News Archive: 2004
November 18, 2004
Krasnow Director Named Editor of The Biological Bulletin
James L. Olds, director of the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at
George Mason University, has been named editor-in-chief of The
Biological Bulletin, the Marine Biological Laboratory’s 100+ year-old
general biology journal. Olds has had close MBL ties since 1978. He
will serve a five-year, renewable term at the Bulletin
"Dr. Olds brings a wealth of experience in administration, scientific
research and publishing to his editorship," says William Speck, MBL
director and CEO. "We are delighted that he has agreed to be our 10th
editor. We searched extensively to find the right blend of scientist
and editor, and Olds seems perfect for the job."
After graduating from Amherst College and obtaining his Ph.D. in
neurosciences from the University of Michigan, Olds served as a staff
fellow, project officer and senior staff fellow at the NINDS/NIH. He
was executive director of the American Association of Anatomists from
1995 to 1998, where he oversaw the management of that society's
journal, The Anatomical Record. He was appointed director of the
Krasnow Institute in 1998.
Olds’s long association with the MBL began after college, when he
participated in the "Year in Science Program." He was elected to the
MBL Corporation in 1991 and served on a special editorial board of the
Bulletin in 1992. He was also a member of the MBL’s computer advisory
committee from 1991 through 2002.
An expert in the role nerve cells, or neurons, play in learning and
memory, Olds's research is directed toward understanding and
simulating the machinery that permits neurons and neuronal assemblies
to store and recall memories, both under normal and diseased
conditions. He uses cutting-edge computerized equipment to image and
simulate the cells and aims to eventually develop techniques that will
reveal the three-dimensional structure and maps of memory function in
both animal and human brains in near real-time.
The Biological Bulletin publishes experimental research on the full
range of biological topics and organisms, from the fields of
neurobiology, behavior, physiology, ecology, evolution, development
and reproduction, cell biology, biomechanics, symbiosis and
systematics. Published since 1897, the Bulletin is one of America's
oldest peer-reviewed scientific journals.
October 4, 2004
A reception was held on Monday October 4th at the Krasnow Institute to recognize and thank Mark Friedlander and his wife Dorothy for their support of the Institute. Mr. Friedlander was the chairman of the board of the Krasnow Institute from it's inception until its merger with the university two and a half years ago.
August 27, 2004
Ten neuroscience PhD students were welcomed into the new program with a student-faculty picnic held at the Krasnow Institute Friday, August 27.