Graduate Training in NEURAL COMPUTATION at Rutgers Univ. (NJ), Behav. & Neural Sci Ph.D.

[Mark Gluck]

              Application Information for Ph.D. Program in

	             BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL SCIENCES
	      
                 at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey

           *   Application target date is February 1, 1996  *
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         Additional information on our Ph.D. program, research
        facilities,and faculty can be obtained over the internet at:

                http://www.cmbn.rutgers.edu/bns-home.html
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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 behavioral and molecular neuroscience and can emphasize
either human or animal studies.

The BNS graduate program is composed of faculty from the Center for
Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN), the Institute of Animal
Behavior (IAB), the Department of Biological Sciences, the Department
of Psychology, and the School of Nursing.

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 (both signed and
spoken), reading, attention, motor control, vision, and animal
behavior.  Clinically relevant research areas are 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 four years. The curent stipend for first
year students is $12,750; this includes tuition remission and excellent
healthcare benefits.  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, available upon
request.

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), 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]
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]
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]
 	
ASSOCIATES OF CMBN

Izrail Gelfand (Ph.D., Moscow State), biology of cells [Biology]
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, 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 
        BNS Graduate Admissions
        CMBN, Rutgers University
        197 University Ave.
        Newark, New Jersey  07102

	Phone:  (201) 648-1080 (Ext. 3221) 
        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. Please also see our WWW Homepage listed above which
contains extensive information on faculty research, degree requirements, 
local facilities, and more.