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The Australian National University Graduate Study Area in
Neuroscience
Nerve cell in action! Using fluorescence imaging, a nerve cell
is visualised in the amygdala, a part of the brain involved in emotions
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The brain is the last unconquered frontier
of science. Neuroscientists at the ANU are using many different approaches
to meet this challenge. These include investigation at the molecular, cellular,
computational and systems levels. The end result will be a greater understanding
of mental disorders, vision, hearing, learning and memory, high blood pressure,
cognitive functions and the design of new medical treatments and artificial
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- Graduate Degrees and How to apply- We offer a 2-4 year PhD
program which includes a scholarship ($22500/year), international conference
travel and a personal computer. A two year MPhil program is also available. More
- Research Projects - Pick an exciting research project. More
- Potential Supervisors - ANU Scientists
in Neuroscience and their research. More
- Scholarships and Financial aid- Several scholarships are available.
More
- Visiting Scholar Scheme- Visit for a day or come for a short
research project which includes laboratory research and living allowance.
- Graduate Alumni- Some of our PhD graduates are now international
postdoctoral fellows, others work for governmental health agencies in
Australia.
- ANU Graduate Research - ANU Graduate Research website, for prospective
and current students and staff/others, with details of graduate disciplines,
programs and research fields etc. More
- ANU Student Prospectus- Annual hardcopy and web Graduate
Research Student Prospectus for prospective research students, with
individual discipline and research field entries and graduate academic
adviser staff contacts. More
- Further training- We offer literacy programs, statistics consultation,
media presentation training and career planning. More
- What to do after your PhD- More
- Canberra living- Low cost of living, plenty of student accommodation,
bike paths everywhere, nature reserves, high student ratio, close to
Sydney, beach or ski resorts. More.
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Neuroscientists working, conferencing, publishing,
graduating. |
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Graduate Degrees
PhD and MPhil degrees are available. These programs offer advanced training in Neuroscience
research with access to about 100 full-time research staff in world-class
facilities. Applications for admission are invited at any
time. Further information.
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Research
Projects are available in
- Computational Neuroscience: artificial seeing systems, topology
of brain mapping, cable theory of excitable membranes, sensory information
theory, ion channel models, neural networks: motor & visual, nonlinear
systems identification, shape & depth from image motion, statistics
of synaptic transmission
- Developmental Neurobiology: homeobox genes: locust &
Drosophila, development of visual and somatosensory projections, eye
movement control, auditory & visual integration, muscle spindle
development, spinal central pattern generators, molecular biology
and neurogenetics of gene expression, mRNA down regulation and protein
localisation of Eph signalling molecules required for retinotopic
map formation
- Neuropharmacology: neurotransmitters & neuropeptides,
neurotrophic factors & second messengers, pharmacology of retinal
transmitters
- Neurophysiology & Biophysics: biophysics of excitable
membranes, cable theory of hippocampal neurons, channel kinetics of
muscle membrane, genetic manipulation of ion channels, hypoxia &
voltage-dependent channels, LTP in cultured hippocampal neurons, neurotransmitter
action on channels, regulatory protein molecular biology
- Visual Sciences: control of eye movements, cortical recording
and anatomy, glaucoma & macular degeneration, psychophysics of
human vision, information theory of vision, invertebrate visual systems,
machine vision, retinal & thalamic electrophysiology, visual behaviour
of primates & insects, visual ecology
- Molecular Neurobiology: molecular basis of learning and memory
consolidation in invertebrates, functional genomics, engineering behavioural
changes by molecular and genetic manipulations, signalling molecules
required for retinotopic map formation in mammals
As indicated by this list, the scientific activities of
the Neuroscience Researchers at the ANU are
very broad and often multi-disciplinary. Students with backgrounds in
Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics, Genetics, Computer Science, Engineering,
Ethology, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Opthalmology,
Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychophysics or Zoology are encouraged to enquire.
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