The Biology Department at Western Washington University has announced its schedule of seminars for spring quarter. All are welcome to attend these free events, which take place at 4 p.m. in Biology Building Room 234.
Faculty from WWU’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments will gather for a monthly neighborhood round-table discussion, “Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB),” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 1, at Bob’s Burgers & Brew, 202 E. Holly St. in downtown Bellingham.
“Stroke: Insights into How Brain Cells Respond to an Attack from Within” is this month’s topic, which will be hosted by Jose Serrano-Moreno, an assistant professor in Western’s Biology Department.
George Ojemann, M.D., a professor emeritus with the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, will be on the Western Washington University campus Tuesday, Feb. 16, to give a lecture titled "Relationship Between Human Cortical Physiology & fMRI During Language & Memory."
Ojemann's research focuses on the neurobiology of human cognition, particularly cortical organization for language and memory, which he investigates in the context of awake neurosurgery under local anesthesia.
Western Washington University Associate Professor of Biology Anu Singh-Cundy will present “In Defense of Scientific Eating: A Tale of Two Grandmas” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Bellingham City Council chambers, second floor, Bellingham City Hall, 210 Lottie St.
Faculty from WWU’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments will gather for a monthly neighborhood round-table discussion, “Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB),” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at Bob’s Burgers & Brew, 202 E. Holly St. in downtown Bellingham.
“Monkey See Monkey Do! The Mirror Neuron Revolution” is this month’s topic, which will be hosted by Kelly Jantzen, an assistant professor in Western’s Psychology Department.
The 82,000-square-foot Biology Building at Western Washington University houses the Biology Department -- specifically, the department's programs in cell and molecular biology, ecology, marine biology and organismal biology. Let's take a look inside. Photos by Michael Leese | University Communications intern
Faculty members from Western Washington University's Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments gather for monthly neighborhood round-table discussions, Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB), at Bob's Burgers & Brew in downtown Bellingham.
At each meeting, a faculty member leads the discussion of a specific topic, from mental illness to food addiction to brain injury.
Here, Jackie Rose, an assistant professor in Westerns Psychology Department, presents "Thanks for the Memories: Memory Processes Across the Lifespan."
An ongoing exploration of the brain will focus on recently discovered neurons that lay the foundation for shared experiences.
"Monkey See Monkey Do! The Mirror Neuron Revolution" is the next in a series of talks organized by Western Washington University about the brain and neuroscience.
It runs 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at Bob's Burgers & Brew, 202 E. Holly St.
Western Washington University will continue its monthly "Neuroscience on Tap" series with a talk about memory Monday, Jan. 4.
Faculty from Western's behavioral neuroscience program and psychology and biology departments will get together with the public from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Bob's Burgers & Brew downtown. The topic of the discussion is "Thanks for the Memories: Memory Processes Across the Lifespan," and it will be led by psychology assistant professor Jackie Rose.
Jackie Rose, an assistant professor of psychology at Western Washington University, will speak on memory processes across the lifespan at the monthly Neuroscience on Tap event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. n Tuesday, Jan. 4.
Faculty from WWU’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments gather monthly for the neighborhood round-table discussions, which are held at Bob’s Burgers & Brew, 202 E. Holly St. in downtown Bellingham.
Jon Bale explains that the clear liquid he’s carefully dripping into a glass test tube in the laboratory contains neurotransmitters, the chemicals that allow brain cells to communicate with each other.
Working on a research project studying brain neurochemistry with Associate Professor of Psychology Janet Finlay, Bale is getting important research experience for a student who aspires to become a neurologist.
C.A. Ross (Geology research associate) and J. R. P. Ross (Biology, emeritus) had their paper "Paleontology, a Tool to Resolve Late Paleozoic Structural and Depositional Histories" published in "Geologic Problem solving with Microfossils: A volume in honor of Garry Jones," Special Publication 93. The paper appears on pages 95 to 109 of the book, edited by T.D. Demchuk and A.C. Gary. The book is published by the Society for Sedimentary Geology.
