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	Kirn, John Chair, Neuroscience & Behavior Program Neuroscience and Behavior Program 860.685.3494 Shanklin Laboratory 409 Director of Graduate Studies Graduate Student Services 860.685.3494 Professor of Biology Biology Department 860.685.3494 Shanklin Laboratory 409 Professor, Neuroscience & Behavior Neuroscience and Behavior Program 860.685.3494 BA University of Denver MA Bucknell University PHD Cornell University
EMAIL:	jrkirn@wesleyan.edu
PERSONAL HOME PAGE:	http://www.wesleyan.edu/bio/kirn/kirn.html
WESLEYAN PO BOX:	Biology Department
COURSES TAUGHT THIS SEMESTER:	BIOL224 - 01 BIOL224 - 02 BIOL509 - 01 BIOL591 - 11 BIOL500 - 01
RESEARCH INTERESTS:	I'm interested in how the brain acquires and stores information. I am pursuing these interests by studying song learning and song maintenance in birds, who constantly replace neurons throughout life. Two basic questions of interest are (1) is neuronal replacement related to song learning, and (2) How can the brain preserve information when neurons are constantly being replaced?
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:	Animal Behavior Learning and Memory Neuroethology Neuroendocrinology
OFFICE HOURS:	Fall 2009: M:4-5pm, T:11-noon
PUBLICATIONS:	http://www.wesleyan.edu/bio/kirn/kirnpub.html
LAB URL:	http://www.wesleyan.edu/bio/kirn/kirn.html
GRANTS:	NIH RO1, 2004-09 (P.I.: Kirn; $880,000 Direct Costs) "Avian vocal expeience and adult neuron replacement".