Congratulations

• Emory University neuroscientist and CBN member Kerry Ressler, M.D., Ph.D., has been named one of 15 new Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators -- considered by HHMI to be the nation's top physician-scientists who will ensure basic research discoveries are translated into improved treatments for patients.
• Paul Katz, Ph.D., a CBN member and Georgia State University Biology Professor was recently elected president of the International Society for Neuroethology. ISN is a scholarly society devoted to neuroethology: the study of how nervous systems generate natural behavior in animals. He will also serve as co-chair of the 2008 Gordon Conference on Neuroethology that will be held in Oxford England. In addition Dr. Katz was also named co-director of the Neural Systems and Behavior summer course at the Marine Biological Lab in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and also the new president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. In November, he will be chairing and speaking at the Evolution of Brains and Behavior Symposium at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego. His talk is titled: Homology and Homoplasy in Nervous Systems.
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  CBN Postdoc Michael Black recently received a "Golden Snorkel Award" for his outstanding volunteer service to Dive Operations and Husbandry at the Georgia Aquarium where he helps care for animals in the Georgia Shores and River Scout Galleries. He also does SCUBA dive maintenance on the exhibits in aquarium galleries such as Ocean Voyager and Tropical Diver. Photo courtesy: Linda Stone.

• Laura Carruth, Ph.D., a CBN educator and Georgia State University faculty member, and Sally Murphy of Riverwood High School in Fulton County, have been awarded a Society for Neuroscience "Neuroscientist-Teacher Partnership Award" based on their work developing the CBN sponsored Brain Camp for Kids. The award grants teachers the opportunity to attend the Society's annual neuroscience meeting -- the premier venue for the world's neuroscientists to debut their cutting-edge research. Educators and their neuroscience partners will also be invited to a number of special events including a Brain Awareness Week Campaign meeting and reception, and they'll be honored at an event which will be attended by members of the SfN Public Education and Communication Committee and other SfN educational leaders.

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