Meeting registration and meals are free to CNC members and affiliates!
Registraition is closed. E-mail jcarleen@uab.edu with questions.
(Abstracts due asap or Thursday, September 29th)
| Friday | October 7th | |
| 8:30 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 am | Welcome | |
| Session I | BIG PICTURE | |
| 9:15 am |  |
Linda Wadiche, PhD Associate Professor of Neurology Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus |
| 9:30 am |  |
Kazutoshi Nakazawa, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Neuropsychiatric signs produced by NMDAR hypofunction in GABA neuron |
| 9:45 am |  |
Despina Stavrinos PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology Translational Research for Injury Prevention |
| 10:00 am |  |
Haydeh Payami, PhD Professor of Neurology The amazingly complex syndrome we call Parkinson's disease: A geneticist's perspective |
| 10:15 am | Break | |
| KEYNOTE | ||
| 10:30 am |  |
Michael Long, PhD Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology How does the brain generate sequences for behavior? |
| 11:30 am | Trainee Blitz I | |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm | Poster Session I | |
| Session II | CURRENT CONCEPTS | |
| 2:15 pm |  |
Jeremy Herskowtiz, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology New therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease |
| 2:30 pm |  |
Jonathan McConathy, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Radiology Molecular Neuroimaging in Dementia |
| 2:45 pm |  |
Laura Volpicelli-Daley, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology Mechanisms that promote alpha-synuclein sequestration into inclusions |
| 3:00 pm |  |
Mark Bolding, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology MRI Visible microcapsules for focused ultrasound induced neuromodulation |
| 3:15 pm | Group Activity (not to be missed) | |
| 4:00 pm | Break | |
| Session III | UNPUBLISHED DATA | |
| 4:15 pm |  |
Michelle Gray, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology Spine Dynamics in Huntington's Disease: a study in BACHD mice |
| 4:30 pm |  |
Candace Floyd, PhD Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Translational lesions from a new porcine model of spinal cord injury |
| 4:45 pm |  |
Merida Grant, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Neurophysiology and circuitry of learned helplessness as a clinical model of depression |
| 5:00 pm |  |
Katherine Weise, OD, MBA, FAAO Professor of Optometry mTBEye |
| 5:15 pm | Break | |
| 5:30 pm | Poster Session II | |
| 6:30 pm | Reception & Dinner |
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