Carolyn Johnson is now Carolyn Johnson, Ph.D.!
Thanks to her committee Drs. Yi Zuo, Michael Stryker, Patricia Janak and Kevin Bender!
Congratulations Dr. Loucks
Alexandra Loucks successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis!
Research Discussed by Alison Gopnik in the Wall Street Journal
A paper by Professor Wilbrecht and her colleagues, Francisco Javier Muñoz-Cuevas, Jegath Athilingam, and Denise Piscopo, is discussed in today’s Wall Street Journal by Professor Alison Gopnik.
Citation: Alison Gopnik, Drugged-Out Mice and the Growing Brain, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 4, 2013, page C2.
Related: Francisco Javier Muñoz-Cuevas, Jegath Athilingam, Denise Piscopo, Linda Wilbrecht, Cocaine-induced structural plasticity in frontal cortex correlates with conditioned place preference, Nature Neuroscience (2013) doi:10.1038/nn.3498
A. Moses Lee to defend his docotoral thesis!
August 23rd at 10 AM in Rock Hall at UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Wilbrecht Lab @ UC Berkeley
The Wilbrecht Lab has moved to the University of California, Berkeley! Linda Wilbrecht is now Assistant Professor of Psychology, and affiliated with the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute.
Prospective graduate students interested in the lab should now apply to UC Berkeley graduate programs.
Wilbrecht & Coates Discuss Risk-Taking Behavior
The Rockefeller University hosted John Coates and Linda Wilbrecht for a discussion moderated by Marc Tessier-Lavigne. The group focused upon the biological regulation of risk-taking behavior, addressing how experience can alter future behavior, and how age, developmental critical periods, and gender can affect decision making. The group also discussed Coates’ recent book, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust.
Wilbrect & Coates in Wired Magazine
John Coates’ recent book, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust, is discussed in Wired Magazine, along with an anecdote about Linda Wilbrecht’s collaboration with Coates.
Wilbrecht Joins CHILD Research Center
Linda Wilbrecht is now co-director of the Cognitive Health Impacts Lifelong Development (CHILD) Research Center, a collaboration between UC Berkeley and Children’s Hospital Oakland.
Podcast and Special Issue on Motivation
Reinout W. Wiers, Danielle S. Counotte and Linda Wilbrecht discuss motivation on a podcast associated with a special issue of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience focusing upon motivation. The special issue is edited by Ron Dahl and Louk Vanderschuren who are also featured speakers in the related podcast.
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Motivation Special Issue, Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 361-616 (October 2011).
President Obama Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists
Linda Wilbrecht received a Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recipients are selected for their pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and their commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education, or community outreach.
President Obama Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists, The White House, Sept. 26, 2011.