Affinity Groups

BRI-sponsored affinity groups provide opportunities for faculty and trainees to discuss current research in their field of interest. Affinity group activities vary: some hold a weekly journal club while others have monthly meetings or meet only informally. Active affinity groups include:

Affinity Group	Faculty Coordinator
Alzheimer's Disease	Jeffrey Cummings
Astrocyte Biology	Baljit Khakh & Michael Sofroniew
Autism	Dan Geschwind
Higher Cognitive Function in Neural Integration	Arnold Scheibel & Joaquin Fuster
Immunology in Neuroscience	James Waschek
Inner Ear	Felix Schweizer
Learning, Memory & Plasticity	Alcino Silva, David Glanzman & Michael Fanselow
Neural Repair	Marie-Francoise Chesselet & Tom Carmichael
Neural Stem Cells	Harley Kornblum
Neurobiology of Drosophila melanogaster and C. elegans	David Krantz
Neuroendocrinology	Arthur Arnold
Neuroengineering	Jack Judy
Neurogenetics	Xiangdong William Yang
Neuroscience History	Joel Braslow & Russell Johnson
Songbird	Stephanie White
Stress, Pain and Emotion	Emeran Mayer
Stress in Stimulant Abuse and Addiction	Edythe London
Synapse to Circuit Club	Kelsey Martin & Larry Zipursky
Undergraduate Researchers in Parkinson's Disease	Marie Francoise Chesselet
Zebra Fish	Alvaro Sagasti