Check out the agenda for the April 20 Neuroscience Symposium
2012 Neuroscience Spring Symposium
Friday, April 20, 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences
The UGA Neuroscience Student Association and the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute’s Neuroscience Ph.D. Program will be hosting the 2012 Neuroscience Spring Symposium on April 20 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. in the Paul D. Coverdell Center Auditorium, Room 175. The symposium is open to anyone with a vested interest in neuroscience at UGA and aims to showcase the nature and scope of student and faculty research in the field, which currently spans 15 departments in six schools and colleges across campus.
3:00 p.m. – Guest Speaker
Coverdell Center Auditorium, Room 175
Shelley Hooks, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
“G-protein coupled receptor expression and function in human neural stem cells”
4:00 p.m. – Break
4:15 p.m. – “Data Blitz” Oral Presentations
Animesh Dhara, Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
“Characterization of a neuropeptide, ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone (OEH) in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti”
Jean Simone, Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
“Reproductive slumber, is it safe?”
Jessica L. Groves-Chapman, Neuroscience Ph.D. Program
“Galanin agonists protect against kainic acid-induced excitotoxicity in the rat hippocampus”
Natale Sciolino, Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
“Exercise offers anxiolytic-like potential: A role for stress and brain noradrenergic-galaninergic mechanisms.”
Vijay Kalaskar, Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
“Evaluation of Embryonic Mouse Eye Development in Culture.”
Audrey Veteto, Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
“From Larvae to Rats: Identification of a Conserved Pathway Regulating Feeding of High Energy Foods”
Jennifer Wong, Neuroscience Ph.D. Program, Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
“The Effects of Smoking Cessation on Macular Pigment”
Matthew Hudgens-Haney, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, Psychology Department
“Neural correlates of risk and overconfidence in pathological gamblers”
5:00 p.m. – Reception
Coverdell Center Lobby and Rotunda
Hope to see you there!