1st Annual Center for Neuroscience Symposium & Retreat
Date: February 28, 2020
Location: Auburn Hotel & Conference Center
| Time | Event |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Continental Breakfast Registration Poster Setup |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. James “Jim” Weyhenmeyer Vice President for Research & Economic Development Dr. Vishnu Suppiramaniam Dr. Miranda Reed Directors, CNSi |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am | Opening Doors to the World of Neuroscience at CNSi: Continuing New Ideas, Ingenuity, & Intellectual Inquiry Ben Bahr, PhD William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, UNC Oliver Max Gardner Award Governor James E. Holshouser Award for Excellence in Public Service |
| 9:45 – 10:30 am | Allosteric Modulation of Glutamate Receptors Stephen F. Traynelis, PhD Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory Awarded the Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize from the Physiological Society American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow The Faculty of 1000 |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Mid-morning Break |
| 10:45 – 11:30 am | A New Target for Epilepsy and Other Inflammatory Diseases Raymond J. Dingledine, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, Emory University Director, Center for Neuroinflammation Therapeutics National Academy of Medicine, Member |
| 11:30 – 12:15 pm | Therapeutics Effects of the Psychedelic 5-HT2A Receptor Agonist Psilocybin Matthew W. Johnson, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, John Hopkins Founding Director, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins |
| 12:15 – 1:30 pm | Lunch and Poster Presentations: (Presenters need to be at their posters by 12:30 pm) |
| 1:45 – 2:15 pm | NIH/NIA Grant Opportunities Shahrooz Vahedi, PhD Training Officer (Health Science Administrator), DEA, NIA/NIH |
| 2:15 – 3:00 pm | Regional and Sex Differences in Memory Encoding Mechanisms Christine Gall, PhD Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, UC Irvine Chair, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, UC Irvine Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Networking Break |
| 3:15 – 4:00 pm | NMDA Receptor Splicing in Hippocampal Plasticity and Learning Michael Salter, MD, PhD, FRSC Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto Chief of Research, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Founding Director of the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain E.B. Eastburn Award John Charles Polyani Prize in Physiology or Medicine Distinguished Career Investigator Award of the Canadian Pain Society |
| 4:00 – 4:45 pm | Forgetful Mice: What Have They Taught Us About Alzheimer’s Disease? Karen Hsiao Ashe, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Founding Director, N. Bud Grossman Center for Memory Research and Care Edmund Wallace and Anne Marie Tulloch Chairs in Neurology and Neuroscience National Academy of Medicine, Member Alzheimer’s Association Lifetime Achievement Award (2010) |
| 4:45 – 5:00 pm | Closing Remarks Dr. Vishnu Suppiramaniam Dr. Miranda Reed Directors, CNSi |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Reception & Networking |
| 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Banquet & Award Announcements Rocket Motors, Stephen Hawking, & Drug Development Walt Woltosz Two-time Auburn aerospace engineering alumnus Founder, Simulations Plus Inc. Woltosz’s Equalizer and EZ Keys programs that allowed world-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking to continue his groundbreaking work. Filmmaker (writer/director/producer) with a completed full-length feature that won nominations for Best Director and Best Picture at the Orlando Film Festival |
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