Rutgers Grad Program in BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL SCIENCES

[Mark Gluck]

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       Seeking Applications for Fall 1995 for Ph.D. Program in

		    BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL SCIENCES

		      Rutgers University, Newark

	   Target date for applications is JANUARY 20, 1995

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If you are considering graduate study in Cognitive, Integrative,
Molecular, or Computational Neuroscience, you may be interested in
Rutgers' new interdisciplinary research-oriented graduate program in
Behavioral and Neural Sciences (BNS).

The BNS aims to provide students with a rigorous understanding of the
basic tenets and underpinnings of modern neuroscience.  The program
emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of this endeavor, and offers
specific research training in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
and Molecular, Cellular and Systems Neuroscience.  These research
areas represent different but complementary approaches to contemporary
issues in behavioral and molecular neuroscience and can emphasize
either human or animal studies.

The graduate program is offered by two distinct university units: the
newly established Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience
(CMBN) and the Institute of Animal Behavior (IAB). These two units
work together but each has its own special emphasis.

Research at the CMBN emphasizes integration across levels of analysis
and traditional disciplinary boundaries. The CMBN is one of the
leading places in this country for the study of the neural bases of
behavior and cognition in humans and other animals. Behavioral
research areas include the study of memory, language (both signed and
spoken), motor-control, and vision. Clinically relevant research areas
are the study of the physiological and pharmacological aspects of
schizophrenia, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease and molecular genetics
of reading disorders and well as neuroendocrinology. We have a
computational program for students interested in pursuing
neural-network models as a tool for understanding psychological and
biological issues.  There is also a strong focus on single cell (patch
clamp, intracellular and extracellular) electrophysiology and
multi-unit recording, systems analysis, neuroanatomy and in vivo
microdialysis.

The IAB offers a unified program in psychobiology and ethological
patterns of behavior, with an emphasis on evolution, development and
reproduction, as well as the neurogenesis and recovery of function
from brain damage.


Other Info 
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At present the CMBN supports up to 40 students with 12-month renewable
assistantships for a period of four years. The curent stipend for
first year students is $12,750; this includes tuition remission and
excellent healthcare benefits. The IAB supported students receive D.S.
Lehrman Fellowships which include a 12-month stipend of approximately
$10,500 for four years and tuition remission.  In addition, the
Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company's Foundation has provided
four Excellence Awards which increase students' stipends by $5,000.
Several other fellowships are offered.  More information is available
in our graduate brochure.

The Rutgers-Newark campus (as distinct from the New Brunswick campus),
is 30 minutes outside New York City, and close to other major
university research centers at NYU, Columbia, and Princeton, as well
as major industrial research labs in Northern NJ, including ATT,
Bellcore, Siemens, and NEC.


Faculty Associated With Rutgers Behavioral & Neural Sciences Ph.D. Program
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	FACULTY - RUTGERS

Elizabeth Abercrombie (Ph.D., Princeton), neurotransmitters 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.,Ph.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), 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/neurolinguistics [CMBN]
Barry Komisaruk (Ph.D., Rutgers), behavioral neurophysiology/pharmacology [IAB]
Sarah Lenington (Ph.D., Chicago), genetic basis of mating preference [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), language and motor behavior [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), neuropsychology of visual perception [CMBN]
Donald Stein (Ph.D., Oregon), neural plasticity [IAB]
Jennifer Swann (Ph.D., Michigan), neuroendocrinology [Biology]
Paula Tallal (Ph.D., Cambridge), neural basis of language development [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]

	BNS FACULTY - UMDNJ 
Barry Levin (M.D., Emory Medical) neurobiology
Benjamin Natelson (M.D., Pennsylvania) stress and distress
Allan Siegel (Ph.D., SUNY-Buffalo), aggressive behavior
Walter Tapp (Ph.D., Cornell), primate models of cognitive function
	
        ASSOCIATES OF CMBN
Izrail Gelfand (Ph.D., Moscow State), biology of cells [Biology]
Richard Katz (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr), psychopharmacology [Ciba Geigy]
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, or possibly
applying to one of the labs as a post-doc, research assistant or
programmer, please contact us via one of the following:

	Dr. Gyorgy Buzsaki or Dr. Mark A. Gluck 
        CMBN, Rutgers University
        197 University Ave.
        Newark, New Jersey  07102

	Phone (Secretary, Ann Kutyla):  (201) 648-1080 (Ext. 3200) 
        Fax:    			(201) 648-1272
	Email:  buzsaki at axon.rutgers.edu or
		gluck at pavlov.rutgers.edu

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.


INTERNET INFORMATION:
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Additional information on this program can be obtained 
over the internet via World Wide Web at:

	http://www.cmbn.rutgers.edu/

Please be warned that it is still under construction.