Neuroscience Graduate Program Research Day
University of Virginia
Neuroscience Graduate Program Annual Retreat
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Veritas Vineyards
Welcome to the 2008 NGP Annual Retreat! This year’s event will be held at the Veritas Vineyard and Winery. Two workshops will be held in the morning for the graduate students. The afternoon will be open to all NGP affiliates and will include student and faculty talks, along with a poster session and reception. All NGP faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students are encouraged to attend. Admission is free, lunch will not be available but heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Graduate Student Workshops
Location: Jordan Hall Room 2ABC
9:00-10:00 Stephen Korn, NINDS, NIH
10:00-11:00 Grant Writing for Graduate Students, Sue Moenter
Afternoon Session (open to all NGP affiliates)
Location: Veritas Vineyard and Winery
Talks will begin at 1:00pm
Faculty Speaker:
Dr. Douglas Bayliss
“Neuronal background K+ channels: mechanisms of modulation and physiological roles”
Professor and Chair, Pharmacology
University of Virginia
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Nicholas Hatsopoulos
“Spatio-temporal patterns of action in the motor cortex”
Assistant Professor
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
University of Chicago
Student Speakers:
Elizabeth Daubert, Condron Lab,
“Regulation of serotonergic morphology in the Drosophila central nervous system”
Mark Fitzgerald, Lee Lab
"Developmental errors in the tish model of subcortical band heterotopia"
Peihan Su, S. Todorovic Lab
"Anesthesia and pain: from the lab to the clinic"
Poster Session and Reception will follow the talks
Driving Directions from Charlottesville:
I-64 west, exit 107. West on Rt. 250 for 6 miles to Rt. 151. South 3 miles to Rt. 6. West 1.3 miles to Saddleback Farm.
(Winery entrance will be on your right)