<p>S is trying to find a hub to find neuroscience research at Rice. Would he need to work with Baylor or Houston? He has found a little bit here and a little bit there on the Rice website, but is there somewhere he can find overall what is available?</p>
<p>There is no neuroscience department at Rice (yet) so there no easy way to find all the neuroscience research happening at Rice. You can poke around the websites of the Psych, Cog Sci, CAAM, ECE, and BIOC departments to find labs doing neuroscience research. A lot research done in association with Baylor as well. I currently do neuroscience research with people in both the CAAM department at Rice and at Baylor.</p>
<p>How do you find the research? I checked the research website and did not find anything that looks like neuroscience, but I didn’t click on everything :-).</p>
<p>What is the extent of the research you are doing? Did you begin that this year? Was anything available to you last year?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>The easiest way is to wait a while, don’t rush the process. You don’t know how a professor is, what is personalities are and how demanding he/she is. First wait until your son gets to Rice. Many student’s don’t start until their second semester when they have built up a connection with a professor through class or has gotten to know a department. He will also have had access to people working primarily to help students find undergraduate research on campus. Trying to figure things out right now is kind of a gamble. You won’t have the ability to interview the professor, see his/her lab, talk to people working in his lab. Of course some people go in blind and get a good lab, but there are people that join a lab and realize it is really really boring or they don’t like the strictness of their professor. It’s good to be able to talk to other people and get a feel of what kind of person the professor is. The last thing you want to have happen is to jump into something early on, devote much time on it and then realize it’s not working out for you. Not all labs are created equal.</p>
<p>^ thanks for the feedback and definitely some important information to consider. Right now S is using available research as a deciding factor between schools which is why I’m asking. It’s not so much about finding something right this moment as to knowing at least what options there are (or are not). S is analytical and isn’t so much a “leap of faith” kind of kid, so he wants to see what is available.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I was wondering if you had come across this club at Rice
[url=<a href=“http://sites.google.com/site/brainclub09/]BRAiN[/url”>http://sites.google.com/site/brainclub09/]BRAiN[/url</a>]
It’s basically a neuroscience club and although the website doesn’t really list research assistant positions, I’m sure the people in the club would be able to give him some ideas of places to get a position as they are likely to be involved in neuroscience research.</p>
<p>S has not yet contacted anyone with the BRAiN club. Thanks for reminding me of it, as it definitely seems like a logical place to turn to :-)</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore now and started doing research last summer. I wouldn’t really recommend doing research freshman year. Your skill set is pretty limited and it’s important to figure out what you actually want to research. It definitely isn’t a disadvantage to not research your freshman year. I ended up getting into a pretty prestigious research program this year with just one year of experience. I didn’t get my research position from online. I got it through a recommendation from a professor who taught one of my classes. Every week there are tons of academic talks. This is a great way to check out novel research and network with professors. </p>
<p>If you are worried about a lack of neuroscience research at Rice, don’t be. Rice students have taken an active interest in neuroscience in the past few years and the Rice faculty is working to enhance the opportunities in neuroscience. The ECE department is bringing in faculty candidates to speak on neuroscience research almost every week right now. There is a neuroscience minor starting next semester and the major will be following shortly. Students can take classes at Baylor College of Medicine in addition to research with prominent Baylor and Rice faculty. In short, it’s a great time to be interested in neuroscience at Rice.</p>
<p>^ my S’s reply … fist pump and “awesome”</p>
<p>So mad that the minor finally comes through the semester after I graduate. From freshman year I took the classes that they thought would be included so that when it was approved I could just tack it on. Oh well, guess it doesn’t matter too much.</p>
<p>just an example of the kind of things jchartier was mentioning, got this email today:</p>
<p>Dear Friends,</p>
<p>Rice University’s Department of Psychology, in conjunction with Baylor College of Medicine, UT School of Medicine - Houston, and Rice’s Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, is pleased to announce a public lecture by world-renowned neuroscientist James McGaugh. McGaugh was featured recently on CBS’s 60 Minutes program along with several of his test subjects with extraordinarily good autobiographical memories: they rarely forget even the smallest details of events in their lives. Dr. McGaugh will explain how he found these subjects, how he tested them, and what their memory ability tells us about the mysteries of the mind and brain.</p>
<p>Who: Dr. James L. McGaugh, Prof. of Neuroscience, University of California Irvine
What: Public Lecture: “Making Lasting Memories”
When: Friday, April 13, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Herring Hall 100, Rice University Campus
Building 32 on downloadable campus map: [Rice</a> University | Map](<a href=“http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html]Rice”>Campus Maps | Rice University)
Parking available in Rice’s Central Garage (in Building 51 on map)
More information: <a href=“mailto:psyc@rice.edu”>psyc@rice.edu</a> or call 713-348-4856
Link to 60 Minutes segment: [Endless</a> Memory, Part 1 - 60 Minutes - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7166313n]Endless”>http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7166313n) </p>
<p>Don’t forget!</p>
<p>James Pomerantz & Randi Martin
Department of Psychology
Rice University
Houston, TX 77005</p>
<p>I am so excited to go to this as it’s right up my alley.</p>
<p>^yeah, I’m looking forward to attend this.</p>