Posters must be no bigger than 3' X 5'.
March 29th, 2012
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Conference Center
251 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL.
Keynote Speaker
Larry R. Squire, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
"Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems of the Mammalian Brain"
Plexon presents Presidential Symposium – In Vivo Imaging
Marcus Raichle, M.D., Washington University
"The Restless Brain"
Garret D. Stuber, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
"Optogenetic Control of Brain Reward Circuits"
Daniel Dombeck, Ph.D., Northwestern University
"Functional Imaging of Neuronal Micro-Circuits in Awake Behaving Mice"
Concurrent Afternoon Symposia
Ion Channels: From Melody to Malady
Psychiatric Disorders
CSfN 2013 - THURSDAY, MARCH 7
251 E. Huron Street, Northwestern memorial Hospital
8:00-10:00 AM - Registration/Continental Breakfast - 3rd Floor
8:00-9:00 AM - Undergraduate Meeting - Room F
8:00-9:00 AM - Poster and Vendor Display Set Up - Atrium, 3rd Floor
8:00-4:00 PM - Poster Viewing and Vendor Display - Atrium, 3rd Floor
All posters MUST be down by 4:00 PM.
9:00-11:00 AM - PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM - Room A
Stem Cell Therapy: Advances & Challenges.
Chair: Dean M. Hartley, Ph.D.
Arnold Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D., UCSF
Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center
of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Neural stem and progenitor cells in human cortical development and evolution
John Kessler, M.D., Northwestern University
Director of the Northwestern University Stem Cell Institute
Stem and progenitor cells in the adult brain – Restoring aging related declines in memory
Sally Temple, Ph.D., The Neural Stem Cell Institute
Co-Founder and Scientific Director
CNS stem cell transplantation – The eyes have It
11:00-12:00 PM - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Room A
Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D., M.I.T.
Stem Cells, Pluripotency, and Nuclear Programming
12:00-2:00 PM - Lunch Break
12:00-2:00 PM - Postdoctoral/Graduate/Undergraduate Poster Competitions - Atrium, 3rd Floor
12:15-1:15 PM - Dr. Jaenisch and Graduate Student Symposium Participants Lunch - Room E
2:00-3:30 PM - Graduate Student Symposium - Room A
Selected Graduate Student Presentations
Chair: Shubhik DebBurman, P.h.D. and Shunbin Zhu, Ph.D.
3:30-4:00 PM - Coffee Break
Poster Viewing - Atrium, 3rd Floor
Remove posters by 4:00 PM
4:15-5:45 PM - CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA
Symposium 1 - Chair: Saverio Gentile, Ph.D., and Keith Fargo, Ph.D. - Pritzker Auditorium
Hormonal Regulation of Nervous System Function
4:15-4:45 PM - Lydia Don Carlos, Ph.D. - Loyola University Chicago
Sexual differentiation of developing brain: New rules?
4:45-5:15 PM - Richard J. Miller, Ph.D. - Northwestern University
Chemokine regulator of neuronal activity and development
5:15-5:45 PM - Leah H. Rubin, Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Chicago
Sex-specific association between peripheral oxytocin symptoms and emotion perception in schizophrenia
Symposium 2 - Chair: Valerie Kilman, Ph.D., and Lynne Rueter, Ph.D. - Room A
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Fred Turek, Ph.D. - Northwestern University
Martha Gillette, Ph.D. - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel Margoliash, Ph.D. - University of Chicago
6:00-7:00 PM - Reception and Business Meeting - Atrium and Room A, respectively
Announcement of awards, recognition and election results immediately followed by the "EtOH Receptor Binding Study" Social
Click HERE for a Meeting Overview Schedule for the Chicago Chapter SfN 2013 annual meeting.
Click HERE for a program flyer for the Chicago Chapter SfN 2013 annual meeting.
Rudolph Jaenisch, M.D.
Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave., 68-132
Cambridge, MA 02139
Website: https://biology.mit.edu/people/rudolf_jaenisch
Faculty Member
Whitehead Institute
Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
Website: http://wi.mit.edu/people/faculty/jaenisch
Phone: (617) 258-5186
Email: jaenisch@wi.mit.edu
Title of talk: "Stem Cells, Pluripotency, and Nuclear Programming"
Dr. Rudolph Jaenisch, Professor of Biology at M.I.T. and a Whitehead Founding Member, focuses on understanding epigenetic regulation of gene expression (the biological mechanisms that affect how genetic information is converted into cell structures but that don’t alter the genes in the process). Most recently, this work has led to major advances in our understanding of embryonic stem cells and “induced pluripotent stem” (IPS) cells, which appear identical to embryonic stem cells but can be created from adult cells without using an egg.
In 2007, the Jaenisch lab was one of three labs worldwide that reported successfully taking cells from mouse tails and reprogramming them into IPS cells, by over-expressing four master gene regulators. Later that year, the lab followed up by further manipulating IPS cells to treat sickle-cell anemia in mice, the first proof in principle of therapeutic use of such cells. In 2008, the lab reported that neurons derived from IPS cells successfully integrated into fetal mouse brains and reduced symptoms in a Parkinson’s disease rat model. In another experiment, researchers demonstrated that fully mature, differentiated mouse B cells can be reprogrammed to IPS cells.
Researchers are now studying ways to optimize the creation of IPS cells, including finding alternatives to the potentially cancer-causing retroviruses used to transform the adult cells into IPS cells.
In the long run, IPS cells offer major promise for use in regenerative medicine, potentially supporting the growth of healthy cells and tissues derived from a patient’s own cells. Closer in time, the cells will allow scientists to transfer complex human diseases into Petri dishes for study, taking a first step toward analyzing the conditions and developing a therapies.
In addition to its stem cell work, Jaenisch’s lab is investigating epigenetic mechanisms for certain types of cancer and for brain development, studying how conditions such as Rett Syndrome occur.
Jaenisch received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Munich in 1967. Before coming to Whitehead, he was head of the Department of Tumor Virology at the Heinrich Pette Institute at the University of Hamburg. He has coauthored more than 375 research papers and has received numerous prizes and recognitions, including an appointment to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003.
CLICK HERE for Dr. Rudolph Jaenisch's CV.
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Conference Center
251 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Rudolf Jaenisch, M.D., M.I.T.
Stem Cells, Pluripotency, and Nuclear Programming
PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
Stem Cell Therapy: Advances & Challenges
Arnold Kriegstein, M.D., Ph.D., UCSF
Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center
of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
John Kessler, M.D., Northwestern University
Director of the Northwestern University Stem Cell Institute
Sally Temple, Ph.D., The Neural Stem Cell Institute
Co-Founder and Scientific Director
CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA
Hormonal Regulation of Nervous System Function
Chair: Saverio Gentile, Ph.D., and Keith Fargo, Ph.D.