Beth Phillips knows how to catch a seabird in the dark and make it regurgitate.
But more importantly, she understands why anyone would want to do such a thing.
Phillips, 33, is a marine biologist working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Point Adams Lab in Hammond.
In the spring and summer, when weather permits, she boards a boat with fellow researchers, heads out to sea as the sun is setting and often doesn't return until 3 a.m. It's too hard to catch the birds in the daylight, she said, because "they see you coming.
Janet Finlay, director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Program at Western Washington University, will take audience questions on mental health and genetics at the monthly Neuroscience on Tap gathering at Bob's Burgers & Brew in downtown Bellingham.
Finlay, an associate professor of psychology at WWU, says these regular gatherings are a great way for community members to get answers to common problems from faculty members. In addition to the host, a number of faculty members typically attend these informal meetings, she says.
You've probably never heard of it, but you might find it on a map soon.
The Washington State Board on Geographic Names will meet Oct. 30 to determine whether to accept Salish Sea as a new official place name -- something the board's Canadian counterpart is prepared to do.
The Salish Sea would honour the region's aboriginal people and recognize the shared marine ecosystem comprised of the protected waters of the Strait of Georgia, Juan de Fuca Strait, and Puget Sound.
Charles J. "Jerry" Flora (Biology, emeritus), with Philip S. Ely and Amelia R. (Rosemary) Flora, has published "Microatoll Edge to Enso Annulus Growth Suggests Sea Level Change." It is No. 571 in the Atoll Research Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution. The ARB Web site is http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/atollresearchbulletin/.
Western Washington University Biology assistant professor Eric DeChaine has received a $419,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue his research on climate change and how it affects biodiversity.
The establishment last January of the new Mariana Trench Marine National Monument in the Western Pacific Ocean off Guam was due in part to the research by a Western Washington University professor that revealed an astonishing and unique biodiversity in this previously under-explored island arc region, which is one of the most volcanically active areas in the world.
Plants talk. Sometimes in good ways, sometimes in bad ways; and when a kernel of corn sends a chemical signal to a seemingly harmless mold spore to begin producing the world’s most potent natural toxin – and the corn is then ingested – that conversation can turn deadly.
Marion Brodhagen, Western Washington University assistant professor of Biology, has received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research ways to interrupt this “chemical conversation” between the fungus and food source before it can get started.
Western Washington University Professor Merrill Peterson has received a $20,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study habitat restoration for the Island Marble butterfly, long thought to be extinct until it was recently rediscovered on San Juan Island.
Dennis Bohrer doesn't remember leaving Trader Joe's on Dec. 20 or driving across James Street to buy a Christmas tree. He doesn't recall trying to drive home afterward, the trip ending when his van struck a tree in front of the Indian Street fire station.
Nor does he recall the firefighters who rushed out to find a dead man.
"I had no pulse, no respiration," the 69-year-old Fairhaven resident said of the day he went into cardiac arrest and awoke five days later in St. Joseph Hospital.
Albert Einstein had more glial cells in his brain than the average person, and researchers are studying their role in stroke, sleep and multiple sclerosis.
And while there are 10 times as many glial cells in the brain as there are neurons, they're not as well-known, according to organizers of the "Neuroscience on Tap" series.
Faculty from WWU’s Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments will gather for the monthly neighborhood round-table discussion “Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB)” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, at The Copper Hog restaurant at 1327 N. State St. in Bellingham.
“Tiny Worms, Big Questions: Dissecting Neurodevelopment and Disease” is this month’s topic and will be hosted by Heather Van Epps, an assistant professor in Western’s Biology Department.
Faculty from WWU's Behavioral Neuroscience Program and Biology and Psychology departments will gather for a monthly neighborhood round-table discussion, "Neuroscience on Tap: Bring Your Own Brain (BYOB)" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, July 6, at The Copper Hog restaurant at 1327 N. State St. in Bellingham.
