From a cult 80's classic, " I am your Father"
Darth Vader
Elon Musk recently used pigs to demonstrate the brain implant from this company
Neuralink
This person has broken 4 bones, had 3 concussions, and should wear a helmet more often when riding a bike
Sean O'Connell
The two men responsible for the mathematical model explaining the initiation and propagation of the action potential
Alan Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley
Bilateral lobes, partially responsible for speech and language
Temporal lobes
The #1 cause of dementia in the U.S.
Alzheimer's Disease
The GT mascot's name
Buzz
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein
The release of this film on Disney Plus led to a 74% increase in downloads of the app.
Hamilton
This trainee grew up trilingual
Lisa Meyer-Baese
Coauthor of "Theoretical Neuroscience: Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Neural Systems" with Peter Dayan
Larry Abbott
The relay center of the brain
The thalamus
The first neurotransmitter to be discovered
Acetylcholine
The primary colors of Georgia Tech
Tech Gold and White
"My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live."
Kanye West
Winner of the Best Picture award at the Oscars and the first international film to do so
Parasite
This person grew up in 4 different countries
Lou Blanpain
Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
The variety of glial cells that keep peripheral nerve fibers alive and form the myelin sheath
Schwann cells
Part of the frontal lobe associated with speech production
Broca's area
GT's official tagline
Creating the Next
"At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side...Oh no, not I, I will survive"
Gloria Gaynor ("I Will Survive")
This popular Nintendo Switch game led to record breaking sales in March
Animal Crossing
This trainee has a black belt in Taekwondo
Brianna Karpowicz
Spanish neuroscientist responsible for detailed neuron drawings such as this one
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
The three main components of the brainstem
Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata (medulla)
Substance responsible for the pigmentation of neurons in the substantia nigra
Neuromelanin
The year GT was founded
1885
“If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.”
Johnnie Cochran
This play on words was widely used by the media to address Prince Harry and Meghan's decision to 'step back' from the royal family
"Megxit"
This person once made a chocolate shake for Prince
Sihoon Moon
Italian biologist who developed a silver staining technique to visualize nervous tissue that was named after him
Camillo Golgi
Group of nuclei responsible for the production and release of serotonin
Raphe nuclei
This class of hormones includes epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine and is released during stress
Catecholamines
The original name of Georgia Tech
Georgia School of Technology
"Is this your king?!"
Killmonger (Black Panther 2018)
The recent discovery of this substance on Venus is thought to be a potential sign of life
Phosphine
This trainee once ate a pet rabbit without the owner's permission
Kyle Johnsen
In a 2014 film adaptation of his life, Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed this British mathematician who is widely considered the father of artificial intelligence
Alan Turing
The innermost layer of the meninges
Pia mater
A distorted human body representation of the proportions of the brain dedicated to motor and sensory processing
Sensory/motor homunculus, cortical homunculus
This famous Atlanta Eatery was founded by GT Alumnus Frank Gordy and is still standing to this day
The Varsity