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Chair: Valerie Kilman, Ph.D., and Lynne Rueter, Ph.D.
Click HERE for program flyer for the Chicago Chapter SfN 2013 annual meeting.
Our Annual Scientific Meeting will take place on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at DePaul University.
Registration, Poster presentation, Exhibitors, and afternoon Simposia will take place in the Student Center.
Morning Lectures will take place in the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC)
Addresses:
Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614-3298
Schmitt Academic Center (SAC)
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
For public transportation directions go to RTA
Get driving directions at Google maps .
Parking is avilable at a reduce rate ($8) at 2330 N. Clifton (when exiting the parking garage show your name tag ID for a parking discount). All others DePaul’s parking lots are available at a regular rate ($12).
Registration has now been closed for our 2012 meeting.
Larry R. Squire, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology
3350 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, CA 92161-116B
Phone #: (858) 642-3628
FAX #: (858) 552-7457
E-mail: lsquire@ucsd.edu
Website: http://whoville.ucsd.edu/
Title of Talk: "Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems of the Mammalian Brain"
Dr. Larry R. Squire is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology at the University of California, San Diego, and Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego. He did his undergraduate work at Oberlin College. He then received his Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and did postdoctoral study at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine before coming to UCSD. Dr. Squire is recognized internationally for his research investigating the organization and neurological foundations of memory. His work has involved the study of neurological patients, neuroimaging, nonhuman primates and rodents, and combines the traditions of cognitive science and neuroscience. His publications include more than 450 scientific research articles, and two books: Memory and Brain (Oxford Press, 1987), and Memory: From Mind to Molecules, 2nd Edition with Eric Kandel (Roberts & Company, 2009). He is Senior Editor of the textbook Fundamental Neuroscience, 3rd Edition and the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Elsevier, 2009). He served as Secretary of the Society for Neuroscience (1988-1990), and President (1993-1994). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Institute of Medicine. He is also a William James Fellow of the American Psychological Society, recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, the William Middleton Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievements in Health and Education, the McGovern Award (American Association for the Advancement of Science ), the Karl Lashley Prize (American Philosophical Society), the Metropolitan Life Foundation Award for Medical Research, and the Howard Crosby Warren Medal (Society of Experimental Psychologists).
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Registration |
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Plexon Presents: Presidential Symposium – In Vivo Imaging
Title: The Restless Brain
Title: Optogenetic Control of Brain Reward Circuits
Title: Functional Imaging of Neuronal Micro-Circuits in Awake Behaving Mice |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Keynote Speaker
Title: Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems of the Mammalian Brain |
| 12:00-2:00 |
Lunch Break and Competitive Poster Viewing
Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
Graduate Student Poster Competition
Post-Doctoral Fellow Poster Competition |
| 2:00-3:30 |
Graduate Student Symposium |
| 3:30-4:15 |
Coffee Break/Poster Viewing |
| 4:15-5:45 |
Concurrent Afternoon Symposia:
Symposium 1: Ion Channels: From Melody to Malady
Title: Re-channeling Clinically Used M-Current Activators to Treat Cerebral Vasospasm
Title: Ion Channel Phosphorylopathy: a link between genomic variation and human disease
Title: Calcium, Neurodegeneration and Parkinson's disease
Symposium 2: Psychiatric Disorders
Title: Neuroimmune and Neuroendocrine Function in Depression and Suicide
Title: A Novel Mouse Model for Aspects of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Title: Using Psychophysiology and Neuroscience to Understand the Underlying Emotional Mechanisms in Depression and Related Disorders |
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Reception and Business Meeting Announcement of Awards, Recognition, and Business Meeting |
For a complete overview of the meeting including times and rooms, view the meeting overview PDF.
CSfN Scientific Meeting
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
251 E. Huron, Chicago IL
Link to meeting site: http://g.co/maps/efmsf
Parking at 222 E. Huron St., $10 for 8 hr with validation in registration packet.
Get involved in making the Chicago SfN a productive forum for Chicago area researchers by nominating a councilor.
Nominations for councilor replacements are now open. Nominate yourself or someone else for two year. Nominees will be elected during our spring annual meeting.
If you would like to inquire about chapter activities or are interested in joining the Chicago Chapter SfN please contact:
Chapter President :
Associate Professor
Novel Clinical and Translational Methods Core
Neurological Sciences
Rush University
1735 W. Harrison St., Ste. 336
Chicago, IL 60612
Office: (312) 563-3599
Fax: (312) 563-3571
Chapter Secretaries:
Sylvia Perez, Ph.D. Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Professor
Neurological Sciences Anatomy & Cell Biology
Rush University University of Illinois at Chicago
1735 W. Harrison St. 808 S. Wood St., M/C 512
Chicago, IL 60612 Chicago, IL 60612
Office: (312) 563-3580 Office: (312) 996-5990
Fax: (312) 413-0354
Treasurer:
Assistant Professor
Cell and Molecular Physiology
Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
2160 S. First Avenue, Bldg. 102/Rm 6646
Maywood, IL 60153
Office: (708) 216-5183
Fax: (708) 216-5558
The mission of the Society for Neuroscience Chicago Chapter shall be to advance and promote our understanding of the peripheral and central nervous system in association with the affairs of the Society for Neuroscience through scientific and educational activities conducted within the Chicago metropolitan area. By providing an annual public forum, this organization will serve to facilitate: (a) promotional education in the neurosciences (b) networking among Chicago area scientists and (c) dissemination to the general public of cutting-edge research advancements in neuroscience-related disciplines.
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About the Chicago Brain Bee
The Brain Bee is a competition that tests knowledge in neuroscience including such topics as cells of the nervous system and how they communicate with one another, neuroanatomy, brain-behavior relationships (e.g. the neural basis of learning and memory, emotion, stress, sleep) and neurological diseases. It helps motivate our youth to learn about the brain, capture their imagination, and inspire them to pursue careers in biomedical brain research.
Every year more than fifty local Brain Bees are held throughout the US in a search for the “best brain”. The winners of the locals are invited to participate in the US National Brain Bee competition. This competition has been so exciting that it has expanded to many other countries and the winner of each national will compete in the International Brain Bee.
Why participate?
The Chicago Brain Bee is more than a competition – it is a daylong event designed to expose high school students to primary neuroscience research and introduce students to professors and graduate students actively leading neuroscience research programs. Participants will hear talks from leaders in the field, meet graduate students and learn of the many different pathways taken to a career in neuroscience. Tours led by graduate students will take participants to see cutting edge neuroscience research in action.
