September 17, 2020
This year, the MBM Program will offer its annual retreat virtually. Join us on Zoom as we celebrate our third year of Miniature Brain Machinery with plenary lectures and presentations by our trainees!
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Plenary Speakers
 | Alysson Muotri Professor and Director of the Stem Cell Program for the Institute for Genomic Medicine University of California, San Diego School of Medicine |
 | Penny Burgoon Director of the Office of Policy, Communications, and Education National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) National Institutes of Health |
 | Na Ji Associate Professor of Physics University of California, Berkeley |
Schedule
| 8:30-8:40am | Welcome Video |
| 8:40-9:40am | Trainee Lightning Presentations Video |
| 9:50-10:40am | Plenary Talk: Penny Burgoon “Translational science: career development in a developing field” Introduction by Collin Kaufman Slides Video |
| 10:50-11:40am | Plenary Talk: Na Ji “Imaging the brain at high spatiotemporal resolution” Introduction by Shannon Murphy Video |
| 11:40am-12:00pm | Forage for lunch and come back for 12:00 lunch meetings |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Informal chat with speakers External Advisory Board Meeting (Private Zoom Space) Internal Advisory Board Meeting (Private Zoom Space) |
| 1:10-2:00pm | Plenary Talk: Alysson Muotri “Brain Model Technology and applications in biology and engineering” Introduction by Amanda Weiss Video |
| 2:00pm | Conclusion |
The schedule is set to US Central time. Individual activities are subject to change. Please check this page before September 17 for the latest information.
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