A program for undergraduate research into the mechanisms of sensory coding and memory decay
This is the final technical report for this DOE project, entitltled "A program for undergraduate research into the mechanisms of sensory coding and memory decay". The report summarizes progress on the three research aims: 1) to identify phyisological and genetic correlates of long-term habituation, 2) to understand mechanisms of olfactory coding, and 3) to foster a world-class undergraduate neuroscience program. Progress on the first aim has enabled comparison of learning-regulated transcripts across closely related learning paradigms and species, and results suggest that only a small core of transcripts serve truly general roles in long-term memory. Progress on the second aim has enabled testing of several mutant phenotypes for olfactory behaviors, and results show that responses are not fully consistent with the combinitoral coding hypothesis. Finally, 14 undergraduate students participated in this research, the neuroscience program attracted extramural funding, and we completed a successful summer program to enhance transitions for community-college students into 4-year colleges to persue STEM fields.
- Research Organization:
- Dominican University
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE Office of Science and Technology (EM-50)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0002409
- OSTI ID:
- 1000975
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC0002409-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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