The Brain Bee competition is a great opportunity for high school students to expose themselves to more difficult reading materials than they may find in their high schools. Participating students are eligible to win cash prizes (1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers) but all can network and potentially obtain research internships.
Who can participate?
Any high school/home student from grades 9 to 12 is eligible to compete in the Chicago Brain Bee. We encourage family, friends, teachers and other classmates to support participants and join them in the competition.
The Chicago Brain Bee
This year’s Chicago Brain Awareness Day in conjunction with the Chicagoland Brain Bee Competition will be held on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the University of Illinois (UIC) at Chicago from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
The competition itself will involve a paper exam. The top 15 students based on the written exam will go on to compete in the oral exam. It consists of several Oral Question and Answer Elimination rounds. In every round, each student is asked a different question that requires a one word or phrase answer. Competitors are eliminated when they accumulate three wrong answers until only one is left standing.
How can you prepare?
Students can prepare by studying Brain Facts, a resource published by the Society for Neuroscience.
How can you register?
It’s free to participate!!!! Just CLICK HERE for registration and fill in the details. After registering, students will receive directions to UIC and additional information. Registration closes January 21, 2013. Address questions to Dr. Mitch Roitman or Bernadette Fredericks.
President: President Elect:
Dean Hartley, Ph.D. Shubhik Debburman, Ph.D.
Rush University Lake Forest College
Website Website
(312) 563-3599 (847) 735-6040
Past President:
Evan Stubbs Jr., Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
Website
(708) 202-3507
Secretary: Secretary:
Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D. Sylvia Perez, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago Rush University
Website (312) 563-3580
(312) 996-5990
Past Secretary:
Miriam Domowicz, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Website
(773) 702-3780
Treasurer: Treasurer Elect:
Toni Pak, Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago
Website
(708) 216-5183
Past Treasurer:
Xiu-Ti Hu, Ph.D.
Rush University
Website
(312) 563-2560
Undergraduate Program Liaison:
Irina Calin-Jageman, Ph.D.
Dominican University
Website
(708) 524-6581
Second Year Councilors:
David Freedman, Ph.D. Valerie Kilman Ph.D.
University of Chicago Northwestern University
Website Website
(773) 834-5186 (847) 491-7039
Amiel Rosenkranz, Ph.D. Paul McCulloch, Ph.D.
Rosalind Franklin University Midwestern University
Website Website
(847) 578-8680 (630) 515-6386
Jamie Roitman, Ph.D. Robert Glassman, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago Lake Forest College
Website Website
(312) 355-1458 (847) 735-5257
Dorothy Kozlowski, Ph.D. Lynne Rueter, Ph.D.
DePaul University Abbott Laboratories
Website Website
(773) 325-2191 (847) 935-4292
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Saverio Gentile, Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago
Website
(708) 216-3263
First Year Councilors:
Eric Norstrom, Ph.D. Michelle Hastings, Ph.D.
DePaul University Rosalind Franklin University
Website Website
(773) 325-2091 (847) 578-8517
Keith Fargo, Ph.D. Jason MacLean, Ph.D.
Loyola University Chicago University of Chicago
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital Website
(708) 202-5999 (773) 834-7650
Mary Jo LaDu, Ph.D. Joel Voss, Ph.D.
University of illinois at Chicago Northwestern University
Website Website
(312) 355-4795 (312) 503-9803
Shunbin Xu, M.D., Ph,D,
Rush University
Website
(312) 563-3554
Second Year Postdoctoral Councilor: First Year Postdoctoral Councilor:
James McCutcheon Ph.D. Amy Herrold, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
Website Website
(312) 996-8658 (708) 202-5687
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Checks should be made out to “Chicago Neuroscience Meeting” and mailed to CSfN Treasurer:
Toni Pak, Ph.D.
Treasurer, Chicago Chapter, Society for Neuroscience
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology
2160 S. First Ave., Bldg. 102-5645
Maywood, IL 60153
ACADEMIC SPONSOR LEVEL
Loyola University Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program NUIN
Sponsors of the Graduate Student Symposium
University of Illinois at Chicago
Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience
Spnsors of the 2013 Brain Bee
ACADEMIC PARTNER LEVEL
Loyola University Chicago |
Rosalind Franklin University |
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Dept. of Cell and Molecular Physiology |
Dept. of Cell Biology and Anatomy |
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Neuroscience Institute |
Dept. of Neuroscience |
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Dept. of Ophthalmology |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
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Dept. of Molec. Pharmacol. & Therapeutics |
Graduate Program in Neuroscience |
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Dept. of Research Services |
Dept. of anatomy and Cell Biology |
Northwestern University |
University of Chicago |
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Northwestern Univ. Inst. of Neuroscience |
Dept. of Neurobiology |
Rush University Medical Center |
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Dept. of Neurological Sciences |
ACADEMIC FRIEND LEVEL
Lake Forest College |
Rush University Medical Center |
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Sponsors of the Undergraduate Poster Competition |
Dept. of Pharmacology |
Midwestern University |
Our Annual Scientific Meeting will take place on March 24, 2011 at DePaul University.
Registration, Poster presentation, Exhibitors, and afternoon Simposia will take place in the Student Center.
Morning Lectures will take place in the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC)
Addresses:
Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614-3298
Schmitt Academic Center (SAC)
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
For public transportation directions go to RTA
Get driving directions at Google maps .
Parking is avilable at a reduce rate ($8) at 2330 N. Clifton (when exiting the parking garage show your name tag ID for a parking discount). All others DePaul’s parking lots are available at a regular rate ($12).
Final Program
Thursday, March 24, 2011
DePaul University
Lincoln Park Campus
8:00-10:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast – 1st floor hallway
8:00-9:00 Poster setup – Room 120 A/B
Presidential Symposium – SAC 154
9:00-10:45 ”Consequences of Stress on the CNS”
Chaired by Evan B. Stubbs, Jr., Ph.D.
Co-Chaired by Toni Pak, Ph.D.
“Physiologic and Metabolic Effects of Chronic Social Stress in Rats“
Randall Sakai, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati
“Long-term Biological and Psychological Sequelae of Early Life Stress“
Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
“Sweating the Small Stuff: Stress Effects in Medial Prefrontal Cortex“
Cara Wellman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Keynote Speaker – SAC 154
11:00-12:00 “Orchestrating the Stress Response: A Symphony in B (or F)”
James Herman, Ph.D.
Director of Neuroscience Graduate Program. Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati
Lunch 1st floor hallway – Room 120 A/B
12:00-2:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing/Judging
Undergraduate Competition: Organized by Irina Calin-Jageman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Competition: Organized by Scott Counts, Ph.D.
Graduate Student Symposium – Room 314 A/B
2:00-3:30 Graduate Student Talks
Chaired by Leslie Matuszewich, Ph.D.
