Schedules and Speakers
Speakers
Huda Akil, PhD - Neuroscience and Society Lecture
Co-Director and Research Professor, MBNI
Distinguished University Professor and Quarton Professor of Neurosciences,
Department of Psychiatry
Josie Clowney, PhD - "A blueprint for mating behavior"
Assistant Professor, Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Kevin Jones, PhD - "Cellular, Molecular and Behavioral Characterization of NMDAR Blockers"
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Carol Elias, PhD - "Neural pathways linking metabolism and reproduction"
Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Robert Kennedy, PhD - "Next Generation In Vivo Neurochemical Sampling and Analysis"
Chair, Chemistry Department
Hobart Willard Distinguished University Professor
Professor of Pharmacology
Martin Sarter, PhD - "Cholinergic Signaling: From Attention to Addiction and Movement Disorders "
Charles M. Butter Collegiate Professor of Psychology
Research Professor of Neurology
Sara Aton, PhD - "Sleep-dependent memory consolidation: Oscillations and ensembles "
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Dawen Cai, PhD - "Profiling the molecular, morphology and connectivity heterogeneity of single neurons in the brain "
Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Biophysics
Rick Harris, PhD - "Functional and Neurochemical Brain Markers of Diagnosis and Treatment Prediction in Chronic Pain"
Director of Pain and Fatigue Neuroimaging
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
Michal Zochowski, PhD - "Dynamical mechanisms underlying memory consolidation during sleep"
Professor, Department of Physics
Professor, Biophysics Program
Cindy Chestek - "Neural Interfaces for Controlling Finger Movements "
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Robotics Program