The meeting is free and open to faculty, post-docs, graduate students, undergraduates, research staff, and
members of colleges and universities in western Massachusetts. 

Abstract submission is now closed.

There will be on site registration

Titles and abstracts of talks and posters

Schedule

11:30 Chapter business meeting 

All are welcome to business meeting
12:00  Registration and mingling (snacks available)

12:30  Welcome messages

12:40 -2:20 Invited speaker session (4 talks: 20 min each, 5 min questions) 

• 12:40 Cana Park, UMass Amherst,  "Blood-to-Brain Communication: Platelets Drive Cognitive Enhancement in Aging"

• 1:05 Marcela Carmona, UMass Chan, "Cell-Type and Cell-State Engagement During Motor Learning"

• 1:30 Inna Nechipurenko, WPI, ""Functional classification of GNAI1 disorder variants in C. elegans uncovers conserved and cell-specific mechanisms of dysfunction"

• 1:55 Kelly Wallace, Amherst College, "Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Territoriality in Betta Fish"

2:30 - 4:30 Participant talks (8 talks, 12 min, 3 min questions, 2 hr total)

• 2:30 Edwards et al. UMass Chan, "Sex differences in drinking patterns and microstructure during voluntary adolescent-onset ethanol intake and subsequent brain-wide cFos activity during forced ethanol abstinence"

• 2:45 Rickelton et al. UMass Amherst, "Multi-cell type and multi-species co-culture system reveals differences in metabolic functions of the primate brain"

• 3:00 Zinter et al. UMass Chan, "Mbnl1, an RNA splicing factor, associates with Arc in an activity-dependent manner"

• 3:45 Bhasne et al. UMass Amherst, "Characterization of Tau HMW-F from human brain tissue and investigation of their propagation"

• 4:00 Madjidov et al.  UMass Chan, "Beyond TRANSPORT2: Testing Safety and Tolerability of Even Higher tDCS Doses Applied Concurrently with mCIMT"

• 4:15 Perez-Moreno et al. UMass Amhers, "The nudibranch mollusc Berghia stephanieae as an emerging study system for neuroscience"

• 4:30 Rhoten et al. Mount Holyoke College, "Dose Dependent Impact of Maternal IL-4 on Offspring Neurodevelopment and Behavior In EPM and JRSI"

• 4:45 Mola et al. UMass Chan, " Pre-Clinical Safety and Efficacy of AAV9 gene therapy for Mucolipidosis type IV (ML4)

5:00 Lightning talks by poster Presenters

5:15 - 6:30 Posters and reception (with light food)

We would like to revive the chapter to increase collaboration and communication across the region.

To help out, please apply for free membership in the Western MA SfN chapter by filling out the form HERE.