The SPINES course at the Marine Biological Laboratory uses NIA2

June 2007 • Posted by Ann Stuart

This June, for the fourth summer in a row, the 16 students of the Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics and Survival (SPINES) learned basic neurophysiology using NIA2. The students worked through selected tutorials in teams of two or three every morning for six days, a total of 18 hours. Some of the most fundamental tutorials, such as the Na Action Potential, or the Chattering Channels tutorial on single ion channels, were done by all of the students. Other tutorials were assigned to groups who then presented them to the rest of the class. Although from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from psychology to cellular neuroscience, the students claimed to enjoy learning this challenging material in this hands-on manner.