Agenda
University of South Carolina Neuroscience Community Retreat
Ndoki Lodge, Riverbanks Zoo, May 22, 2017
AGENDA
8:30 – 8:45 am
Arrival
AM Poster Set Up
Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 am
Welcome & Introduction
Janet Fisher Organizing Committee chair, Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience
Prakash Nagarkatti Vice President for Research, USC
9:00 – 10:15 am
Morning Poster Session
10:15 – noon
Morning Talk Session – moderated by Troy Herter Exercise Science
Jessica Green Psychology , “Sound-induced visual cortex activity and multisensory integration”
Milind Kunchur Physics and Astronomy, “Neurophysiology of time resolution in human hearing”
David Mott Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, “Modulation of amygdala by acetylcholine”
Victoria Macht Psychology, “Effects of stress and pyridostigmine bromide on acetylcholine and glutamate in the
rat prefrontal cortex and hippocampus: A neurochemical analysis in a model of Gulf War Illness”
Luigi Boccuto Greenwood Genetic Center, “Metabolomic approaches to the study of neurodevelopmental disorders”
Corey Weaver Biology, “Developing a vertebrate model of dystonia 16”
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
PM Poster Set Up
1:00 – 1:45 pm
Keynote Address
Chris Cowan - William E. Murray SmartState Endowed Chair of Excellence in Neuroscience Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina
“Transcriptional regulation of synapse balance in brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders”
Introduction by Marlene Wilson Pharmacology Physiology & Neuroscience
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Break
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Afternoon Talk Session – moderated by Jim Fadel Pharmacology Physiology and Neuroscience
Roozbeh Behroozmand Communication Sciences and Disorders, “Neural Bases of Impaired
Sensorimotor Integration in the Human Speech Production System”
Adewale Adeluyi Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, “N-Acetylcysteine Attenuates
Expression of ROS Markers during Nicotine Withdrawal in the Nucleus Accumbens of Mice.”
Davis Moore Exercise Science, “The Integrative Neuroscience of Concussion”
Zeb Vance Biomedical Engineering, “Olive Oil Phenylethanoids Modulate Amyloid Oligomer
Toxicity Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease”
Michael Shtutman Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, “Functional identification of new mechanisms
of neurotoxicity induced by HIV and drugs of abuse”
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Afternoon Poster Session
5:00 – 5:30 pm
Awards & Reception
5:30 – 6:00
Round Table Discussion
Future directions for Neuroscience Research and Education at USC