Coffee Break 1st floor hallway – Room 120 A/B
3:30-4:15 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Symposium 1 – Room 314 A.
4:15-5:45 “ Systems and Computational Neuroscience”
Chaired by Konrad Kording, Ph.D.
Co-Chaired by Joanna Bakowska, Ph.D.
“Temporal integration of an olfactory perceptual decision in human orbitofrontal cortex“
Jay Gottfried, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Northwestern University
“Neural Mechanisms of Perceptual Categorization and Decision Making“
David Freedman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
“Slow integration and long-lasting persistent firing in inhibitory interneurons“
Nelson Spruston, Ph.D., Professor, Dept Neurobiology & Physiology, Northwestern University
Symposium 2 – Room 314 B
4:15-5:45 “Molecular Advancements in Alzheimer’s Disease “
Chaired by Grace Stutzmann, Ph.D.
Co-Chaired by Robert Marr, Ph.D. and Sandra Chimon-Peszek, Ph.D.
“Regulation of BACE1 endocytic trafficking and axonal transport“
Gopal Thinakaran, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
“New neurons in an old brain: a weak link in Alzheimer’s disease“
Orly Lazarov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Structural Studies of Neurotoxic Amyloid Aggregates for Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid by Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy“
Yoshitaka Ishii, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
6:00-7:00 Business Meeting and Reception – Room 120 A/B Announcement of Awards, Recognition, Business Meeting and Social “EtOH Receptor Binding Study”
Note: Undergraduate students participating in poster competition meet in Room SAC 154 for breakfast. Graduate Student Symposium participants meet in Room 315 for lunch with Keynote Speaker. Undergraduate poster competition participants contact Dr. Calin-Jageman (icalinjageman@dom.edu). Graduate Students poster competition participants contact Dr. Counts (scounts@rush.edu). Postdoctoral poster competition participants contact Dr. DebBurman (debburman@lfc.edu).
Please remove posters by no later than 4:30PM.
For a printable form of this program click here
Director of Neuroscience Graduate Program. Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati
Dr. James Herman earned his B.S. in Chemistry/Psychology at Hobart College and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1987, from the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy. Dr. Herman was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mental Health Research Institute at the University of Michigan. He began his career in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Kentucky, where he was an Assoicate Professor and the James and Barbara Holsinger Chair of Anatomy and Neurobiology. Dr. Herman joined the University of Cincinnati faculty in 2000 and is currently the Director of the Laboratory of Stress Neurobiology and Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Herman’s major research interests include examining the relationship between the physiological actions of central nervous system stress circuits and their place in the central nervous system. Present studies focus on: 1) limbic system regulation of the stress response and, consequently, on the generation of stress-related disorders, ranging from major depressive illness to essential hypertension to neurodegeneration and aging, and 2) defining the role of central adrenocorticosteroid receptors in transducing stress-related signals in normal physiology, aging and disease states.
Our Annual Scientific Meeting will take place on March 26, 2009 at DePaul University.
Registration, Poster presentation, Exhibitors, and afternoon Simposia will take place in the Student Center.
Morning Lectures will take place in the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC)
Addresses:
Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614-3298
Schmitt Academic Center (SAC)
2320 N. Kenmore Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
Keynote Grass Lecture
“Circuit Neuromics: The New Path to Understanding the Genetics and Neural Causes of Mood Disorders”
Dr. Huda Akil
Professor of Neurosciences,
Department of Psychiatry,
University of Michigan
Huda Akil, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Professor and Quarton Professor of Neurosciences, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, and the c -Director of the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Insitute. Dr. Akil has made seminal contributions to the understanding of the neurobiology of emotions, including pain, anxiety, depression and substance abuse. Early on, she focused on the role of the endorphins and their receptors in pain and stress responsiveness. Dr. Akilʻs scientific contributions have been recognized with numerous honors and awards. These include the Pacesetter Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in 1993, and with Dr. Stanley Watson, the Pasarow Award for Neuroscience Research in 1994. In 1998, she received the Sachar Award from Columbia University and the Bristol Myers Squibb Unrestricted Research Funds Award. Dr. Akil is the past President of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (1998) and the past President of the Society for Neuroscience (2004), the largest neuroscience organization in the world that includes over 35,000 members. She was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2000. In 1994, she was elected to the membership of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences and is currently a member of its Council. More recently (2004), she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The Akil Laboratory focuses on two research areas: the brain biology of stress and depression, and the biology of endorphins and other molecules related to substance abuse. In each of these areas, the lab takes a broad based approach, examining the system at a cellular, molecular and integrative level. In studying stress and mood disorders, the Akil Laboratory and the Watson Laboratory have described the brain circuits which underly responses to stress and the termination of the stress response, as well as the specific molecules expressed within these circuits. The group has recently focused on differences in brain responses as a function of the subjects ability to control the stressful situation. In human studies, the endocrine dysregulation seen in depressed subjects has been the subject of intensive investigation. More recently, the differential impact of a social stressor on depressed subjects versus controls is being investigated.
In the arena of endorphins, the Akil-Watson group has cloned two of the opioid receptors, and is actively involved in studying their unique pharmacology, their expression, their molecular structure, and their involvement in specific circuits which contribute to the development and maintenance of addictive behavior. The feature which most clearly characterizes this research approach is the integration of numerous tools and research strategies in an effort to understand the biological bases of emotional behavior and to use this understanding to approach the study of human emotions, in both health and disease.
PROGRAM
MARCH 26, 2009
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
8:00-10:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast – 1st floor hallway
8:00-9:00 Poster setup – Room 120 A/B
Presidential Symposium – SAC 154
Challenges for Neuroscientists in the 21st century-
Chaired by Dr. George H. DeVries, Hines VA Hospital/University of Illinois at Chicago
9:00-9:15 Welcoming remarks
9:15-9:45 Funding challenges- Dr. John W. Kusiak, Director Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program IBIDB, Division of Extramural Research NIDCR, NIH
9:45-10:15 Ethical Challenges- Dr. R. DeVries, University of Michigan
10:15-10:45 Publication challenges- Dr. G. Lees,- founding editor and publisher The Scientific World
Keynote Speaker – SAC 154
11:00-12:00 “Circuit Neuromics: The New Path to Understanding the Genetics and Neural Causes of Mood Disorders”
Dr. Huda Akil, University of Michigan
Lunch 1st floor hallway – Room 120 A/B
12:00-1:00 Lunch and Poster. Viewing/Judging
Graduate Student Symposium Room 314 A/B
1:00-1:15 Welcome/Introduction Comments by Dr. Evan Stubbs, Loyola University/Hines VA Hospital
1:15-2:30 Graduate Student Talks
Coffe Break 1st floor hallway – Room 120 A/B
2:30-3:00 Coffe Break and Poster
Symposium 1 – Room 314 A.
