Randy Nelson, who chairs the Department of Neuroscience, is exploring how maintaining a truly dark sleeping environment may make it easier to keep weight off.
Research
In addition to producing scholarship, researchers need to understand how to manage the distribution of their work through publishing and other forms of sharing, such as personal or departmental websites, digital repositories like SSRN and arXiv, and academic networking sites like ResearchGate and Academia.edu.
Undergraduates from all majors are invited to submit abstracts for presentation of scholarly works at the Third annual Undergraduate Spring Symposium April 12-13 at WVU Mountainlair.
Marc W. Haut has been chosen to serve in a new leadership role as vice chair and director of clinical research and education for the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. Currently the chair of the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, Haut is also professor in the Departments of Neuroscience, Neurology and Radiology and the WVU Cancer Institute.
Undergraduates from all majors are invited to submit abstracts for presentation of scholarly works at the Third Annual Undergraduate Spring Symposium April 12-13 at the WVU Mountainlair. Faculty are encouraged to inform undergraduates of this opportunity.
Jianhai Du, an assistant professor in the School of Medicine, is researching a protein that plays a crucial role in this chemical commandeering. His findings may provide insight into incurable, little-understood retinal diseases.