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DECEMBER 2020

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Herbert Weissbach Receives
Bioflorida’s ‘Lifetime
Achievement Award’
Herbert Weissbach, Ph.D., professor emeritus in
Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology (CMBB), Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry within the Charles
E. Schmidt College of Science at FAU’s John D.
MacArthur Campus in Jupiter received BioFlorida’s
“Lifetime Achievement Award,” reserved to
DIPLOMACY TEAM WINS recognize outstanding leadership in the industry

SECOND NATIONAL TITLE throughout an individual’s career and for significant
contributions to industry growth.

AT MODEL U.N. Boo! How Do Mexican

The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program at Florida Cavefish Escape Predators?
Atlantic University recently competed in the virtual A few fish, like Mexican cavefish, have evolved in
unique environments without predators. A study by
National Model United Nations competition and
researchers from FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College
finished first overall out of 43 competing universities of Science and Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College on

and received seven awards. This is the second national escape evolution reveals vast differences in startle
title for the program. Ten Harriet L. Wilkes Honors reflex responses between cavefish populations.
College students part of the Leon Charney Diplomacy

program participated in the three-day competition. Dopamine Surge Reveals
How Even for Mice, ‘There’s
No Place Like Home’

A study by neuroscientists demonstrates how ‘coming
home’ produces a signal of comfort in mice and is the
first to show that home evokes a surge of dopamine
that mimics the response to a dose of cocaine.

Study First to Show
Relationship between
a Bird’s Gut and its Brain

FAU scientists studied songbirds’ gut microbiome
and have identified potentially critical bacteria
FAU AND MEMORIAL affecting cognition and performance.

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM The Osher LLI At FAU

Jupiter Announces Winter
ESTABLISH RESEARCH Course Schedule

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Florida
PARTNERSHIP Atlantic University in Jupiter has announced its

course offerings for the winter semester, which begins
FAU and Memorial Healthcare System have formed a
Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Taught by FAU professors and
research partnership, which combines their expertise distinguished guest lecturers, course offerings include
and resources in clinical research, clinical trials, basic such varied subjects as foreign policy, political science,
research and translational biomedical research. film, music, art history and literature.

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5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458 | phone: 561.799.8500

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