Neuronal Aspects of Chronic Pain: from Periphery to Brain.
Chaired by Dr. Marco Martina
3:00-3:25 “Pro-Nociceptive Actions of Chemokine Signaling in Models of Chronic Pain”
Dr. Fletcher White, Loyola University.
3:30-3:55 “Cellular reorganization of medial prefrontal cortex in a rat model of neuropathic pain”
Dr. Marco Martina, Northwestern University
4:00-4:25 “Cortical pathophysiology of chronic back pain: from representation to reorganization”
Dr. Marwan Baliki, Northwestern University.
Symposia 2 – Room 315
Visual neuroscience: from retina to behavior
Chaired by Joshua Singer
3:00-3:25 “Retinal pathways for parallel processing”
Dr. Steven DeVries, Northwestern University
3:30-3:55 “Subcortical representation of complex image features”
Dr. Naoum P. Issa, University of Chicago
4:00-4:25 “Combining rod and cone signals in visual pathways”
Dr. Dingcai Cao, University of Chicago
Symposia 3 – 314 B
Drug Addiction
Chaired by Xiu-Ti Hu
3:00-3:25 “The dark side of cognitive enhancers”
Dr. Heinz Steiner, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Rosalind
Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School
3:30-3:55 “The cAMP pathway in reward-dependent learning”
Dr. Xiaoxi Zhuang, Dept. of Psychiatry, the University of Chicago,
4:00-4:25 “The critical role of hippocampal neurotrophic factor TrkB and glutamatergic NMDA receptors in amphetamine reward-mediated behavior”
Dr. T. Celeste Napier, Dept. of Pharmacology, Center for Compulsive Behaviors & Addiction, Rush University Med Center
Poster Presentations & Exibitors – Room 120 A/B
8:00-4:30 Poster Presentations
5:00-6:00 Reception – Room 314 A/B
EXIBITORS AT THIS YEAR’S MEETING
National Institute s of Health- NINDS
The Scientific World
MyNeuroLab
Invitrogen
Zeiss optical
Prarie System
Sutter
Stoelting Co.
“Connectomics in the Developing Nervous System”
Dr. Jeff W. Lichtman
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Harvard University
Dr. Jeff W. Lichtman, M. D., Ph.D. has an AB from Bowdoin (1973), and an M.D. and Ph.D. from Washington University (1980) where he worked until 2004, most recently as Professor of Neurobiology. In 2004 he moved to Harvard where he is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. He is also a member of the newly established Center for Brain Science. Lichtman’s research interests revolve around the question of how mammalian brains accommodate information based on their early experiences. He has focused on the dramatic rewiring of neural connections that takes place in early postnatal development. This work has required development of techniques to visualize the patterns of connections in the nervous system and how they are altered over time. He is interested in the mechanics that underlie synaptic competition between neurons that innervate the same target cell. Such competitive interactions are responsible for sharpening the patterns of neural connections during development and may also be important in learning and memory formation. His laboratory studies synaptic competition by visualizing synaptic rearrangements directly in living animal using modern optical imaging techniques. To study the branching patterns of developing circuits and their dynamics he have used transgenic animals in which individual neurons express spectral variants of fluorescent proteins. Branch patterning reorganizations can be monitor in this mice by time-lapse imaging in vivo. He has also randomized the amount of several different fluorescent proteins expressed in individual neurons (Brainbow transgenic mice) to sort out the wiring of many neurons simultaneously. To track axons long distances he developed image processing tools to identify the same axon in multiple images. The reconstructions show many surprises about the ways axons are organized and branch. Recently he developed automated methods for serial electron microscopy to do the same kind of analysis in the central nervous system based on a novel microtome and a scanning electron microscope approach.
Meeting Overview
Thursday, March 25, 2010
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Lincoln Park Campus
8:00-10:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast – 1st floor hallway
8:00-9:00 Poster and vendor Display setup – Room 120 A/B
Presidential Symposium – SAC 154
9:00-10:45 “Traumatic Brain Injury”
Chaired by Evan B. Stubbs, Jr. Ph.D.
Co-Chaired by Dorothy Kozlowski, Ph.D.
“Imaging in TBI: The Search for a Central Mechanism of Injury”
Deborah M. Little, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurology, The University of Illinois Medical Center
“TBI – Phenotyping, Treatments, and Outcomes “
Romona Hicks, Ph.D., Program Director, Repair and Plasticity, NIH/NINDS
“Traumatic Brain Injury and the Developing Brain: Recent Research Advancements”
Mayumi L Prins, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Dept Neurosurgery; University of California Los Angeles
Keynote Speaker – SAC 154
11:00-12:00 “ Connectomics in the Developing Nervous System”
Jeff W. Lichtman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Lunch 1st floor hallway – Room 120 A/B
12:00-2:00 Lunch and Poster. Viewing/Judging
Undergraduate Competition; Organized by Dr. Dorothy Kozlowski
Postdoctoral Competition; Organized by Dr. David Rademacher
Graduate Student Symposium – Room 314 A/B
2:00-3:30 Graduate Student Talks
Chaired by Dean Hartley, Ph.D.
Coffee Break 1st floor hallway – Room 120 A/B
3:30-4:15 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Symposium 1 – Room 314 A.
4:15-5:45 “Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
Chaired by Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D.
Co-Chaired by Miriam Domowicz, Ph.D.
“Regulation of the fragile X mental retardation protein FMRP”
Stephanie Ceman, Ph.D., Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana
“Lissencephaly – Damaged Radial Glial Cell Function”
Yuanyi Feng, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology and Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
“Cortical circuitopathies in neurodevelopmental disorders”
Gordon Shepherd, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Symposia 2 – Room 314 B
4:15-5:45 “To Stall or Go the Distance: Insight into the Transport Disarray of Dementia”
Chaired by Patrizia LoPresti, M.D.
Co-Chaired by Beth Stutzmann, Ph.D.
“Microtubule-dependent cargo transport: model systems for analysis of transport disarray”
Vladimir I. Gelfand, Ph.D., Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
“Mechanisms underlying axonal transport defects in adult onset neurodegenerative diseases”
Gerardo Morfini, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Microtubule dynamics, kinesin activity, and the TUBB3 syndromes”
Dr. Mohan Gupta, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago
6:00-7:00 Business Meeting and Reception – Room 120 A/B Announcement of Awards, Recognition, Business Meeting and Social
Our Chicago Chapter Annual Meeting was held on March 27, 2008 at DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus Student Center.
We thank our keynote speaker Dr. Derek van der Kooy from the University of Toronto, Canada for his presentation on the “Formation and Functional Capacity of New Neural Cells in Adult CNS”.
