WHAT IS THE PLAN?
***This is a tentative plan...changes in the schedule may occur!***
08:00 AM Breakfast - All posters are set up
09:00 AM Introductory remarks
09:10 AM Keynote Speaker - Dr. Zhenyu Yue (Mount Sinai)
How shall I eat thee - A question of autophagy and neurodegeneration
10:10 AM Scientists speed dating at The Carey Institute
10:30 AM Coffee break
11:00 AM Dr. Russ Ferland (AMC)
Developmental disorders and primary cilia
11:20 AM Dr. Maria Apostopoulou (NSCI)
Over the hill: neural stem cells and aging
11:40 AM Dr. Deanna Thompson (RPI)
Electrical stimuli in neural engineering
12:00 PM Lunch and dodgeball (in random order)
01:00 PM Poster session
02:30 PM Dr. Mark Fleck (AMC)
Amine modulation of GABA-A receptors
02:50 PM Dr. Annalisa Scimemi (SUNY Albany)
A novel role for brain astrocytes in hemorrhagic stroke
03:10 PM Dr. Sara Lagalwar (Skidmore)
Pathogenesis and treatment of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1
03:30 PM Dr. Gerwin Schalk (Wadsworth)
Neurotechnologies:
Applying engineering principles to basic and applied neuroscience
03:50 PM Coffee Break
04:00 PM Keynote Speaker - Dr. Michael O’Donovan (NIH/NINDS)
Optogenetic dissection of motor circuits in the spinal cord
05:00 PM Concluding remarks and poster award winners