Cell, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Designated Emphasis

School of Medicine

Iryna Ethell (Biomedical Sciences), Co-Director iryna.ethell@ucr.edu

Khaleel Razak (Psychology), Co-Director khaleel@ucr.edu

Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty Devin Binder (Biomedical Sciences) Monica Carson (Biomedical Sciences) Djurdjica Coss (Biomedical Sciences) Nicholas DiPatrizio (Biomedical Sciences) Iryna Ethell (Biomedical Sciences) Martin Garcia-Castro (Biomedical Sciences) David Lo (Biomedical Sciences) Emma Wilson (Biomedical Sciences) Seema Tiwari-Woodruff (Biomedical Sciences) Sika Zheng (Biomedical Sciences) Peter Hickmott (Psychology) Kelly Huffman (Psychology) Edward Korzus (Psychology) Khaleel Razak (Psychology) Michael Adams (Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology/Entomology) Margarita Curras-Collazo (Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology) Scott Currie (Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology) Todd Fiacco (Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology) Anupama Dahanukar (Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology) Anandasankar Ray (Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology)

The Designated Emphasis is an interdisciplinary graduate program of study to enhance student training in the field through a focused coursework across at least two departments. The program is optional and the courses used for the DE may not be counted toward MS or PhD requirements.

• 1. Three (3) courses (12 units) with a focus

in basic principles of cell, molecular and behavioral neuroscience will be selected from:

NRSC 200A Fundamentals in Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

NRSC 200B Fundamentals in Neuroscience, Neural and Hormonal Systems

NRSC 200C Fundamentals in Neuroscience, Neural Control of Behavior

NRSC 201 Graduate Neuroscience Lab

PSYC 203A Overview of Cognitive Science and Perception

PSYC 203B Attention and Memory

PSYC 207C Processes of Cognitive Development

PSYC 208 Research Methods in Development

PSYC 233 Research Methods in Cognitive Science

CBNS 106 Introduction to Neuroscience

CBNS 108 Introduction to Developmental Biology

CBNS 116 Cellular Neuroscience: Structure-Function Relationship

CBNS 120 Cellular Neuroscience: Membrane and synaptic Phenomena CBNS 121 Developmental Neuroscience

CBNS 124 Systems Neuroscience

CBNS 125 Neuropharmacology

CBNS 126 Neuroscience of Learning and Memory

CBNS 127 Behavioral Control Systems

CBNS 129 Human Neuropsychology

PSYC 112 Neural Mechanisms of Animal Behavior

PSYC 117 Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Conciousness

Students must select courses with relevant content in consultation with the Designated Emphasis Advisory Committee comprising of three participating faculty including student’s major professor. Students must select courses from at least two different departments. Undergraduate course taken to fulfill the requirement must be accompanied by a 292 course taken in the same quarter with extra work agreed upon by professor and student.

• 2. BMSC 222 (2 units): Special Topics in

Biomedical Sciences with emphasis in neurologic diseases. The course will address the research pertaining to the student’s interest and prepare trainees in applying the knowledge of basic principles in neuroscience to the pathophysiology of neurologic disease. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC)

• 3. Research Project: students will write a

review article on a selected neuroscience topic. The review will be evaluated by the Designated Emphasis Advisory Committee. It is the committee’s expectation that student will fulfill this component by submitting the review article for the journal publication. Successful completion of this review is required for the Designated Emphasis completion.

All requirements for the Designated Emphasis must be satisfied no later than one calendar year from the quarter in which candidate advances to candidacy in their PhD field; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for the Designated Emphasis completion.