Andrea Pack (graduate student) and Sam teach a six-week Introduction to Neuroscience course at Phillips State Prison in Buford, GA.
July 2016 – Andrea joins the lab
Andrea Pack (graduate student) joins the lab.
June 2016 – Sam wins teaching award
Sam wins the Emory Graduates in Neuroscience Exemplary Lecturer Award
June 2016 – James joins the lab
James MacGregor (graduate student) joins the lab.
March 2016 – Kyle graduates
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.