Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Bates College

5 faculty and 27 courses in Neurobiology and Neurosciences at Bates College.

Faculty

• Martin Kruse, Associate Professor of Biology and Neuroscience h-index 29
  Over the last decade phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P 2 ), a minor membrane phospholipid of the phosphoinositide family, has emerged as a key regulator of nerve cell activity. PI(4,5)P 2 interaction with voltage-gated ion cha
• Mollie B. Woodworth, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 19
  Vision loss is a devastating medical problem that leads to lower quality of life and loss of independence among those affected. Because the human retina has minimal or no regenerative ability, the death of retinal neurons due to injury or d
  Notable: “Molecular logic of neocortical projection neuron specification, development and diversity” (2013) · 883 citations
• Jason B. Castro, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Digital and Computational Studies h-index 9
  Professor Castro studies the sense of smell, focusing on 1) understanding the neural circuitry involved in odor processing, and 2) elucidating systematic relationships between chemical structures and odor percepts. 1. Neural circuitry of od
  Notable: “Categorical Dimensions of Human Odor Descriptor Space Revealed by Non-Negative Matrix Factorization” (2013) · 156 citations
• Olivia A. Kim, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience h-index 5
  Many of us take for granted the ability to act out our motor plans, but few of us ever achieve the degree of skill mastery that our society exalts in musicians and star athletes. What are the neural and cognitive processes that allow us to
  Notable: “Motor learning without movement” (2022) · 59 citations
• Justin C. Hulbert, Associate Professor of Neuroscience; Neuroscience Chair

Courses

• Introduction to Neuroscience NRSC 160
• Our Irrational Brains: Reasoning and Bioethical Dilemmas NRSC 211
• The Neuroscience of Video: How the Screen Affects Our Brains and Our Minds NRSC 225
• Philosophy of Cognitive Science NRSC 252
• Gene Editing in Biology and Neuroscience NRSC 305
• Animal Learning NRSC 306
• Neurobiology NRSC 308
• The History of Neuroscience, From Antiquity to A.I. NRSC 310
• Hypothalamus: The Brain's Control Center NRSC 311
• Mechanisms of Memory NRSC 320
• Neuroscience of Vision NRSC 324
• Neural Development NRSC 325
• Diseases of the Nervous System NRSC 328
• Neurofeedback: Tapping the Brain's Potential NRSC 329
• Cognitive Neuroscience/Lab NRSC 330
• Medical Genetics NRSC 334
• Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System NRSC 335
• Computational Neuroscience NRSC 357
• Physiological Psychology/Lab NRSC 363
• Consciousness in Science NRSC 372
• Psychobiology of Movement NRSC 390
• Junior-Senior Seminar in Biological Psychology NRSC 399
• Capstone Thesis in Neuroscience NRSC 457
• Community-Engaged Learning Capstone NRSC 459
• Capstone Seminar in Systems Neuroscience NRSC 464
• Genetic Engineering in Neuroscience NRSC 467
• + 1 more courses

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.