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Recent Publications, cont. McConnell, S.E.*, Alla, J.*, Wheat, E.*, Romeo, R., McEwen B.S., and Thornton, J.E (2012). The role of testicular hormones and luteinizing hormone in spatial memory in adult male rats. Hormones and Behavior 61: 479-486. McCormick C. and Wallace A.* (in press). Otolith endorgan projections to auditory neurons in the descending octaval nucleus of the goldfish, Carassius auratus: A confocal analysis. Brain Behavior and Evolution. McGregor C.* and Thornton J.E. (2011). Estradiol ameliorates cognitive deficits in a rodent model of schizophrenia: role of NMDA and acetylcholine receptors. Scientific abstract and poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Nov 2011, Washington DC. McMillen T., Simen P. and Behseta S. (2011). Hebbian learning in linear-nonlinear networks with tuning curves leads to nearoptimal, multi-alternative decision making. Neural Networks 24: 417-426. Roseman A.S.*,McGregor C.*, and Thornton J.E. (2012). Estradiol attenuates the cognitive deficits in the novel object recognition task induced by sub-chronic phencyclidine in ovariectomized rats. Behavioral Brain Research 233: 105-112. Simen P. (2011). Preventing combinatorial explosion in a localist neural network architecture using temporal synchrony. Connection Science 22: 131-144. Simen P., Balci F., deSouza L., Holmes P., and Cohen J. D. (2011). Interval timing by long-range temporal integration. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 5 (28). 6 SEND YOUR NEWS! NeuroNews is a newsletter for alumni and friends of the Oberlin College Department of Neuroscience. Let us know some of the significant happenings in your lives. Send comments/news to: NeuroNews Oberlin College Department of Neuroscience 119 Woodland St Oberlin OH 44074 (440) 775-8768 or Casey.ross@oberlin.edu Jan.thornton@oberlin.edu Webpage: www.oberlin.edu/nsci Top: Students and faculty members at the Nu Rho Psi Induction Ceremony. Back: Mike Loose, Caitlin Carlton, Eli Goshorn, Athreya Tata, Jessica Saw, Elizabeth Cooke, Gunnar Kwakye, Leslie Kwakye, Veronica Burnham, Kristina Witcher. Front: Jan Thornton, Matt Hartsock, Anrey Wang Geoff Diehl, Sam Asinof, Ted Pallis, Chris Sundby, and Seung Yun Jee. Bottom: Athreya Tata ’12, Alex Edwards ’12, Max Hovey ’13 Liam Guerin ’13, and Joe Duprey ’13 dress up for the Love Lounge Formal. Simen P., Balci F., deSouza L., Holmes P., and Cohen J. D. (2011). A model of interval timing by neural integration. Journal of Neuroscience 31 (25): 9238-9253. Sundby C.*, Laman-Maharg A.*, Witcher K.*, Stewart B.* and Thornton J.E. (2012). Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (a Luteinizing Hormone homologue) acts at the dorsal hippocampus and prefrontal cortex to inhibit spatial memory in estrogen-treated female rats. Abstract and poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, October 2012. Wachtel J.M.* and Paine T.M. (2011). Ability of different conditioning procedures to cause cue-induced hyperactivity. Abstract and poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., November 2011. Willis K.L., McCormick C.A. and Carr C.E. (2011). Anatomy of turtle middle ear cavities and hindbrain auditory circuits. Abstract, podium presentation at the J.B. Johnston Club, November 2011, in press, in Brain Behavior, and Evolution. Willis K.L., McCormick C.A. and Carr C.E. (2011). The organization of the hindbrain auditory nuclei of turtles follows the archosaur pattern. Abstract and poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C., November 2011.
alumni news Michael Crain ’78, a radiologist, is chair of the radiology department at Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut, the CEO of a group of 12 radiologists, and the CMO and part owner of a pharmaceutical business. Lauren French ’93 is a tenured associate professor of biology and neuroscience at Allegheny College. Rumor has it that she will be named chair of biology. Susan Womeldorf ’93 says she got married and that her house almost collapsed. Fortunately things are looking up, although it has been a long year. Kate Waimey Timmerman ’01 switched job tracks and is now program director of the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern University, a large, interinstitutional group that explores fertility preservation basic science, clinical care, education, and social science research for the reproductive future of cancer survivors. Todd Ahern ’02 earned his PhD at Emory University. He is an assistant professor in psychology at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. It was great to see Chris Macklin ’04 when he returned to Oberlin to give an invited lecture in the Conservatory of Music last fall. He is an assistant professor of music history/musicology at the Townsend School of Music, Mercer University. Logan Hegg ’04 is studying clinical child psychology in the PsyD program at Pace University. Kayle Sawyer ’04 is enrolled in the behavioral neuroscience PhD program at Boston University, where he is studying the effects of alcoholism on the human brain. Sandra Weissmiller ’04 earned her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree in 2011 at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Congratulations to Rebecca Brachman ’05, who received a 2011 National Science Foundation Fellowship. She is currently studying neuroscience at Columbia University. Kat Salerno ’05 finished up her PhD project titled “Identification of Transcriptional Targets of the Nerve-Injury Induced Transcription Factor Sox11.” Valerie Neverman ’05 was married to Ari Hurwitz in June 2010 in Indianapolis. She is director of recruitment and admissions at the Earlham School of Religion, the seminary connected with Earlham College. Juliet Alla ’06 is a scientist with the Sea Education Association, which takes college students to sea aboard a brigantine sailing ship for oceanographic sampling. Her role is to “run the lab, deploy the gear, teach the students, and find a way to keep my sea boots smelling fresh.” Anne Berry ’06, a graduate student in neuroscience at the University of Michigan, won the prestigious Early Graduate Student Researcher Award from the American Psychological Association. Recipients were selected based on the quality of their research during their initial years of graduate study. Anne is studying the neural mechanisms of attention. Renee Jakaitis ’07 is a line cook at One If By Land, Two if By Sea in Manhattan. Franne Kamhi ’08 is in the neuroscience PhD program at Boston University, studying the neurochemistry and neuroanatomy underlying social behavior in ants. Laura Kanter ’08 was working in language perception at the University of Washington. Vanessa Richards ’08 worked as a technician and then spent the last year earning a BS in nursing at Columbia University. She is now working toward her master’s degree in nursing to become a nurse practitioner and notes that Joceyln Turner Shuler ’08 and Rachel Leibson ’08 are also working in the nursing field. Olivia Winter ’08 was awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF- GRFP) in May 2011. Congratulations. Ardon Shorr ’09 began graduate school in neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon in fall 2011. Alisa Olmsted ’09 pursued architecture after graduation but has since worked as a live-in nanny to three kids for a year and as a research assistant at a pediatric gastroenterology office. She has decided to go to medical school. Andrea McQuate ’10 finished up her postbacc program and began graduate school in neurobiology at the University of Washington in fall 2011. Mari Monosoff-Richards ’11 is living in Greenville, S.C. (and has yet to experience any tornados, hurricanes, tropical storms, or earthquakes) and works as a library assistant at the public library. She is still swing dancing and has learned to play volleyball, and she started a blog, http://involuntarychef.blogspot.com/, on her attempts to learn to cook. 7
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