Neuroscience – Page 2

“Bee” Impressed

April 4, 2013

| Behavior, insects, Neuroscience, research, Susan Fahrbach

Bee impressed at ACC Meeting of the Minds Wake Forest to showcase innovative student research from across the ACC — By WILL FERGUSON Office of Communications and External Relations You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but this might not be the case for a honeybee. Just ask David Hale (’15), a sophomore biology major….

Fruit Fly Research Combines Drosophila and Diabetes

August 14, 2012

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| cell biology, insects, molecular biology, Neuroscience, research

Dr. Eric Johnson’s research on Drosophila provides insight into human diabetes treatment. His laboratory’s findings were recently featured by the WFU News Service and the scientific journal Genetics. Complexity doesn’t stem from having different genes or special nerve cells. The basic biophysical, biochemical makeup is the same. The difference in complexity is in the number…

Wayne Silver Receives Funding for Neuroscience Training

September 1, 2011

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| Funding, Neuroscience, research, Wayne Silver

Congratulations to Wayne Silver, whose proposal entitled “Undergraduate neuroscience training cooperative between WFU and WSSU” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This innovative program will allow students at Winston-Salem State University, a historically black institution, to complete the requirements for the Neuroscience Minor at Wake Forest University. The goal of this…