Brain Camp
Brain Camp is a residential summer experience for high school students
interested in the inner-workings of the brain. Students at Brain Camp live in on
campus at Muhlenberg College. The Camp, held in 2009 and planned for 2010,
features hands-on workshops that explore brain anatomy, physiology, and
development; and pioneer research projects in faculty laboratories.
Each day at Brain Camp each year includes:
Morning sessions that demonstrate hot topics in neuroscience through hands-on
activities. Past activities have included: da Vinci and Brain Anatomy, What's
Really Happening on Fear Factor?, and This is Your Brain on Drugs.
Afternoon research projects that let students design their own experiments.
Projects are directed by faculty from the biology, neuroscience, and psychology
departments at Muhlenberg College.
Evening social activities including Dorney Park, outdoor movies, and more!
Brain Camp is a residential summer experience for high school students
interested in the inner-workings of the brain. Students at Brain Camp live in on
campus at Muhlenberg College. The Camp, held in 2009 and planned for 2010,
features hands-on workshops that explore brain anatomy, physiology, and
development; and pioneer research projects in faculty laboratories.
Each day at Brain Camp each year includes:
Morning sessions that demonstrate hot topics in neuroscience through hands-on
activities. Past activities have included: da Vinci and Brain Anatomy, What's
Really Happening on Fear Factor?, and This is Your Brain on Drugs.
Afternoon research projects that let students design their own experiments.
Projects are directed by faculty from the biology, neuroscience, and psychology
departments at Muhlenberg College.
Evening social activities including Dorney Park, outdoor movies, and more!
Our Focus
News
Sentience Foundation Makes Two Campaign Gifts to Muhlenberg
to Support Undergraduate Research and Brain Camp:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/talentscampaign/sentience.html
Sentience Foundation Makes Two Campaign Gifts to Muhlenberg
to Support Undergraduate Research and Brain Camp:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/talentscampaign/sentience.html
Research
In 2010, Sentience is funding two universities' research teams, at Muhlenberg
College and at Drew University. In 2009, Sentience-funded teams at
Muhlenberg studied:
the molecular basis of anxiety and its therapeutic control;
the mechanisms of nervous system development;
the relationship between vision and motor behavior.
The team will also be "mapping" the biological basis of memory and forgetting.
Current Brain Research on Anxiety Being Conducted - Description by Dr.
Jeremy Tessiere:
"Anxiety is a profound dysregulation in the homeostatic control of
emotion in the brain. Although the parts of the brain involved in short
and long term anxiety have been identified, the molecular underpinnings
of anxiety are still largely unknown. I am interested in mapping the
molecular basis of anxiety by examining the biochemical properties of
neurotransmitter receptors, hormones, and drugs that work to control
anxiety."
Drew University's summer study teams will hone in on important aspects of
Alzheimer's Disease.
In 2010, Sentience is funding two universities' research teams, at Muhlenberg
College and at Drew University. In 2009, Sentience-funded teams at
Muhlenberg studied:
the molecular basis of anxiety and its therapeutic control;
the mechanisms of nervous system development;
the relationship between vision and motor behavior.
The team will also be "mapping" the biological basis of memory and forgetting.
Current Brain Research on Anxiety Being Conducted - Description by Dr.
Jeremy Tessiere:
"Anxiety is a profound dysregulation in the homeostatic control of
emotion in the brain. Although the parts of the brain involved in short
and long term anxiety have been identified, the molecular underpinnings
of anxiety are still largely unknown. I am interested in mapping the
molecular basis of anxiety by examining the biochemical properties of
neurotransmitter receptors, hormones, and drugs that work to control
anxiety."
Drew University's summer study teams will hone in on important aspects of
Alzheimer's Disease.
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Phone: 1-609-915-1220
P.O. Box 129, Princeton, New Jersey 08542
Web: www.sentiencefoundation.org
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Web: www.sentiencefoundation.org
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Exploring and challenging the mind through
the sponsorship of brain research at the
university level, a Sentience Undergraduate
Neuroscience Network and a Distinguished
Speakers' Series
the sponsorship of brain research at the
university level, a Sentience Undergraduate
Neuroscience Network and a Distinguished
Speakers' Series