Delaware Neuroscience |
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Research and Poster Symposium 2013 |
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Presented by The Delaware Center for Neuroscience Research |
For the 6th year, the annual Neuroscience Research and Poster Symposium was held at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute in Newark, Delaware. The day was kicked off by a Welcome from the 2012 Delaware Neuroscientist of the Year, Jeff Rosen, and remarks and welcome were provided by Leonard Davis, President of the Delaware Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience; Alton Thompson, Provost at Delaware State University; Doug Doren, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at UD; and Kelvin Lee, Director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. New for the symposium this year was a series of three talks by prominent neuroscientists. The talks, related to the theme of brain development and plasticity, presented new findings on the neurobiology of autism, post-traumatic stress disorder, and mental retardation. Samuel Wang, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, was the keynote speaker. His talk on the “Cerebellum, Sensitive Periods, and Autism” led off the day. He was followed by David M. Diamond, Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida, who spoke about “A Novel Perspective on the Involvement of the Hippocampus in Flashbulb & Traumatic Memories." Michele Jacob, Professor of Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine, finished off the first session of the symposium with her talk on “APC protein is essential in forebrain neurons for normal learning and behavior." The Delaware Chapter for the Society for Neuroscience made their annual pick for the Delaware Neuroscientist of the Year. Dr. Robert Akins, Director of the Center for Pediatric Clinical Research & Development at Nemours - Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, was named Neuroscientist of the Year for 2013. Dr. Akins was not able to attend the symposium, but accepting the award for him here two members of his research group, Karyn Robinson and Stephanie Yeager.
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