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Institute for Neuroscience
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GW Institute for Neuroscience Symposium 2012
Topic: |
Vision, Cognition and Autism |
Date: |
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 |
Location: |
Grand Ballroom, Cloyd Heck Marvin Center at The George Washington University |
Registration: |
Registration is now closed!
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Keynote Seminar Speakers:
John Maunsell, Ph.D.: Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School/Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute "Neuronal Correlates of Visual Attention"
Randi Hagerman, M.D.: Medical Director of the MIND Institute, Professor and Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research, University of California, Davis "Fragile X Targeted Treatments Leading the Way for Autism"
Agenda:
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Registration/Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am - 9:10am | Welcome Vincent Chiappinelli, Ph.D. Vice Dean for Research SMHS |
| 9:10am - 9:40am | Jason Triplett, Ph.D. Investigator, Center for Neuroscience Research-CNMC; Assistant Professor, SMHS Dept. of Pharmacology & Physiology/GW Institute for Neuroscience "Development of Sensory Map Alignment" |
| 9:40am - 10:10am | Sarah Shomstein, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, GW Dept. of Psychology/GW Institute for Neuroscience "Shaping Attention with Reward" |
| 10:10am - 10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am - 11:15am | Student Talks |
| 11:15am - 12:30pm | KEYNOTE SEMINAR 1 John Maunsell, Ph.D. Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School/Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute "Neuronal Correlates of Visual Attention" |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Matthew Colonnese Ph.D. Assistant Professor, SMHS Dept. of Pharmacology & Physiology,/GW Institute for Neuroscience "Thalamocortical network properties and the development of sensory processing and plasticity" |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Molly Huntsman, Ph.D. Investigator, Center for Neuroscience Research, CNMC; Assistant Professor, SMHS Dept. of Pharmacology & Physiology/GW Institute for Neuroscience: "Impaired synchronization of sensory cortical circuits in Fragile X Syndrome" |
| 3:00pm - 3:45pm | Student Talks |
| 3:45pm - 4:00pm | Break |
| 4:00pm - 5:15pm | KEYNOTE SEMINAR 2 Randi Hagerman, M.D. Medical Director of the MIND Institute, Professor and Endowed Chair in Fragile X Research, University of California, Davis "Fragile X Targeted Treatments Leading the Way for Autism" |
| 5:15pm | Brief Closing Remarks Anthony-S. LaMantia, Ph.D. Director, GW Institute for Neuroscience |
The activity of a neurodevelopmental regulatory gene, Hectd1, alters the distribution of heat shock proteins in cultured cells; I. Zohn's laboratory.