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Application Information for Ph.D. Program in
BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL SCIENCES
at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
* Application target date is February 1, 1997 *
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Additional information on our Ph.D. program, research
facilities,and faculty can be obtained over the internet at:
http://www.bns.rutgers.edu
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The Behavioral and Neural Sciences (BNS) graduate program at
Rutgers-Newark aims to provide students with a rigorous understanding
of modern neuroscience with an emphasis on integrating behavioral and
neural approaches to understanding brain function. The program
emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of this endeavor, and offers
specific research training in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience as
well as Molecular, Cellular and Systems Neuroscience. These research
areas represent different but complementary approaches to contemporary
issues in integrative neuroscience and emphasize both animal and
human studies.
The BNS graduate program is composed of faculty from the Center for
Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN), the Department of
Biological Sciences, and the Department of Psychology.
Research training in the BNS program emphasizes integration across
levels of analysis and traditional disciplinary boundaries. Basic
research areas in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience include the study
of the basal forebrain, basal ganglia, hippocampus, visual and auditory
systems and monoaminergic and neuroendocrine systems using
electrophysiological, neurochemical, neuroanatomical and molecular
biological approaches. Research in Cognitive and Behavioral
Neuroscience includes the study of memory, language, reading, attention,
motor control, vision, neural computation, and animal behavior.
Clinically relevant research areas include the study of the
behavioral, physiological and pharmacological aspects of schizophrenia,
Alzheimer's disease, amnesia, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and other
movement disorders, and the molecular genetics of neuropsychiatric
disorders
Other Information
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At present the CMBN supports up to 40 students with 12-month renewable
assistantships for a period of five years. The curent stipend for first
year students is $15,000; this includes tuition remission and healthcare
benefits.
The Rutgers-Newark campus is 20 minutes outside New York City, and
close to other major university research centers at NYU, Columbia,
SUNY, and Princeton, as well as major industrial research labs in
Northern NJ, including ATT, Bellcore, Siemens, and a host of
pharmaceutical companies including Johnson & Johnson Hoecsht-Celanese,
and Sandoz.
Faculty Associated With Rutgers BNS Ph.D. Program
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FACULTY - RUTGERS
Elizabeth Abercrombie (Ph.D., Princeton), neurotransmitter interactions and
behavior [CMBN]
Colin Beer (Ph.D., Oxford), ethology [IAB]
April Benasich (Ph.D., New York), infant perception and cognition [CMBN]
Ed Bonder (Ph.D., Pennsylvania), cell biology [Biology]
Linda Brzustowicz (M.D., Columbia), human genetics [CMBN]
Gyorgy Buzsaki (Ph.D., Budapest), systems neuroscience [CMBN]
Mei-Fang Cheng (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr) neuroethology/neurobiology [IAB]
Ian Creese (Ph.D., Cambridge), CNS neurotransmiter and drug receptors,
neuropsychopharmacology. [CMBN]
Doina Ganea (Ph.D., Illinois Medical School), molecular immunology [Biology]
Alan Gilchrist (Ph.D., Rutgers), visual perception [Psychology]
Mark Gluck (Ph.D.,Stanford), learning, memory and neural computation [CMBN]
Ron Hart (Ph.D., Michigan), molecular neuroscience [Biology]
G. Miller Jonakait (Ph.D., Cornell Medical College), neuroimmunology [Biology]
Judy Kegl (Ph.D., M.I.T.), linguistics and aphasia [CMBN]
Barry Komisaruk (Ph.D., Rutgers), behavioral neurophysiology/pharmacology [IAB]
Joan Morrell (Ph.D., Rochester), cellular neuroendocrinology [CMBN]
Teresa Perney (Ph.D., Chicago), ion channel gene expression and function [CMBN]
Howard Poizner (Ph.D., Northeastern), Motor control and motor disorders [CMBN]
Jay Rosenblatt (Ph.D., New York), maternal behavior [IAB]
Anne Sereno (Ph.D., Harvard), attention and visual perception [CMBN]
Maggie Shiffrar (Ph.D., Stanford), vision and motion perception[CMBN]
Harold Siegel (Ph.D., Rutgers) neuroendocrine mechanisms [IAB]
Ralph Siegel (Ph.D., McGill), neurophysiology of visual perception [CMBN]
Susan Szapiel (M.D., Chicago), Cortical plasticity and functional
architecture [CMBN]
Paula Tallal (Ph.D., Cambridge), neural basis of language [CMBN]
James Tepper (Ph.D., Colorado), basal ganglia neurophysiology and anatomy
[CMBN]
Beverly Whipple (Ph.D., Rutgers), women's health [Nursing]
Laszlo Zaborszky (Ph.D., Hungarian Academy), neuroanatomy of forebrain [CMBN]
ASSOCIATES OF CMBN
Richard Katz (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr), psychopharmacology [Ciba Geigy]
Barry Levin (M.D., Emory Medical) neurobiology
David Tank (Ph.D., Cornell), neural plasticity [Bell Labs]
For More Information or an Application
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If you are interested in applying to our graduate program, please
send email with your mailing address, requesting an application packet to:
For other information or questions about the program, please contact:
Dr. Gyorgy Buzsaki
BNS Graduate Admissions
CMBN, Rutgers University
197 University Ave.
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Phone: (201) 648-1080 (Ext. 3131)
Fax: (201) 648-1272
Email: buzsaki@axon.rutgers.edu (Gyorgy Buzsaki)
or
gluck@pavlov.rutgers.edu (Mark Gluck)
We will be happy to send you info on our research and graduate program,
as well as set up an a possible visit to the Neuroscience Center here
at Rutgers-Newark. Please also see our WWW Homepage listed above which
contains extensive information on faculty research, degree
requirements,
local facilities, and more.
-- Ralph Siegel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor axon@cortex.rutgers.edu phone: 201-648-1080 x3261 fax: 201-648-1272Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University 197 University Avenue Newark, NJ 07102
Graduate program information: http://www.bns.rutgers.edu/
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