Contact: Coco Besson, WWU Behavioral Neuroscience Program Coordinator, (360) 650-2148, or coco.besson@wwu.edu.
BELLINGHAM – 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.
Van Epps’ lab at Western uses the model organism C. elegans (a microscopic nematode, or roundworm) to study the molecular pathways of brain circuit formation. Many of the molecules that control neuronal development are conserved from worms to humans, including human disease genes. By studying this tiny worm, the Van Epps lab can dissect entire molecular pathways important for neural development at single-cell and single-synapse resolution in living animals. Van Epps will discuss the problems of neurodevelopment and the connection to disease at the May 4 Neuroscience on Tap event.
Regular monthly meetings occur on the first Monday of each month. At each meeting, a faculty member leads the discussion of a specific topic, from mental illness to food addiction to brain injury.
For more information or to check on the topic of the upcoming discussion, contact Coco Besson, WWU Behavioral Neuroscience Program coordinator, at (360) 650-2148 or at coco.besson@wwu.edu. Additional program information can also be found at http://www.wwu.edu/neuroscience/.
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