SBN Annual Meeting Abstract Awards
2008 Abstract Award Winners
Undergraduate
Loretta Y. M. Lau, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia.
Metabolism of DHEA in zebra finch brain: Subcellular localization of 3Beta-HSD
Graduate
Elaine Murray, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Epigenetic control of sexual differentiation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of mice.
Runner-up:
Amnon Katz, Department of Physiological Science and Lab of Neuroendocrinology, University of California/Los Angeles.
Sex differences in cell proliferation, glucocorticoid responsiveness and metabolism in the adult zebra finch brain
2nd Runner-up:
Casey Henley, Department of Zoology, Michigan State University.
Neonatal estrogen treatment masculinizes the partner preference of female laboratory rats
Postdoctoral
Siddarth Ramakrishnan, Department of Physiology, UCLA School of Medicine.
Effect of male exposure on the electrophysiology of terminal nerve (TN)-GnRH neurons of female medaka fish (Oryzias latipes)
Runner-up:
Stefan Leitner, Department of Behavioral Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany.
Endocrine disruption increases song complexity and the volume of the brain area HVC in a songbird