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The Friedman Brain Institute and the Neuroscience Graduate Program, presents the 17th Annual Neuroscience Retreat.

The Friedman Brain Institute hosts a Neuroscience Retreat held in the spring of each year. Neuroscience is multidisciplinary by nature and, reflecting this, the scientists and physicians that contribute to the neurosciences at Mount Sinai hail from a variety of departments and campuses. The Retreat provides an opportunity for everyone in the Neuroscience community at Mount Sinai – faculty, fellows, students, researchers and clinicians – to meet and discuss their work in order to increase awareness of ongoing research and approaches, to foster new interactions, and to generate novel ideas.

For additional information, please contact Vena Persaud at vena.persaud@mssm.edu or Veronica Szarejko at veronica.szarejko@mssm.edu

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Retreat Organizers

Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Neuroscience, Neurology, Pathology, Molecular and Cell

Herbert Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience

Moderators

Priti Balchandani, PhD
Professor
Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

John F. Crary, MD, PhD
Professor
Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine, Artificial Intelligence and Human Health and Neuroscience

Jack Humphrey, PhD
Instructor
Neuroscience

Sarah A. Stanley, MBBCh, PhD
Associate Professor
Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease and Neuroscience

Opening Remarks

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD
Director, Friedman Brain Institute

Paul J. Kenny, PhD
Chairman, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

George Huntley, PhD
Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program

Keynote Speakers

Dayu Lin, PhD
Professor
Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Physiology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Paul J. Kenny, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience
Director, Drug Discovery Institute

Speakers

Cheen Euong Ang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Erin Beck, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurology and Immunology & Immunotherapy

Joel Blanchard, PhD
Associate Professor

Jamie Carty
Graduate Student
Neuroscience

Alison M Goate, DPhil
Jean C. & James W. Crystal Professor and Chair
Dept. of Genetics & Genomic Sciences
Director, Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease

Yasmin Hurd, PhD
Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience
Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai

Yun Soung Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor
Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology

Veronika Kondev, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Neuroscience

Christina Maher
Graduate Student

Cameron S. McAlpine, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine, Cardiology and Neuroscience

Zach Pennington, PhD
Instructor
Neuroscience

Scott J. Russo, PhD
Director, Brain-Body Research Institute – Professor,
Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Immunology & Immunotherapy

Sarah Williams
Graduate Student
Neuroscience

Retreat Administrators

Veronica Szarejko
Project Manager

Danny Roldan
Web Content Specialist

Vena Persaud
Executive Assistant

Jenny Rivera
Administrative Director

AGENDA

8:30 – 9:00 am

(South Hall Lobby)

Registration

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9:00 – 9:05 am

(Assembly Hall)

Coffee, tea, and water

Introduction

Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD and Herbert Wu, PhD

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9:05 – 9:20 am

Welcome Remarks

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD on Friedman Brain Institute

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9:20 – 9:35 am

Paul J. Kenny, PhD on Nash Family Department of Neuroscience

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9:35 – 9:45 am

George Huntley, PhD on Graduate Student Program

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9:45 – 10:15 am

Keynote: Dayu Lin, PhD

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10:15 – 10:35 am

Coffee break

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10:35 – 11:30 am

Behavioral Neuroscience

Moderators: Priti Balchandani, PhD and Sarah Stanley, PhD

10:35 – 10:45 am | Scott Russo, PhD

10:45 – 10:50 am | Veronika Kondev, PhD (Nestler lab)

10:50 – 11:00 am | Cameron S McAlpine, PhD – “Immunogenic control of sleep after myocardial infarction”

11:00 – 11:05 am | Jamie Carty (Stanley Lab)

11:05 – 11:10 am | Zach Pennington, PhD (Cai Lab)

11:10 – 11:30 am | Q&A and Panel Discussion

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11:30 am – 12:20 pm

(South Hall)

Poster Session I

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12:20 – 1:20 pm

Lunch & Networking

*All attendees must register prior to the retreat in order to receive a lunch ticket. Unfortunately, to maintain an accurate catering count, walk-ins will not be supplied a lunch ticket.

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1:20 – 1:50 pm

Keynote: Paul J. Kenny, PhD – “Cells and circuits in opioid addiction”

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1:50 – 3:00 pm

Tools in Neuroscience

Moderators: John F. Crary, MD, PhD and Jack Humphrey, PhD

1:50 – 2:00 pm | Cheen Euong Ang, PhD

2:00 – 2:05 pm | Sarah Williams (Nan Yang Lab)

2:05 – 2:15 pm | Joel Blanchard, PhD

2:15 – 2:20 pm | Christina Maher (Radulescu & Saez Labs) “Intracranial recordings uncover neuronal dynamics of multidimensional reinforcement learning”

2:20 – 2:30 pm | Yun Soung Kim, PhD – “A Forehead-Wearable EEG Patch for At-Home Brain Activity Monitoring”

2:30 – 2:40 pm | Erin Beck, MD, PhD – “Advanced MRI techniques for imaging brain structural changes in health and disease”

2:40 – 3:00 pm | Q&A and Panel Discussion

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3:00 – 3:20 pm

Coffee break

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3:20 – 4:00 pm

Paths in Science

Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD, Alison M Goate, DPhil, Yasmin Hurd, PhD
Moderator: Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD

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4:00 – 4:50 pm

(South Hall)

Poster Session II

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4:50 – 5:10 pm

Awards

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5:10 – 6:00 pm

Social Hour