Our Community

The Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology is committed to improving our community.

Our Impact

The Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology is committed to helping our local community and educating young minds in the commonwealth.
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Kentucky Science Center Brain Days

The PhD and MS students in anatomical sciences and neurobiology take great pride in attending Brain Days at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville. Our students, faculty and staff spend time creating brain hats, building neurons and teaching young minds about the brain.  

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NASSA Student Organization

The Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences Student Association is housed in the ASNB department, but NASSA is open to any ASNB and IPTN students. The goals of NASSA are to provide resources for the success of current students in the program, the improve the experience of being an ASNB/IPTN graduate student, to provide a conduit for information & to facilitate an avenue between the administration and students of the program and to identify and recruit qualified diverse candidates to the program. 

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Female Researchers in Neuroscience Journal Club

FRINJ is a student led casual journal club that focuses on papers by women (cis or trans) and non-binary scientists.

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