The Presidential Symposium on Neurogenesis and Neurodegeneration was chaired by our president George deVries, with presentations from Dr. Jack Kessler, from Northwestern University on “BMP Regulation of the Hippocampal Niche: How to Build a Smart and Happy Mouse”, Dr. Daniel A. Peterson from Rosalind Franklin University on “Psychosocial Modulation of Neurogenesis” and Dr. Gwendolyn Kartje, from Hines VA Hospital/ Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine on “Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke”. We greatly appreciate their participation.
During the morning session two concurrent symposium were organized by Dr. Leyla deToledo-Morrell from Rush University Medical Center on “Early Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease: Clinical, Molecular and Imaging Perspectives” and by Dr. Ernesto Bongarzone from University of Illinois at Chicago on “Myelin in Health and Disease”.
We thank all the speakers of these two sessions: Dr. M-Marsel Mesulam, Northwestern University; Dr. Lester Binder, Northwestern University; Dr. Elliott Mufson, Rush University Medical Center; Dr. Leyla deToledo-Morrell, Rush University Medical Center; Dr. Anthony Reder, University of Chicago; Dr. Roumen Balabanov, Rush University Medical Center; Dr. Howard Lipton, University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. Fozia Mir, University of Illinois at Chicago
Congratulations to the winners of the Graduate Student Competition Shilpa Ramaswamy and the runners up Cynthia Von Zee and William Chura and the winners of the Postdoc Poster Competition Dr. Irina Calin-Jageman and the runners up Dr. Hau-Jie Yau and Dr. Stephen Sammut.
At the Undergraduate level we congratulate Staci Vanderjack (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign – Advisor: Dr. Greenough); Stephanie Valtierra (Lake Forest College – Advisor: Dr. DebBurman) and Laura Fornetti (Carthage College – Advisor: Dr. Seymoure).
Many thanks to Dr. Dorothy Kozlowski and Dr. Tess Briones for organizing these competitions.
The organization committee is very grateful for the on-site help of many students and post-docs during this meeting. Without your help the resounding success of our 2008 Annual Meeting would not have been possible!
Our Chicago Chapter Annual Meeting was held on March 26, 2009 at DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus Student Center.
We thank our keynote speaker Dr. Huda Akil, University of Michigan for her presentation on the “Circuit Neuromics: The New Path to Understanding the Genetics and Neural Causes of Mood Disorders”.
The Presidential Symposium on Challenges for Neuroscientists in the 21st Century was chaired by our president Dr.George deVries, with presentations from Dr. John W. Kusiak, Director Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program IBIDB, Division of Extramural Research NIDCR, NIH on Funding Challenges, Dr. Raymond DeVries, University of Michigan on Ethical Challenges and Dr. Graham Lees, founding editor and publisher The Scientific World, on Publication Challenges. We greatly appreciate their participation.
Dr Graham Lees has sent the participants the following message:
“TheScientificWorld (TSW) would like to show its appreciation of your attending the SFN Chicago Chapter’s annual meeting and welcoming Graham Lees as a speaker.
If any participant finds a non-Open Access article he or she wants to read in TheScientificWorldJournal (TSWJ), then send an email to information@thescientificworld.com and TSW will send it to you for free. If any participant submits an article to TSWJ and it is accepted, then TSW will publish it on Open Access for free. Offers good from now to SfN in Chicago” ,
During the afternoon three concurrent symposia were organized by Dr. Marco Martina, Dept. of Physiology, Northwestern University on “Neuronal Aspects of Chronic Pain: from Periphery to Brain”, Dr. Joshua Singer, Northwestern University on “Visual Neuroscience: from Retina to Behavior” and Dr. Xiu-Ti Hu, Department of Pharmacology, Rush University Medical Center on “Drug Addiction”.
We thank all the excellent speakers of these three sessions:
Dr. Fletcher White, Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Loyola University
Dr. Marwan Baliki, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University
Dr. Steven DeVries, Departments of Ophthalmology and Physiology, Northwestern University
Dr. Naoum P. Issa, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
Dr. Dingcai Cao, Section of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
Dr. Heinz Steiner , Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School
Dr. Xiaoxi Zhuang, Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago
Dr. T. Celeste Napier , Department of Pharmacology, Center for Compulsive Behaviors & Addiction, Rush University Medical Center
Congratulations to the winners of the Graduate Student Competition:
First Place: Sarah Pollema (University of Illinois at Chicago- Advisor Dr. Scott Brady)
Second Place : Shanti Frausto (Northwestern University- Advisor Dr. Geoffrey Swanson)
Third Place: Katherine Soderstrom (Rush University- Advisor Dr. Jeffrey Kordower)
Congratulations to the winners of the Postdoc Poster Competition:
First Place: Dr. Malin Joksimovic (Northwestern University)
Second Place: Dr. Bich Duong (Rush University)
Third Place: Dr. Natalie Tronson (Northwestern University)
At the Undergraduate level we congratulate:
First Place: Mike Fiske (Lake Forest- Advisor Dr. Shubhik DebBurman)
Second Place: Mary Petrosko (Dominican University- Advisor Dr. Robert Calin-Jageman)
Third Place: Michael Collela (DePaul University- Advirsor Dr. Sandra Virtue) and Ray Choi (Lake Forest- Advisor Dr. Shubhik DebBurman)
Many thanks to Dr. Evan Stubbs, Dr. Dorothy Kozlowski and Dr. Dean Hartley for organizing these competitions.
The organization committee is very grateful for the on-site help of many students and post-docs during this meeting. Without your help the resounding success of our 2009 Annual Meeting would not have been possible!
Our Chicago Chapter Annual Meeting was held on March 25, 2010 at DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus Student Center.
We thank our keynote speaker Dr. Jeff Lichtman, Harvard University for his presentation on the “Connectomics in the Developing Nervous System”.
The Presidential Symposium on “Traumatic Brain Injury” was chaired by Dr. Evan Stubbs Jr. and Dr Dorothy Kozlowski, with presentations from Dr. Deborah M. Little, The University of Illinois Medical Center, Dr. Romona Hicks, Program Director, Repair and Plasticity, NIH/NINDS and Dr. Mayumi L Prins, University of California Los Angeles. We greatly appreciate their participation.
During the afternoon two concurrent symposia were organized by Dr. Anna Lysakowski and Dr. Miriam Domowicz on “Developmental Disorders” and Dr. Patrizia LoPresti
and Dr. Beth Stutzmann on “To Stall or Go the Distance: Insight into the Transport Disarray of Dementia”.
