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    Lav Varshney and Nathan Schroeder combine their respective knowledge in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Crop Sciences along with their neuroscience knowledge to approach a growing issue in the midwest, soybean cyst nematodes. These worms are capable of destroying entire crops. Read about...
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    A study by Mark Hauber, a professor of evolution, ecology, and behavior at the U. of I., and colleagues reveals what robins thought of various dimensions of fake plastic eggs inserted into their nests. The researchers say the thinner the fake eggs got, the more likely the birds were to remove them...
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    Catherine Christian-Hinman

    How would you describe your background? (I.E. where are you from? How did you first get interested in your area of research? Etc.) When I started looking at colleges in my junior year of high school, I saw a major called “Neuroscience and Behavior” in a college brochure, and I thought it was the coolest thing I’d ever heard of – understanding the biological basis for how and why we do what we do. I went to Smith College for my undergrad, and my first year there was also the first year that neuroscience was listed as an official major in the course catalog. After finishing...
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    Amogh Belagodu

    Career Development What field in Neuroscience did you study? Behavioral Neuroscience. What about the research process did you enjoy? Really just the discovery and learning process. You get to ask questions about the most advanced organ ever created and try to solve it. Even negative results yielded information, so it was always an exciting journey. Did you prefer gathering the data, brainstorming its meaning, the writing process, defending your research, presenting your research, etc. Brainstorming and presenting are...
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