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!
Schedule
8:30-9:00am | Welcome & Opening Remarks Martha Gillette Principal Investigator, MBM Introduction by Miles Norsworthy MBM Trainee, Cell & Developmental Biology Video | |
9:00-10:00am | Plenary 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 | |
10:05-11:55am | Trainee Lightning Presentations Videos | |
12:00-1:30pm | Networking Lunch IAB & EC Meeting EAB & Trainee Meeting | |
1:30-2:30pm | Plenary 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 | |
2:35-3:35pm | Plenary 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 | |
3:45pm | Closing Remarks Video |
History
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