We thank all the excellent speakers of these three sessions:
Dr. Stephanie Ceman, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana
Dr. Yuanyi Feng, Department of Neurology and Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Gordon Shepherd, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Vladimir I. Gelfand, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Gerardo Morfini, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Mohan Gupta, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago
Congratulations to the winners of the Graduate Student Competition:
First Place ($250 plus nomination for travel award to 2010 SfN)
Margaret G. Distler, Greta Sokoloff, Abraham A. Palmer
The role of GIq1 in anxiety-like behavior
University of Chicago
Second Place ($150)
Sahadev Shankarappa, Erika Piedras-Renteria, Evan B. Stubbs, Jr.
Forced-exercise protects against altered voltage-gated calcium channel function in experimental diabetic neuropathy
Loyola University Chicago & Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
Third Place ($100)
Aditiben Patel, Brinda Desai, Paul Carvey, Bill Hendey
An angiogenic inhibitor reduces dompamine neuron loss and neuroinflammation in an MPTP mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Rush University Medical Center
Congratulations to the winners of the Postdoc Poster Competition:
First Place ($250 plus nomination for travel award to 2010 SfN)
C Von Zee and EB Stubbs, Jr.
Regulation of Rho G-protein expression and signaling by lovastatin in human trabecular meshwork cells
Loyola University Chicago & Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
Second Place ($150)
J Wu, G Lei, M Mei, Y Tang, H Li
Characterization of a novel ER protein C20orf116 in the ER dynamics and stress response
Northwestern University
Third Place ($100)
DJ Morgan, BJ Davis, P Hawkins, AN Goldberg, SE Hastings, C Hathaway, and K Mackie
Mutation of phosphorylation sites involved in cannabinoid receptor (CB1) desensitization makes mice that are hyper-responsive to 9-THC.
Indiana University
At the Undergraduate level we congratulate:
First Place ($250)
T Lazicki, C Amick, JD Lewine
Somatosensory evoked magnetic fields following mild and moderate head trauma
Dominican University
Second Place ($150)
SC Peszek, ES Rohn, X Udad, A Abuaf, A Miller, F Hynes
Structural studies and neurotoxic effects of a soluble oligomer of the amyloid beta peptide fragment (22-35)
DePaul University
Third Place ($100)
B McBride, K Bonnick, IE Calin-Jageman, R Calin-Jageman
Quantitative analysis of changes in gene expression following long-term sensitization of the Aplysia tail-elicited siphon withdrawal reflex
Dominican University
D Atchley, ER Venheim, M Padival, JA Rosenkranz
The time-course of the effects of stress on affective behavior in rodents
Lake Forest College
Many thanks to Dr. Dean Hartley, Dr. Dorothy Kozlowski and Dr. David Rademacher for organizing these competitions.
The organization committee is very grateful for the on-site help of many students and post-docs during this meeting. Without your help the resounding success of our 2010 Annual Meeting would not have been possible!
The Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience would like to further congratulate Dr. Cynthia Von Zee, winner of the postdoctoral poster competition and Ms. Margaret Distler, winner of the graduate symposium competition for being awarded Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Travel Awards from the Society for Neuroscience. They will be participating in the SfN’s 40th Annual Meeting, scheduled for Nov. 13-17 in San Diego, CA.
We thank our keynote speaker Dr. James Herman, University of Cincinati for his presentation on the “Orchestrating the Stress Response: A Symphone in B (or F)”.
The Presidential Symposium on “Consequences of Stress on the CNS” was chaired by Dr. Evan Stubbs Jr. and Dr. Toni Pak, with presentations from Dr. Randall Sakai, The University of Cincinnati , Dr. Tanja Jovanovic, Emory University School of Medicine, and Dr. Cara Wellman, University of Indiana University. We greatly appreciate their participation.
During the afternoon two concurrent symposia were organized by Dr. Konrad Kording and Dr. Joanna Bakowska on “Systems and Computational Neuroscience” and Dr. Beth Stutzmann
and Dr. Robert Marr on “Molecular Advancements in Alzheimer’s Disease”.
We thank all the excellent speakers of these three sessions:
Dr. Jay Gottfried, Department of Neurology, Northwestern University
Dr. David Freeman, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
Dr. Nelson Spruston, , Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University
Dr. Gopal Thinakaran, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
Dr. Orly Lazarov, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Yoshitaka Ishii, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Congratulations to the winners of the Graduate Student Poster Competition:
First Place ($200 plus nomination for travel award to 2010 SfN)
Michael Alpert, S. T. Alford
The Impact of NMDAR-induced calcium signals in locomotion
University of Illinois at Chicago
Second Place ($100)
Randy Leitermann, M.R. DeJoesph, and J.H. Urban
Indentification of Extrinsic sources of Neruopeptide Y (NPY) input to the rat basolateral amygdaloid complex (BLA) and regulation by conditioned contestual fear
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Third Place ($50)
Vivian Wai Chong Wong, Nicole E. Tucci, Kerstin A. Ford, James E. McCutcheon, Michela Marinelli
Adolescent rats are more vulnerable to cocaine self administration that adults
Rosalind Franklin Universtiy of Medicine and Science
Congratulations to the winners of the Postdoc Poster Competition:
First Place ($200 plus nomination for travel award to 2010 SfN)
Eric Norstrom C. Zhang, R. Tanzi, S.S. Sisodia
Identification of NEEP21 as a ß-amyloid precursor protein-interacting protein in vivo that modulates amyloidogenic processing in vitro3
University of Chicago
Second Place ($100)
James McCutcheon, X. Wang, K.Y. Tseng, M.E. Wolf, M. Marinelli
Calciu-Permeable AMPA receptors are present in nucleus accumbens synapses after long withdrawal from cocaine self-administration but not experimenter-administered cocaine
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Third Place ($50)
Kevin Corcoran, Natalie Tronson, Yomayra Guzman, Can Gao, Anita L. Guedea, Jelena Radulovic
Retraspenial cortex is necessary for retrieval of recent and remote contextual fear memory.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Congratulations to the winners of the Undergrad Poster Competition:
First Place ($200)
Steven Lance, L. Ferguson, Kevin McDonough, Aleksandr Pevtsov, Dorothy Kozlowski, Theresa A. Jones
Rehabilitation regimen Influences Behaviroal Recovery and Neuroprotection Following a Controlled Cortical Impact (CCI)
DePaul University
Second Place ($100)
Madhavi Senagolage, Jaime Perez, Alexandra Ayala, Shubhik DebBurman
Genetic Support for Endocytosis as Degradation routhe for A-Synuclein, the Parkinson’s Disease Protein
Lake Forest College
Third Place ($50)
Tim Lazicki, Jeffrey David Lewine, John Ebersole
Former long term smokers show decreased auditory sensory gating as recorded by MEG: implications on auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia
Dominican Uniersity and the Alexian Brothers MEG Center
Aleksandr Pevtsov, Lindsay Ferguson, Steven Lance, Kevin McDonough, Theresa A. Jones, Dorothy A. Kozlowski
Forelimb constraint, exercise and motor rehabilitation training decreases deficits in manual dexterity in a rodent model of traumatic brain injury
DePaul University
Congratulations to the winners of the Graduate Symposium Competition:
First Place ($200)
Steven Graves, Xiu-Ti Hu, T. Celeste Napier
Serotonin 2C Receptor INverse Agonism Enhances Excitability
Rush University Medical Center
Second Place ($100)
Jason Jacoby, S. Alford, H. Qian, M. Kreitzer, R.P. Malchow
Testing the H+ Hypothesis of feedback inhibition from horizontal cells to bertebrate photoreceptors: A tale of two techniques
Univeristy of Illinois, Chicago
Third Place ($50)
Shreaya Chakroborty, Grace Stutsmann
Early neuronal calcium dysregulation in AD: setting the stage for synaptic dysfunction
Rosaline Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Many thanks to Dr. Irina Calin-Jageman, Dr. Scott Counts, Dr. Shubhik DebBurman and Dr. Leslie Matuszewich for organizing these competitions.
