Neuroscience Conference Program
BSRB Kahn Auditorium
ABC Conference Rooms (continental breakfast and breaks)
9:00 a.m. Coffee/Breakfast
9:20 Welcome - Christian Burgess, Ph.D. Director, U-M Neuroscience Innovators
9:30 Speaker - Scott Pletcher, Ph.D.
William H. Howell Collegiate Professor of Physiology
Neural States as Conserved Modulators of Aging
10:05 Speaker - Paul Jenkins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Channel scaffolding in health and disease
10:40 Coffee break
11:05 Featured student talks (x2)
11:40 Datablitz (4 x 7 min)
12:20 p.m. Lunch
1:40 Speaker - Jillian Pearring, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
The Tectonic Complex Impedes Membrane Diffusion
through the Photoreceptor Connecting Cilium
2:15 Speaker - Pierre Apostolides, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Active circuits for active listening
2:50 Speaker - Hayley S. McLoughlin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Unraveling SCA3 Pathogenesis and Paving the Way for Therapeutics
3:25 Coffee break
3:55 Datablitz (8 x 7 min)
4:50 Poster Award Winner Announcements
4:55 Closing Remarks
5-6:00 Post-Conference Reception in the BSRB Atrium
