[FUN_Mail] FW: Neuroscience Program Requesting Research Input

Tue Apr 16 11:33:47 EDT 2013

Here's an email from Robin Cooper to the list--it has a wealth of references to lab-based activities Robin has published and is well worth a read.

Also -- a note on the listserv: it only accepts emails from the address you have registered at funfaculty.org.  So if you forward emails from that address on to a different account, replying back to the list will not work (Robin - that's what seems to have happened to your email, which bounced).

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Bob Calin-Jageman

-----Original Message-----
From: Cooper, Robin L [mailto:rlcoop1 at uky.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 5:16 PM
To: Bob Jacobs; Sara Bagley; FUN_Mail at lists.funfaculty.org
Cc: Michael R. Jarcho
Subject: RE: [FUN_Mail] Neuroscience Program Requesting Reserach Input

Hi,

We did not have a Neuroscience major at the University of Kentucky so a few years ago I created a major through a "Topical Studies" program. It is a program that basically allows students, with faculty mentorship, to design their own major. So this was a Topical Studies-Neuroscience emphasis Major within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Here is the web site for it.

http://web.as.uky.edu/Biology/faculty/cooper/Topical%20Studies/default.htm

It is a mix of subspecialties by taking advantage of other programs on campus. So we have 3 main focus areas within this major.

Last year we started a minor of neuroscience so by the university rules the majors have to now fulfill the requirements for the Minor and then can go one with the Topical studies Major in Neuroscience

To have the major I had to create a few new classes.

We do use a "Research class " independent study that can count towards the major. This is a lab research experience on a Neuroscience topic. Also the students have to write a Thesis for the Topical studies major. The students usually expand on the research lab projects they have been involved with. Some students have even published their research projects as primary authors. Some other students have conducted more of a review of a topic.

I created a hands on Neurophysiology Lab course as well to get students interested in more research based topics.

All the labs have protocols and Movies that students and I made of the lab exercise itself so students could view the lab prior to doing it. 3 or 4 of these labs will now be turned in to articles for JoVE.

http://web.as.uky.edu/Biology/faculty/cooper/Bio450-AS300/Bio450Fall2012.html

Click on the lab in this web page and you can pull up the movie and lab protocols.

Anyone is welcome to use them... you should be able to download them all.

If you need the raw movie files (made with Windows movie maker- free ware with windows software as far as I know) for making adjustments I can load a external drive but they are large ~ 6 GB for lab so just send a large flash drive and I can copy over for you and mail back.

These JoVE articles should be out by the end of summer I hope.

Majeed, Z.R., Titlow, J., Hartman, H.B. and Cooper, R.L. (2013) Proprioception and tension  receptors in crab limbs: Student laboratory exercises. (In Review for Journal of Visualized  Experiments (JoVE). . Professional movie and peer reviewed manuscript)

Titlow, J., Majeed, Z.R., Nicholls, J.G. and Cooper, R.L. (2013) Identifiable neurons in the  central nervous system of a leech via electrophysiology and morphology, sensory field maps  in skin and synapse formation in culture: Student laboratory exercises. (In Press for  Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  Professional movie and peer reviewed  manuscript)

Titlow, J., Majeed, Z.R., Hartman, H.B., Burns, E., and Cooper, R.L. (2013) Neural Circuit  Recording from an Intact Cockroach Nervous System (In Press for Journal of Visualized  Experiments (JoVE).  Professional movie and peer reviewed manuscript).

I have other JoVE artcles that can be used for Neurophysiology class/labs as well.

Cooper, A.S., and Cooper, R.L. (2009) Historical view and physiological demonstration of synaptic transmission at the crayfish opener muscle.   Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  JoVE. 33. http://www.jove.com/index/details.stp?id=1595; doi: 10.3791/1595

Wu, W.H. and Cooper, R.L. (2010) Physiological recordings  of high and low output NMJs on the Crayfish leg extensor muscle. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  Jove. 45:  http://www.jove.com/index/details.stp?id=2319 doi:10.3791/2319.

Leksrisawat, B., Cooper, A.S., Gilberts, A.B. and Cooper, R.L. (2010) Response properties of muscle receptor organs in the crayfish abdomen: A student laboratory exercise in proprioception. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  Jove. 45: (for manuscript)

http://www.jove.com/index/details.stp?id=2323  doi:10.3791/2323

Cooper, A.S., Leksrisawat, B., Gilberts, A.B., Mercier, A.J. and Cooper, R.L. (2011) Physiological experimentations with the crayfish hindgut.  Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  Jove 47: http://www.jove.com/details.php?id=2324 doi: 10.3791/2324.

Robinson, M.M., Martin, J.M., Atwood, H.L. and Cooper, R.L. (2011) Modeling biological membranes with circuit boards and measuring conduction velocity in axons: Student laboratory exercises. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  Jove. 47: e2325  http://jove.com/details.php?id=2325  doi: 10.3791/2325

Baierlein, B., Thurow, A.L., Atwood, H.L. and Cooper, R.L. (2011) Membrane potentials, synaptic responses, neuronal circuitry, neuromodulation and muscle histology using the  crayfish: Student laboratory exercises. Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). Jove 47: http://www.jove.com/Details.php?ID=2322 doi: 10.3791/2325.

Yours,

Robin L. Cooper

Dept of Biology, University of Kentucky

http://web.as.uky.edu/Biology/faculty/cooper/

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From: fun_mail-bounces at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail-bounces at lists.funfaculty.org> [fun_mail-bounces at lists.funfaculty.org] on behalf of Bob Jacobs [BJacobs at ColoradoCollege.edu]

Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 5:30 PM

To: Sara Bagley; FUN_Mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:FUN_Mail at lists.funfaculty.org>

Cc: Michael R. Jarcho

Subject: Re: [FUN_Mail] Neuroscience Program Requesting Reserach Input

We require research of our psychology majors, but it is optional for our

neuroscience majors (for practical reasons--i.e., demand on faculty).   We

tell those students who want to go on to Ph.D. Programs that they really should do research; for future med students, it seems less important. b

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    Bob Jacobs, Ph.D.

    Laboratory of Quantitative Neuromorphology

    Department of Psychology

    Colorado College

    14 E. Cache La Poudre

    Colorado Springs, CO  80903

    Phone:(719) 389-6594

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    Web page: http://www.coloradocollege.edu/academics/dept/neuroscience/

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On 4/15/13 3:23 PM, "Sara Bagley" <Sara.Bagley at loras.edu<mailto:Sara.Bagley at loras.edu>> wrote:

>Dear FUN Colleagues,

>Loras College, a small liberal arts college, just approved a

>Neuroscience major last September. My colleagues and I are in the

>process of creating courses and are seeking input from current

>Neuroscience programs about their research requirements. Do any of your

>current Neuroscience programs require research experiences or

>internships? If so, how is it arranged in your curriculum? How do you

>ensure that all of your students will find research experiences or internships? Thank you, in advance.

>

>Best,

>Sara L. Bagley, Ph.D.

>Assistant Professor of Psychology

>Psychology and Neuroscience Programs

>Loras College

>190 Hennessy Hall

>563-588-7783

>Sara.Bagley at loras.edu<mailto:Sara.Bagley at loras.edu<mailto:Sara.Bagley at loras.edu%3cmailto:Sara.Bagley at loras.edu>>

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