The organization committee is very grateful for the on-site help of many students and post-docs during this meeting. Without your help the resounding success of our 2011 Annual Meeting would not have been possible!
March 29th, 2012 at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Conference Center
251 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL.
Keynote Speaker
Larry R. Squire, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
"Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems of the Mammalian Brain"
Plexon presents Presidential Symposium – In Vivo Imaging
Marcus Raichle, M.D., Washington University
"The Restless Brain"
Garret D. Stuber, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
"Optogenetic Control of Brain Reward Circuits"
Daniel Dombeck, Ph.D., Northwestern University
"Functional Imaging of Neuronal Micro-Circuits in Awake Behaving Mice"
Concurrent Afternoon Symposia
Ion Channels: From Melody to Malady
Psychiatric Disorders
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND COMPETITIONS
All areas of Neuroscience are welcome.
- Graduate students nominated by the major Chicago-area institutions will compete in a Graduate Student Symposium (oral competition) for cash prizes and the winner is nominated for a Travel Award to attend the national SfN meeting, scheduled for October 13 -17, 2012, in New Orleans.
- Participate in the Postdoctoral Poster Competition for cash prizes and the winner is nominated for a Travel Award to attend the national SfN meeting, scheduled for October 13 -17, 2012, in New Orleans.
- Participate in the Graduate or Undergraduate Poster Competition for cash prizes.
- Even if you do not compete, you are still welcome to present a poster and share your data!
Registration is open from February 15 to March 15, 2012.
Abstract deadline for Postdoctoral, Graduate and Undergraduate Poster Competitions is March 15, 2012.
Click here for a preliminary program flyer for the 2012 annual meeting
The Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience is dedicated to:
- providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information and ideas between Chicago-area neuroscientists
- offering educational resources and opportunities for teachers, students and the public at large through community outreach
Each Spring, the Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience sponsors an Annual Meeting designed to bring scientists, teachers, students, and the public together to learn about and discuss the latest advances in Neuroscience research and education.
We also sponsor the annual Chicago Brain Bee which gives area high schools students an opportunity to learn and demonstrate their knowledge about brain science. Contact the Chapter Secretary for more information.
These efforts are supported by volunteers and members. We also accept support in the form of contributions from the community.
If you would like to become a sustaining member and part of this ongoing mission, you can become a sponsor .
The Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience is dedicated to:
- providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information and ideas between Chicago-area neuroscientists
- offering educational resources and opportunities for teachers, students and the public at large through community outreach
Each Spring, the Chapter sponsors an Annual Meeting designed to bring scientists, teachers, students and the public together to learn about and discuss the latest advances in Neuroscience research and education.
We also sponsor the annual Chicago Brain Bee which gives area high schools students an opportunity to learn and demonstrate their knowledge about brain science. Contact the Chapter Secretary for more information.
These efforts are supported by volunteers and members. We also accept support in the form of contributions from the community.
If you would like to become a sustaining member and part of this ongoing mission, you can become a sponsor . With your permission, we will honor your contribution with acknowledgment on our website and in the meeting program. Corporate and Academic contributor will be provided space to be an exhibitor at our annual meeting to promote their products and programs if they choose to do so.
Donations such as yours are used to fund the nationally recognized scientists invited to our general symposia as well as the Presidential Symposium. Your donation also helps support Academic competitions at the following levels:
- Chicago Brain Bee - Students from the Chicago area compete on “brain facts” and the winner receives a cash prize.
- Undergraduate level - Poster presentation competition. All students receive a certificate of recognition, and the winner receives a cash prize
- Doctoral Level - Graduate Student Symposium. Students from graduate programs in Chicago compete in a short-talk format. The winner receives a cash prize and the nomination for the Chapter Travel award to attend the National meeting to present his/her work. Finalists receive certificates of recognition.
- Postdoctoral Poster competition - Postdoctoral students from Universities in the Chicago area compete in a poster presentation format. The three finalists receive certificates of recognition; the winner receives a cash prize and the nomination for the Chapter Travel award to attend the National meeting.
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The Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (CSfN) is a local affiliate of the National Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. The CSfN is composed of academic and industry based scientists who are interested in the field of neuroscience. This includes researchers, teachers, students and interested public. Our membership includes individuals on faculty at all of the major academic centers and many of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in the Chicago area.
The Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience is dedicated to:
- providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information and ideas between Chicago-area neuroscientists;
- offering educational resources and opportunities for teachers, students and the public at large through community outreach.
Each spring, the Chapter sponsors an Annual Meeting designed to bring scientists, teachers, students and the public together to learn about and discuss the latest advances in Neuroscience research and education.
We also sponsor the annual Chicago Brain Bee which gives area high schools students an opportunity to learn and demonstrate their knowledge about brain science. Contact the Chapter Secretary for more information.
Other upcoming seminars and Neuroscience related events in the Chicago area can be found in our calendar. If you are interested on posting an event from your institution in our calendar please contact the Chapter Secretary. Announcements of other research and educational opportunities are posted under Programs and Institutions.
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The mission of the Society for Neuroscience Chicago Chapter is to advance and promote our understanding of the peripheral and central nervous system in association with the affairs of the Society for Neuroscience through scientific and educational activities conducted within the Chicago metropolitan area. By providing an annual public forum, this organization will serve to facilitate: (a) promotional education in the neurosciences (b) networking among Chicago area scientists and ( c) dissemination to the general public of cutting-edge research advancements in neuroscience-related disciplines.
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