Apr 26 2017

‘Sense’ational Neuroscience: Peripheral to Central and Back

April 26, 2017

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

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You are invited to the free one day symposium at the University of Illinois at Chicago entitled 'Sense'ational Neuroscience: Peripheral to Central and Back.

It will take place on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 from 9:00am - 4:30pm in MBRB, 900 S Ashland Ave, 60607 in the 1st floor auditorium (#1017).

Interested faculty, graduate and undergraduate students and researchers are invited to attend. Please share this information with your colleagues.

In order for us to plan accordingly, please RSVP here. https://www.saxenalab.com/rsvp

Here is the lineup for the day. You can attend one session or all. Lunch is provided to attendees. All this information is also available at https://www.saxenalab.com/symposium and in the attached flyer.

9:00-9:30 Sign in

9:30-10:10 Lisa Taneyhill, University of Maryland "Neural crest-
placode cell interactions during cranial gangliogenesis"

10:10-10:50 Andy Groves, Baylor College of Medicine "Audio, video,
disco… How short and long range signals establish sensory
fate in the cochlea"

10:50-11:10 Coffee/snacks

11:10-11:50 Carole LaBonne, Northwestern University "Evolutionary
origins of the vertebrate peripheral nervous system"

11:50-12:30 Brian Link, Medical College of Wisconsin "Genetic screen
in zebrafish for factors important for optic nerve health"

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:10 Vicky Prince, University of Chicago "Zebrafish neural
crest migration: A prickly problem"

2:10-2:50 Data Blitzes by UIC Graduate Students

2:50-3:10 Coffee/snacks

3:10-3:50 Paolo Forni, SUNY Albany "Apical, basal or…? New
findings about the terminal differentiation of vomeronasal
sensory neurons"

3:50-4:30 Simon Alford, University of Illinois at Chicago "The motor
command system - from brain to spinal cord"

For further information, please contact Ankur Saxena at saxenaa@uic.edu.

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Aug 13, 2018

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