Kyle Srivastava (Emory/GT Biomedical Engineering Program) successfully defends his doctoral thesis. Congratulations Dr. Srivastava!
February 2016 – Hoffmann et al., J. Neuroscience
“Dopaminergic contributions to Vocal Learning” by Lukas Hoffmann, Varun Saravanan, Lyndie Wood (graduate students), Li He (Emory Dept. of Opthamology), and Sam Sober is published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
November 2015 – Elemans et al., Nature Communications
“Universal mechanisms of sound production and control in birds and mammals” by Kyle Srivastava (graduate student) Sam Sober, and 10 other coauthors is published in Nature Communications.
November 2015 – David wins leadership award
David Nicholson (graduate student) is selected to join the Mu circle of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society “in recognition of his academic achievement, commitment to service, and demonstrated leadership.” Congrats David!
October 2015 – Chili cook-off
The lab dominates the departmental chili cook-off, sweeping both the carnivorous and vegetarian divisions (thanks to chefs Conor and David).
October 2015 – Srivastava et al., J. Neuroscience
“Multifunctional and Context-Dependent Control of Vocal Acoustics by Individual Muscles” Kyle Srivastava (graduate student) Coen Elemans, and Sam Sober is published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
September 2015 – Lukas wins Biology award
Lukas Hoffmann (graduate student) wins the Graduate Program in Biology Academic and Professional Achievement Award. Congrats Lukas!
June 2015 – Kuebrich & Sober, Neuroscience
“Variations on a theme: Songbirds, variability, and sensorimotor error correction” by Ben Kuebrich (graduate student) and Sam Sober is published in Neuroscience as part of a special issue on the contributions of different model organisms to neuroscience research.
May 2015 – Lab awarded NSF research grant
The lab is awarded a 3-year research grant from the National Science Foundation.
March 2015 – Lyndie receives GRFP award
Lyndie Wood (graduate student) is awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations Lyndie!