2022 Neuroscience Academic Excellence Award
2022 NeuroCommunity Spirit Award
Best 3-min Talk Award
Best Poster Award (TIE)
Neuroscience Program Retreat
The Neuroscience Program Retreat was held in-person at the Mohegan Manor, located at 58 Oswego St., Baldwinsville, NY 13027.
| TIME | SPEAKER | TALK TITLE or INFORMATION |
| 8:30 - 9:00am | ||
| 9:00 - 9:20 | Yingxi Lin, PhD, Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program | Welcome Address & State of the Neuroscience Program update |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | Aya Kobeissi, Neuroscience Program PhD Candidate, Yao Lab | Circuit mechanisms of disinhibition and lost compassion in a mouse model of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Alumni Speaker: Dawn Lammert, MD PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | But are you relatable? My journey to physician scientist |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Cassandra Barnes, PhD, Research Scientist, Calvert Lab | Functional compartmentalization of photoreceptors: intersection of cell and protein biophysics |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | ||
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Sam LaMagna, Neuroscience Program PhD Candidate, Solessio Lab | Photoreceptor Coupling & Counting Photons in Time: An Operant Behavioral Investigation of the Temporal Properties of Murine Night Vision |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Ryan Mokhtari, Neuroscience Program PhD Candidate, Howell Lab | Exploring genetic interactions in autism: a role for RELN |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Lightning Round | 3-minute elevator talks |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | ||
| 1:00 – 1:20 | Alex Xue, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Y. Lin Lab | Uncovering the brain-wide sequence and molecular basis of activity-dependent synaptic development |
| 1:20 – 1:50 | Hui-Hao Lin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience & Physiology | A nutrient-specific gut hormone arbitrates between courtship and feeding |
| 1:50 – 2:00 | ||
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Keynote Speaker: Michael Gandal, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania | Understanding psychiatric genetic risk mechanisms through the lens of the developing human brain |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | ||
| 3:15 – 4:00 | Poster Session | Please vote for your favorite Lightning Round talk and Poster! |
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Award Ceremony | *Awards given for the Best Lightning Round Talk, Best Poster, and prestigious Neuroscience Student Awards* |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Fun Activity | Join us for a walk at nearby Beaver Lake Nature Center, or go to dinner with friends at the Angry Garlic, or just stay for a drink at the Mohegan Manor bar |