MEETING OF THE MINDS SYMPOSIUM

FOR ANYONE INTERESTED:


SAVE THE DATE: Friday, November 15

Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute presents:

4th Annual MEETING OF THE MINDS SYMPOSIUM

Friday, November 15, 8 am to 4:30 pm
Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University

Open to all students, physicians and healthcare practitioners with an interest in the field of Neurosciences Research.

Free event. Registration required.

Register at:
http://neuro.stonybrookmedicine.edu/meeting-of-the-minds.html

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Cornelia Isabella Bargmann, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Torsten N. Wiesel Professor, The Rockefeller University

"Using Fixed Circuits to Generate Variable Behaviors"

SESSION TOPICS

"Mapping the Long-Term Memory Trace," Todd Sacktor, MD, Distinguished Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neurology, SUNY Downstate

"Magnetogenetics: Remote Stimulation of Cells using Nano Particle Heating," Arnd Pralle, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, SUNY Buffalo

"Mapping the Functional Output of Newly Generated Neurons in the Adult Neural Circuit," Shaoyu Ge, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, SUNY Stony Brook

"Functional Mapping of Human Brain Cells," Jian Feng, PhD, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY Buffalo

"Thalamocortical Pathways and Visual Cortical Maps," Jose-Manuel Alonso, MD, PhD, Professor, Graduate Center for Vision Research, SUNY College of Optometry

"Functional Mapping of the Human Brain," Gerwin Schalk, PhD, Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center; Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, SUNY Albany

"Flexible Electronics: Applications to Brain Mapping," James Turner, PhD, Research Scientist, Department of Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging Center, SUNY Binghamton

"Brain-Wide Glymphatic Waste Drainage Quantified by Integrative PET-MRI," Helene Benveniste, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Radiology; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Stony Brook

"Astrocytic GABA and Alzheimer's Disease," C. Justin Lee, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Radiology; Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Stony Brook

Breakfast and lunch provided.

Register at:
http://neuro.stonybrookmedicine.edu/meeting-of-the-minds.html

If you require a disability-related accommodation, please call (631) 444-9975.

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