Category: Activities

Introduction to Neuroscience Axis: Jeopardy!

Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a great start to your fall semester! We are having our first GBM this upcoming Wednesday, September 14th 7-8pm in SAC 311. Come join us to learn more about the club and enjoy a fun game of Jeopardy. Looking forward to meeting you all!

End of Year GALA

at the end of each year, the 3 clubs associated with psychology hold a gala event

Neuroscience axis       psi chi      psychology student alliance

Here are some photos from past events.  GALA 2013 (We would like to thank MC and Brian Loo for the great pictures from this event.)

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Reaching for Success. Photography by MC

Renee Hartig, 2012-13 NSA President, who is now at Max Planck, and Andrew Lee, NSA Vice President (Spring 2015)

Renee Hartig, 2012-13 NSA President, who is now at Max Planck, and Andrew Lee, NSA Vice President (Spring 2015). Photograph by MC Photos.

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Sheri Levy (far right), co-sponsor of the Psychology Student Alliance, helps students compete to build the tallest spaghetti and marshmallow structure. Photograph by MC Photos.

 

The competition was stiff.   Photograph by MC Photos.

The competition was stiff. Photograph by MC Photos.

Richard Gerrig demonstrates his lesser know juggling skills while Patricia Whitaker describes what is going on in his brain while he juggles.

Richard Gerrig demonstrates his lesser known juggling skills while Patricia Whitaker describes what is going on in his brain while he juggles. Photograph by MC Photos.

 

Brenda Anderson converses with Peter Pedulla

Brenda Anderson converses with Peter Pedulla. Photograph by MC Photos.

The food was great!

The food was great! Photograph by MC Photos.

Iven Yu, who enters graduate school at Johns Hopkins in the fall of 2015, passes out brain keychains.  He is aided by Bill Kochen, now a graduate student in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at George Mason University.

Iven Yu, who enters graduate school at Johns Hopkins in the fall of 2015, passes out brain keychains. He is aided by Bill Kochen, now a graduate student in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at George Mason University. Photograph by MC or Brian Loo.

 

Club officers and faculty.

Club officers and faculty. Photograph by MC Photos.

 

 

 

 

Outreach Activities

BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK ACTIVITIES

EVERY YEAR NEUROSCIENCE AXIS GOES INTO LONG ISLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TALK ABOUT THE BRAIN

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We brought Brain Awareness Week to JFK Middle School

We brought Brain Awareness Week to JFK Middle School

Brain Awareness week at Comsewogue High School

Brain Awareness week at Comsewogue High School

Brain Awareness week at Ward Melville High School

Brain Awareness week at Ward Melville High School

One of the schools in 2015

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Students in Patchogue dissect sheep brains.

 

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Students identify the regions of the sheep brain.

 

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Neuroscience Axis volunteers and the Patchogue students.

 

 

THIS YEAR, WE PRESENTED OUR Outreach EFFORTS AT THE BRAIN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN EVENT sponsored by the dana foundation.  The event was held during the ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE

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AT THE SESSION, OUR PRESENTERS, ANDREW AND ARIELLA, SAW NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, ERIC KANDEL (middle)

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2015 End of Year Event–Dr. Margaret McCarthy

On May 8 and 9, 2015 Neuroscience Axis was honored to host Dr. Margaret McCarthy on the Stony Brook Campus.

On May 8, Dr. McCarthy gave a lecture entitled, The amazing origins of sex differences in the brain.  Here are some images from the talk.

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The talk, held in the SAC auditorium, was well attended.

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Students were highly engaged, and asked many exceptional questions.

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 On May 9, Dr. McCarthy spoke about her path to a career  in neuroscience.  The room was fully occupied!

Dr. Margaret McCarthy talks about her path to a career in neuroscience.  She is the Chair of the Dept. of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Dr. Margaret McCarthy talks about her path to a career in neuroscience. She is the Chair of the Dept. of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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Dr. McCarthy spoke to a full house.

 

Her talk was followed by a panel discussion that included faculty from Stony Brook Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, Neurobiology and Behavior and Neurology.

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Dr. Anat Biegon from the Department of Neurology shares her career advice.

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Extracurricular Opportunities to Learn about Neuroscience

Neuroscience Axis organizes opportunities to learn and share information about Neuroscience through extracurricular activities.

Each semester Neuroscience Axis sponsors a talk entitled, “How to get involved in research.”

Some of our common events include…

Sheep brain anatomy 

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Sheep Brain, Sagittal

Students learned how to assemble spiker boxes.

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We learned to record action potentials with a spiker box, and we present demonstrations in the fall at the Organizational Fair, and in the spring at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) conference.

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We have competed in the Roth Pond Regattta

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We learned how to use a compound microscope and we played Brain Bingo

A Brain Bingo Card

A Brain Bingo Card Images of sections are from the NSF funded Human Brain Atlas at https://www.msu.edu/~brains/brains/human/index.html 3D models were developed with the Albany Medical School Virtual Brain Model

 

At the end of each year, we hold a GALA event with Psi Chi and Psychology Student Alliance.  Past speakers have talked about the neuroscience of juggling, the path to their career in neuroscience, and Art and Neuroscience. (see our GALA post)

Club officers and faculty.

Club officers and faculty.

 

At the end of the year, we hosted a speaker and panel discussion (see our full post on these events).

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Please join us for future activities.

 

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