Benjamin Kraus Email & Phone Number

Natick, MA, US

Natick, MA, US

Natick, MA, US

Natick, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

As a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Laboratory of Cognitive Neurobiology in the Center for Memory and Brain at Boston University, I have been continuing my doctoral research studying the neural mechanisms used by the hippocampus and the surrounding medial temporal lobe to achieve episodic-like memory. Specifically, I am exploring the.

Boston, MA, US

• I conducted my doctoral research in the Laboratory of Cognitive Neurobiology in the Center for Memory and Brain at Boston University, under the direction of both Howard Eichenbaum, Ph.D. and John A. White, Ph.D..As.
• Conducted electrophysiological recordings in the hippocampus and medial temporal lobe using24 chronically implanted, independently drivable tetrodes in rats performing memory tasks.
• Designed and tested new tasks for studying time cells, place cells, splitter cells, and grid cells inthe hippocampus and medial temporal lobe.
• Wrote programs in MATLAB and C/C++ for both individual and general laboratory use for fileinput/output and for data collection, analysis, and visualization.

Boston, MA, US

As a Graduate Teaching Fellow for Control Systems in Biomedical Engineering (BE402), I prepared homework assignments and exams, including answer keys, and conducted exam review sessions and weekly discussion sections.

Boston, MA, US

• As a Research Technician in the Department of Molecular Cardiology/Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, I:
• Maintained a transgenic mouse colony of up to 1100 cages: Duties included monitoring breeding,monitoring and treating health problems, and administering medicated water and research diet.
• Performed DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis of mouse tissue to determine genotype.
• Amended laboratory protocols for approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
• Maintained human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) cell line used for amplification of adenoviruses.
• Assisted in amplification and purification of recombinant adenoviruses for in-house use and forshipment to collaborating research facilities.

Ithaca, NY, US

• As a Senior PC Technical Consultant at the Cornell Information Technology (CIT) HelpDesk, I:
• Served as a leader and technical resource to other employees.
• Created and maintained documentation for other consultants and the Cornell community.
• Provided technical support for over 120 products and services, including dial-up internet,networking, virus prevention and removal, authentication, security, and electronic mail, and
• Provided computer support via telephone, electronic mail, and appointments to approximately40,000 Cornell faculty, staff, and students.

Ithaca, NY, US

As a Java Programmer for the Computer Science Department at Cornell University during the summer of 2000, I developed a graphical java applet to represent the Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method.

Ithaca, NY, US

• As a PC Technical Consultant at the Cornell Information Technology (CIT) HelpDesk, I:
• Created and maintained documentation for other consultants and the Cornell community.
• Provided technical support for over 120 products and services, including dial-up internet,networking, virus prevention and removal, authentication, security, and electronic mail, and
• Provided computer support via telephone, electronic mail, and appointments to approximately40,000 Cornell faculty, staff, and students.

Phd, Biomedical Engineering

Special Topics Course – Methods In Computational Neuroscience

Ms, Biomedical Engineering

Bs, Biological Engineering And Computational Biology, Minor: Computer Science

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