NGP Fall Retreat - Sept. 5-6, 2014

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Laura D. Hirshbein
Dr. Hirshbein is an assistant professor
in the Department of Psychiatry at the
University of Michigan. Dr. Hirshbein
received her MD from the University of
Michigan and her PhD from the
Institute of the History of Medicine at
Johns Hopkins University. Dr.
Hirhsbein is both a practicing
psychiatrist and medical historian, and
her research is focused on historical
perspectives of psychiatry and
pscyhiatric illness. Her publications
include “Biology and Mental Illness: A
Historical Perspective” and American
Melancholy: Constructions of
Depression in the Twentieth Century.
Skyline Camp &
Retreat Center
5650 Sandhill Road
Almont, MI 48003
810-798-8240
Neuroscience Graduate Program
4137 Undergraduate Science Building
204 Washtenaw Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2215
Email: [email protected]
Phone:(734)647-9638
Fax:(734)647‐0717
NGP Fall
Retreat
Sept. 5-6, 2014
Important Details
Dates:
September 5-6, 2014
Time:
2:00 pm Friday – 2:00 pm Saturday
5:15 pm – 6:25 pm
Rotation/Data Blitz
Dr. Sara Aton
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Dr. Shelly Flagel
Friday:
Dr. Sami Barmada
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Shuttles Leave USB
Dr. Xing Fan
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm
Director’s Welcoming
Remarks
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
2:10 pm – 3:10 pm
Faculty Talk
Dr. Martin Sarter, “Cholinergic Control of
Attention in Rodents and Humans”
3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
Faculty Talk
Dr. Henry Paulson, “Breaking Bad: Toward
Understanding and Treating Polyglutamine
Diseases”
4:10 pm – 5:15 pm
Free Time
(Tug-of-war, Tent setup,
pick-up soccer, egg
toss, etc.)
11:00 am – 11:45am
NGSO Discussion
Faculty Discussion
Dinner
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Lunch
Keynote Address
12:50 pm – 1:50 pm
Mini-Symposium
Dr. Laura Hirshbein, “Certainty and the
History of Neuroscience”
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Senior Student Talk
Victor Cazares, “Activity-dependent Tuning
of Synaptic Transmission”
Dr. Dan Leventhal
12:00 pm
Student Talk
Abigail Garrity, “Lysosome Ca2+ Store
Refilling Mechanisms
Dr. Srijan Sen
Dr. Richard Harris
Student Talk
Christina May, “Thermosensation of the
Tongue”
Dr. Ken Kwan
Program of Events
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Bonfire
“The Future of Neuroscience”
Xi Du
Joe Knoedler
Caitlin Rodriguez
Saturday:
Jaclyn Durkin
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Breakfast & Poster
Session
Biswa Ramani
Johnny Saldate
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Shuttles Leave
Skyline Camp &
Retreat Center

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