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Students in the Wellesley Neuroscience program benefit from being able to participate in real projects using cutting edge equipment, and working with our world class faculty.

A select group of students present each year at the Wellesley College Ruhlman Conference, where students present their work to an unusually wide audience. By providing an opportunity for public presentation of what is often a private, isolated activity, the Ruhlman Conference will demonstrate that research can be part of the ongoing conversation in a community of scholars.

Student Projects

How do the ovarian hormones, estradiol and progesterone, act in the brain to regulate gene expression and behavior (with Marc Tetel).

Does maternal choline supplementation improve learning of offspring in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome (with Joanne Berger Sweeney).

How does lithium affect the rate of neurogenesis in juvenile crayfish? (with Carol Ann Paul in BISC 306 semester project).

Color categories in macaque monkeys; functional significance of color-tuned neuronal activity for color-discrimination behavior in macaque monkeys; mechanisms of color tuning in posterior IT cortex of macaque monkey; object discrimination in squirrel, a rodent model of high-acuity vision; stereovision in artists and non-artists; does drawing affect shape constancy?; the impact of color memory on artistic representation (with Bevil Conway).

MRImaging the development of vertebrate and invertebrate brains (with Nancy Kolodny).

How do circadian rhythms influence the birth of new neurons in lobsters (with Barb Beltz).