain Foods!

Romy Aiken having fun with sheep brains at our Undergraduate Brain Fair

04/14/2017

04/14/2017

04/13/2017

Visit us at the Union!

04/12/2017

Tomorrow, stop by Union Green to say hi to NUSA as we promote Neuroscience to FSU!
We'll be there 9:30am-1:30pm. We will have sheep brains, interactive neuroscience displays, and a special tea that makes you lose your sense of taste for sweetness (😦).

Want to volunteer? Comment below and indicate when you'll be free. You will get membership points for volunteering and Servscript hours! Feel free to bring any science stuff you have to add to our display.

03/28/2017

March 27, 2017

03/25/2017

Hi all! Tomorrow is the Rushton Lecture Series! Prominent neuroscientists come to FSU to present on issues in contemporary neuroscience!

Hosted by FSU's Program in Neuroscience, the topic is Affective Disorders: Causes and Treatments. This is a great opportunity, as there will be guest lecturers from universities such as Yale, Stony Brook, and Cornell! Hope to see you there!

Saturday March 25, 2017

Rushton Lectures: Psychology Department Auditorium (D201 PDB) – 8:30am – 4:30pm

9:15-10:00 AM

Dr. Francis Lee (Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine)

The Role of BDNF in the Development of Fear Learning



10:00 - 10:45 AM

Dr. Wen Li (Department of Psychology, FSU)

Sensory Mechanisms of Anxiety



11:00 - 11:45 AM

Dr. Greg Hajcak (Department of Psychology, Stony Brook, soon to be FSU COM/Psychology)

Neural Measures of Human Anxiety and Depression: How We’ve Gotten Almost Nowhere, and Some Cause for Optimism



11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Dr. Thomas Joiner (Department of Psychology, FSU)

A Biobehavioral Account of Su***de



2:00 -2:45 PM

Dr. Gerard Sanacora (Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine)

Novel Glutamatergic Agents for the Treatment of Mood Disorders: A Clinical Perspective



2:45 - 3:30 PM

Dr. Lisa Monteggia (Department of Neuroscience, UT Southwestern)

Mechanism of Rapid Antidepressant Action



3:45 - 4:30 PM

Dr. Ronald Duman (Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine)

Neurobiology of Stress, Depression, and Antidepressants: Rapid Remodeling of Synaptic Connections

03/14/2017

NUSA is full of great members, but February we put a special spotlight on Emily Bohner!!! Check out the final February of the Month interview. For the rest of her highlights, check out the NUSA Blog!
https://youtu.be/dFbL0aYlRww

NUSA February of the Month, Emily B.!!