The UCLA Dept of Neurobiology annual symposium will be held on Thursday, September 22nd at the Laurie and Steven C. Gordon Neuroscience Research Building from 1 pm – 5 pm with reception following. All are welcome. Speakers will include: Anne Churchland, Hong-wei Dong, Nicholas Foster, Hakeem Lawal, and Yirong Peng,
AGENDA:
1:00 p.m. Paul Micevych, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Neurobiology
“Opening remarks”
1:10 p.m. Hong Wei Dong, Ph.D. Professor, Neurobiology
“A Multi-Scale Connectivity Atlas of The Mouse Primary Motor Cortex”
1:50 p.m. YiRong Peng, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology & Neurobiology
“Molecular and Evolutionary Mapping of Neural-Circuit Specialization in High-Acuity Vision”
2:30 p.m. Break & Refreshments
2:50 p.m. Hakeem Lawal, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience, Delaware State
University & Associate Adjunct Professor, UCLA Neurobiology
“Synaptic Transmission and Consequences: A Tale of Two Neuro-
transmitters and Their Involvement in Aging and Parkinson’s Disease”
3:30 p.m. Nicholas Foster, Ph.D. Assistant Adjunct Professor, Neurobiology
“The Mouse Cortico-Basal Ganglia-Thalamic Network”
4:10 p.m. Anne Churchland, Ph.D. Professor, Neurobiology
“Decisions, Movements and Cell Types”