Researchers of Emory

Lokita Rajan is a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. She was awarded a Fall 2017 Conference Grant which she used to attend the 2017 Society for Neuroscience Conference. I attended the  Society for Neuroscience (SfN)  annual meeting in Washington DC. My first time attending a neuroscience conference happened to be the largest in the world. About 30,000 attendees came from all around the globe, specializing in research across a spectrum from a cellular level all the way to cognitive systems. The sheer size of the conference was impressive. There were a thousand poster presentations happening at a given time. I felt like part of this huge community of scientists brought together by studying the brain. The poster I presented at SfN was partially funded by a URP independent research grant. I studied auditory imagery compared to other modalities of sensory imagery. Visual imagery is subdivided into  two   types . Object imagery involves pictor...

Trinity Kronk is a 2016 graduate who majored in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. She was awarded a Spring 2016 Independent Grant which she used to conduct research on kidney function and hypertension under Dr. Robert Hoover. Now you might ask “How in the world did she get herself into something like that?” Trust me; it’s a question I have asked myself many times, but for this instance the answer was clear.  I am passionate about my research. So passionate that I dressed up in a kidney outfit, put on fake nails and crazy makeup and lip sync to a kidney version of Adele’s song “Hello.” Never would I have expected myself to be a kidney nerd, but I am.

Olubusola Osunsanya  is a senior majoring in Biology. She was awarded a Fall 2017 Conference Grant which she used to attend the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. On November 1st - November 4th, 2017, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Phoenix, Arizona. ABRMS is a conference hosted by the ASM, with the goal of getting more minority students involved in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field. Starting in 2001, ABCRMS has bought together thousands of eager undergraduate students with professionals who are more than willing and able to help students reach their goal. Attending the conference was truly one of the greatest things that I did in my college career and I hope to have the opportunity to attend again in the future. 

Leah Neiman  is a senior majoring in Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Anthropology and Human Biology. She was awarded a Summer 2016 Independent Grant which she used to conduct research at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods in Greece under Dr. Bonna Wescoat. The stoa is marked by a red arrow in a plan of the sanctuary (left) and a reconstructed view from the northwest (right). This summer I had the incredible privilege of working as part of a research team in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods (SGG) on the island of Samothrace, Greece. I spent the majority of my energy working on the stoa. Stoa’s are common in ancient Greek sanctuaries; they were communal spaces used for gathering, shelter, cooking, and could have a variety of other functions. The stoa in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods sits atop the western hill of the sanctuary on an artificially constructed terrace. After their excavation in the mid 20th century, the architectural blocks were moved in to block fields s...