1. Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience Business Meeting 1/20/11

2. News • Institute was approved on May 27th • New web site: TAMIN.tamu.edu • thanks to Jeremy Frye and Mendell Rimer • Funding • Senior hires: VIBS, BIOL, PSYC • COPD Report in mid-February • Please respond to info. requests

3. Administrative Coordinator • Sylvia Bernal • Located in ILSB 3148 • Phone: 458-0214 • Mail stop: TAMIN 3474

4. New Officers • Grad. Program-TAMU: Mike Smotherman • Grad. Program-HSC: FaridaSohrabji • Membership: Ursula Winzer-Serhan • Grad. Recruiting: Gregg Wells • Seminar: Danna Zimmer • Undergraduate Program: Louise Abbott • Finance: Mark Zoran (also Pres. of SFN Chpt.) • Graduate Representative: Robyn Balden

5. Seminar series • Forward suggestions for next year to D. Zimmer • Symposium-Neurodegenerative Disease • April 2nd • Tim Schallert, UT Austin • Paul Micevych, UCLA • Bruce Trapp, Cleveland Clinic

6. Policies • Reference TAMIN • Acknowledge expanded duties of Chair (to oversee program staff) • Establish co-Chairs for the Graduate Program Committee • Establish Undergraduate Program Committee • Establish Finance Committee • Reviewed and approved by the EC on 9/2/10 • Reviewed by VPRs at TAMU and the HSC

7. Recognize TAMIN

8. Administrative Coordinator

9. Executive Committee The Executive Committee will consist of eight faculty elected from the full members of the Faculty of Neuroscience. These include the Chair of the Neuroscience Faculty and the Chairs/co-Chairs of the six standing committees. These Executive Committee members will be elected with a specific responsibility to chair (or co-chair) a specific standing committee (see below, Membership, Recruiting, Graduate Program, Undergraduate Program, Finance or Seminar Committees). In addition, the current President of the local chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and one graduate student elected by neuroscience graduate students will serve as voting members. The Committee will advise the Chair of the Faculty of Neuroscience concerning the direction and administration of the TAMIN, the associated Faculty of Neuroscience, and the graduate/undergraduate programs

10. Graduate Program-co Chairs

11. Undergraduate Program Committee a.The Undergraduate Program Committee will include a Chair and 4 additional members elected by the Faculty of Neuroscience. Because the undergraduate program must be administered through TAMU, the chair and committee members must be from the TAMU faculty. The Committee Chair will serve on the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Neuroscience. b.The Committee will make recommendations concerning degree requirements, scheduling and staffing relevant to the undergraduateneuroscience curriculum. In addition, it will make recommendations concerning development and approval of new courses; will monitor and evaluate courses, using student and faculty feedback; and will recommend modification or deletion of courses. c. The Committee will oversee the undergraduate minor and develop the undergraduate curriculum with the goal of establishing a neuroscience major at TAMU

12. Finance Committee a.The Finance Committee will include a Chair and 4 additional members elected by the Faculty of Neuroscience. These individuals should be representative of the major areas of neuroscience at TAMU and the HSC. The Committee Chair will serve on the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Neuroscience. b.The Finance Committee will review the TAMIN budget and advise the Chair and Executive Committee on all financial matters. The committee will also seek to identify new sources of funding, through university, federal, and private sectors, both to foster research and support graduate training.

13. Graduate Recruiting-2010 • 6 new students admitted in Fall 2010 • Funding: 3 Heep Fellows, 3 regular • Distribution: 5 TAMU, 1 HSC • +5 transfer students • 3 HSC, 2 TAMU

14. Graduate Recruiting-2011 • Will soon start to review applicants • May admit 5-8, including 3 Heep fellows • Funded at NRSA levels • Plus tuition/fees/travel • 1st yr. 75% NRSC/25% PI; yrs. 2-5 25% NRSC/75% PI • Heep: $30,000/yr. for 3 yrs. • Plus tuition/fees/travel • Seeking highly qualified applicants

15. Undergraduate Program • Currently offer a minor in NRSC • Exploring options to enhance the program • Enhance minor (increase qualifications; certificate) • Develop a major