Registration is closed. Abstracts closed as of Oct. 3rd.
Questions? mdbamman@uab.edu
2018 UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Retreat
Regions Field Ballroom
1401 1st Ave S, Birmingham, AL
| Thursday | October 18 | |
| 1:30 pm | Registration and Poster Hanging | |
| 2:00 pm |  |
Craig Powell, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Neurobiology "Adventures in rodent models of Autism" |
| 2:30 pm |  |
Thomas Houston, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology "Concussion, white matter disconnection, and clinical symptoms" |
| SfN Advocacy Training | ||
| 3:00 pm |  |
Adam Katz Grassroots Advocacy Specialist Society for Neuroscience |
| 5:00 pm | Poster Session | |
| 7:00 pm | Adjourn | |
| Friday | October 19 | |
| 8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| State of the Center | ||
| 8:30 am |  |
Lori McMahon, Ph.D. Dean, UAB Graduate School Director, UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology |
| Session I | ||
| 8:50 am |  |
James Bibb, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Surgery "Who is neuronal signal transduction to tell us what we want and don’t want" |
| 9:10 am |  |
Kimberlee Caldwell, Ph.D. Professor of Biological Sciences University of Alabama "Dysregulation of the mitochondrial unfolded protein response in a C. elgans model of Parkinson's disease" |
| 9:30 am |  |
Aurelio Galli, Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor Department of Surgery "From the Gut to the Brain: Hormonal regulation of brain dopamine homeostasis and cocaine reward" |
| 9:50 am |  |
Jennifer DeBerry, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine "Combining novel tools and conventional reflexes to shine a light on organ sensation and function" |
| 10:10 am |  |
Rita Jablonski, Ph.D., CRNP Profesor School of Nursing "Using the Neurobiology of Threat Perception to Develop Non-drug Strategies for Dementia-Related Behaviors" |
| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:45 am | 3MT Graduate Student Competition | |
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| Interactive Group Activity | ||
| 11:15 am |  |
Timothy Levine, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Communication Studies "Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception" |
| Noon | Lunch | |
| Session II | ||
| 1:00 pm |  |
Eroboghene Ubogu, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology "Investigating the human blood-nerve barrier in health and peripheral nerve disease" |
| 1:20 pm |  |
Richard Shelton, M.D. Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology "Update on the Clinical Development of NMDA Receptor Antagonists" |
| 1:40 pm |  |
Lawrence Sincich, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Optometry and Vision Science "Visual receptive fields and photoreceptors: A direct look" |
| 2:00 pm |  |
David Geldmacher, M.D. Professor Department of Neurology "Emerging trends in Alzheimer's disease therapeutics" |
| 2:20 pm | Break | |
| Keynote Speaker | ||
| 2:30 pm |  |
Marina Wolf, Ph.D. Professor of Behavioral Neurology Oregon Health Science University "Synaptic mechanisms maintaining persistent cocaine craving" |
| 3:30 pm | Break | |
| Session III | ||
| 3:40 pm | COMPUTER SCIENCE + NEUROSCIENCE | |
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Nina Kraguljac, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology |
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Thomas Anthony Director Big Data Research and Analytics Laboratory |
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Chengcui Zhang, Ph.D. Professor Department of Computer Science |
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| 4:00 pm | HIV + NEUROSCIENCE | |
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John Shacka, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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| 4:20 pm | NEUROENGINEERING | |
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Kristina Visscher, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Neurobiology |
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| 4:40 pm | Closing Remarks | |
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Meet us across the street at Good People Brewing Company! |
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