Neurobiology Research Center Renamed The Center For Neuroscience Research
2001
Neurobiology Research Center renamed the Center for Neuroscience Research. Founded in 1967, the Center initially focused on "the development and plasticity of the nervous system, with a particular emphasis on experience-dependent nervous system development." The renamed Center was awarded a $242,200 grant from the National Science Foundation becoming one of only six Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Training Sites in neuroscience. The name change reflects the Center's broader interests in "neural development and regeneration, genetic and hormonal control of behavior, and synaptic function and plasticity." Faculty representing psychological and biological science departments will conduct the summer programs which will be limited to 10 students each for the next three summers. Students will be recruited from colleges in the Capital Region and the Northeast. Participants will receive free room and board, a stipend, supply budget, and funding to travel to regional meetings on neuroscience. The program will be lead by associate professors Cheryl Frye of the Department of Psychology and Gregory Lnenicka of the Department of Biological Sciences.
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Carol Olechowski, "UAlbany Joins Prestigious Group of Research Centers," University Update, May 3, 2001, p. 3