Announcing 2019 MBM Retreat September 19-20

The second annual MBM Retreat is coming up next month! This year, we will have four guest speakers along with posters and lightning talks over two days, starting Thursday, September 19 at 4:30pm through Friday, September 20 at 2:30pm in 5602 Beckman Institute.

Our guest speakers:

Inhyun Park
Associate Professor of Genetics
Associate Professor in the Child Study Center
Yale Stem Cell Center

Steven Stice
Director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center
Professor, GRA Eminent Scholar
University of Georgia

Taeghwan Hyeon

Taeghwan Hyeon
Director of the Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
Distinguished Professor, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Seoul National University

Joseph Culver
Professor of Radiology, Physics, and Biomedical Engineering
Washington University School of Medicine

Full Schedule:

Thursday, September 19

4:30pm	Registration & Poster Setup
5:00pm	Reception
5:30pm	Welcome & Introduction Drs. Martha Gillette and Hyunjoon Kong
5:45pm	Plenary Talk: Title TBA Inhyun Park, Associate Professor of Genetics and Associate Professor in the Child Study Center Yale Stem Cell Center
6:45pm	Break
7:00pm	Lightning Round: MBM Trainee Rapid Talks

Friday, September 20

8:00am	Registration & Breakfast
8:30am	MBM Poster Session
9:45am	Plenary Talk: (exosomes and stem cells) Steven Stice, Director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center University of Georgia
10:45am	Break
11:00am	Plenary Talk: (nanomaterials for neurodegenerative disease study) Taeghwan Hyeon, Director of the Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Distinguished Professor of the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Seoul National University
12:00pm	Lunch & Group Photo External Advisory Board Lunch/Meeting Internal Advisory Board Lunch/Meeting
1:15pm	Plenary Talk: “Optics for Mapping Blushing and Glowing Brains” Joseph Culver, Professor of Radiology, Physics, and Biomedical Engineering Washington University School of Medicine
2:15pm	Award Presentation and Retreat Conclusion

Overview

Discoveries relevant to our brains, which influence and control such a wide range of actions, emotions, and thoughts, have relied on two complimentary approaches: cognitive and behavior studies and brain cell and tissue biology studies. Our research traineeship program utilizing miniature brain machinery, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), combines these two paradigms to train the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce to advance discovery. Our students are recruited from neuroscience, cell and developmental biology, molecular and integrative physiology, chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, bioengineering, electrical and computer engineering, and psychology to foster a culture of innovation and translational research, and will significantly impact efforts to understand and control brain activities ongoing at other institutions.