Melissa J Coleman Assistant Professor of Biology   Email: mcoleman@jsd.claremont.edu Office: Keck Science Center 212 Phone: 909-607-0889 Office Hours: Web Site:     Courses Taught This Year: Fall BIOL 161L Cell & Molecular Neurobiology Section 1   TTh 9:35-10:50 <> HUM 120       Spring BIOL 095 Foundations of Neuroscience Section 1   TTh 12:00-1:10 <> HUM Auditorium       Educational Background: BS, Samford University PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Postdoc, Brandeis University Postdoc, Barrow Neurological Institute Postdoc, Duke University Courses Taught: BIOL 80L Behavioral Neurobiology BIOL 095 Foundations in Neuroscience BIOL 161L Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology BIOL 149 Neurobiology BIOL 044L Bio 44 lab Research Interests: Neural basis of behavior, cellular neurobiology, birdsong Thesis Topics:   Selected Publications List: Click to open new window. 1.   Bauer EE, MJ Coleman, TF Roberts, A Roy, J Prather, R Mooney . (2008). A Synaptic Basis for Auditory–Vocal Integration in the Songbird. Journal of Neurosience   28: 1509 – 1522.   2.   Coleman MJ, A Roy, JM Wild and R Mooney . (2007). Thalamic gating of auditory responses in telencephalic song control nuclei. Journal of Neurosience   27: 10024-10036.   3.   Coleman, MJ and ET Vu . (2005). Recovery of impaired songs following unilateral but not bilateral lesions of nucleus uvaeformis of adult zebra finches. J Neurobiology   63: 70-89.   4.   Coleman, MJ and R Mooney . (2004). Synaptic transformations underlying highly selective auditory representations of learned birdsong. J Neuroscience   24: 7251 – 7265.