The Symposium showcases research from the class of 2024’s Neuroscience Bachelor of Science students
10:00 am | Opening remarks from the Neuroscience Honors Program Director Wei Wei, PhD. Coffee & pastries provided.
10:05 – 11:30 am | NSCI Honors Student Research Talks
- 10:05 – 10:25 am | Matthew Warden (Garcia Lab), "The Influence of Chemically Induced Brain State Over the Interactions Between Locus Coeruleus Activity and Breathing"
- 10:25 – 10:45 am | Maddie Kelly (Kratsios Lab), "Transgenic reporter analysis of ChIP-Seq-defined enhancers identifies novel target genes for the terminal selector CEH-20"
- 10:45 – 11:05 am | Jonathan Zeevi (Mason Lab), "The Size Weight Illusion (SWI) Requires a Concept of Density"
- 11:05 – 11:25 am | Doris Han (Hatsopoulos Lab), "Investigating Sleep Spindle and Slow Wave Sleep Correlation in the Sensorimotor Cortex Across Periods of Motor Task Learning in the Common Marmoset"
11:30 am – 1:00 pm | NSCI BS Student Poster Session. Lunch provided.
1:00 – 3:00 pm | NSCI Honors Student Research Talks Continue
- 1:00 – 1:20 pm | Anu Mummaneni (Rosenberg Lab), "Functional brain connectivity predicts sleep duration–and potentially quality–in youth and adults"
- 1:20 – 1:40 pm | Cara McQuillen (McGehee Lab), "Real-time analysis of nicotine self-administration to explore the neural basis of reward and aversion"
- 1:40 – 2:00 pm | Ruby Otavka (Mason Lab), "Tactile Underpinnings of Sensory Language"
- 2:00 – 2:20 pm | Aika Goel (Reder Lab), "Alternative Splicing is Excessive in Multiple Sclerosis and Linked to the IFN-b System"
- 2:20 – 2:40 pm | Will Carson (Sheffield Lab), "Granule Cell Inhibition Elucidates the Role of the Dentate Gyrus in Episodic Memory Encoding"
- 2:40 – 3:00 pm | Sophie Klopfenstein (Mason Lab), "Empathy and Agency in Reward-Mediated Habit Formation"
3:00 pm | Closing remarks
Valerie Barreto, Sheffield Lab
"Basal and Apical Tuft Pyramidal Dendrites in Hippocampal CA1 Differentially Encode Spatial and Non-Spatial Contextual Information"
Nick Chiang, Bakkour Lab
"Extreme, Negatively Valenced Memory Palaces Optimize Loci-Dependent Recall Accuracy"
Samantha Cody, Hale Lab
"Morphological analysis of the cerebrobrachial tract"
U.G. Gurol, De Wit Lab
"Characterizing Human Performance on the Monetary Incentive Delay Task under Methamphetamine using Subjective, Behavioral, and Neuroimaging Data"
Ivvy Hicks, Keedy Lab
"Comparison of Psychosis Biotype Groups on Childhood Bullying Experiences"
Pooja Keerthipati, Mason Lab
"Investigating the Impact of Social Reward on Self-Liberation Behaviors in Metyrapone-Injected Rats"
Maria Kravtsova, Kay Lab
"Sniffing Out Complexity: Insights Into The Structure Of The Perceptual Odor Space"
Chelsea Lai, Schwartz Lab
"Choroid Plexus Response During the Asymptomatic Period of CLN2"
Lizzie Mickiewicz, Berman Lab
"Infant Speech Sound Discrimination Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy"
Gaby Bustos, Hansel Lab
“Comparative Neuroanatomy Reveals Increasing Purkinje Cell Dendritic Complexity Coinciding with a Modest Increase in Somatic Diameter and Cortical Thickness Across Primate Phylogeny in Contrast with the Elephant”
Jack Peterson, Hale Lab
"Oncorhynchus mykiss Alter Tail Positioning and Muscle Activation Pattern when Swimming Through Asymmetric Environmental Flux"
Sydney Soskin, Hale Lab
"Exploring Sensory Innervation and Neuroanatomical Adaptations in the Pectoral Fins of the Hawkfish"
Yeri Won, Hatsopoulos Lab
"Context Dependent Encoding of Sequences in the Sensorimotor Cortex"
Zachary Zemmel, Claud Lab
"The Preterm Infant Gut Microbiome Modifies Blood-Brain Barrier Gene Expression"
Nico Zerda, Heckscher Lab
"Differential Expression of Roundabout Guidance Cue Receptors in Drosophila EL Interneurons Is Not Regulated by Temporal Transcription Factors Sqz and Nab"