2022 MBM Retreat

We celebrated our fifth annual Miniature Brain Machinery Retreat September 15, 2022 with plenary lectures and presentations by our trainees — PhD students training in this cutting-edge field of brain science. This year, we saw record attendance between in-person and virtual attendees!

Trainees and faculty casually discuss science at the 2022 MBM Retreat

Schedule

8:30-9:00amWelcome & Opening Remarks
Martha Gillette
Principal Investigator, MBM

Introduction by Miles Norsworthy
MBM Trainee, Cell & Developmental Biology


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Martha Gillette
9:00-10:00amPlenary Talk: "Ultra-parallel label-free optophysiology of dynamic neural activity and circuit connectivity"

Stephen Boppart
Director, Center for Optical Molecular Imaging, Illinois
Bio

Introduction by Olawale Salaudeen
MBM Trainee, Computer Science


Video
Stephen Boppart
10:05-11:55amTrainee Lightning Presentations

Videos
12:00-1:30pmNetworking Lunch
IAB & EC Meeting
EAB & Trainee Meeting
1:30-2:30pmPlenary Talk: "In vitro neurovascular models for health and disease"

Roger Kamm
Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Bio

Introduction by Taylor Jorgensen
MBM Trainee, Neuroscience


Video
Roger Kamm
2:35-3:35pmPlenary Talk: “Bioengineering: Realizing the Promise of Cell Signaling Control in Health and Disease”

Princess Imoukhuede
Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair of Bioengineering, University of Washington
Bio

Introduction by Charles Marchini
MBM Trainee, Bioengineering
Princess Imoukhuede
3:45pmClosing Remarks

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Attendees at the 2022 MBM Retreat listen to a speaker.

History

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Casual discussion between faculty and students at the 2022 MBM Retreat