Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
Poster Size: Posters need to be portrait and no more than A0 size (841mm (w) x 1189 mm (h) or 33.1 inches (w) x 46.8 inches (h)).
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Program Overview |
| Date: Monday, 03/June/2024 | |
| 9:00am | Meeting Registration (UNTIL 5 PM) Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall |
| 10:00am | Educational Workshop: Open Behaviour: Using Microcontrollers for Neuroscience Research Virtual location: The Garden, Somerville House And see building map for best entrance |
| 12:00pm | Lunch Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall Posters can be set up on boards, until 5 pm. |
| 1:00pm | Tours of Core Facilities Parallel Tours: Tours of behaviour cores: Visit our MouseTRAP facilities! (max 6 participant per tour, 2 tours) -With Kelly Summers and Dan Palmer Participants will have the choice to visit either a rodent touchscreen cognitive testing space and engage researchers within the Translational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (TCNLab) or spend time exploring our state-of-the-art microscopy suite within Western's Advanced Microscopy Core (WAMC). Meet at 1pm and 1:45 in Atrium Hall, by the registration desk . Tour of the Biotron: Visit our Experimental Climate Change Research Centre (max 36 people) - with Anne Simon Participants will be guided through this unique facility supporting research on biotic and abiotic processes in the environment, that specializes in the simulation of natural environments at a range of scales. Includes state-of-the-art microscopy suite, insects suite and Biomes. Meet at 1pm in Atrium Hall, by the registration desk. Back around 3pm. |
| 1:00pm | Trainee Workshop Virtual location: The Garden, Somerville House And see building map for best entrance |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon Break Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall Upload slides to room PC for tomorrow's talks |
| 3:30pm | Resume Trainee Workshop Virtual location: The Garden, Somerville House And see building map for best entrance |
| 5:00pm | Welcome and Opening Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 5:15pm | Presidential Address: Professor Sheena Josselyn Virtual location: AHB 1R40 Dr. Anna Phan (Asst Prof Univ Alberta) will introduce Dr. Sheena Josselyn |
| 7:00pm | Welcome Barbecue Virtual location: Grad Club Entertainment: Mr. Josh and Hoddinauts |
| Date: Tuesday, 04/June/2024 | |
| 8:30am | Meeting Registration Virtual location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40 |
| 9:00am | Symposium 1: Gene Expression and Behavioral Regulation: A Cross-Species Exploration Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 11:00am | Morning Break Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall |
| 11:30am | Selected Talks I Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 1:00pm | Lunch Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall |
| 2:00pm | Symposium 2: CNTNAP2 and its role in autism spectrum disorders - from mice to men Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 4:00pm | Afternoon Break Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall Upload slides to room PC for tomorrow's talks |
| 4:30pm | Early Career Achievement Award: Dr. Francesca Telese Virtual location: AHB 1R40 Dr. Hayley Thorpe (postdoc Western, Salk) will be introducing Dr. Francesca Telese |
| 5:30pm | Poster Session I (even numbers) Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall |
| 9:00pm | Night at the Observatory Virtual location: Cronyn Observatory |
| Date: Wednesday, 05/June/2024 | |
| 8:30am | Meeting Registration Virtual location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40 |
| 9:00am | Symposium 3: Cell-type specific molecular signatures of alcohol-induced neuroadaptations Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 11:00am | Games Organized Virtual location: Lawn of University College |
| 12:00pm | Lunch Location: Between Art & Humanities and University College buildings |
| 2:00pm | Symposium 4: C. elegans neurogenetics: Behavior, Learning, Stress and Disease Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 4:00pm | Afternoon Break Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall Upload slides to room PC for tomorrow's talks |
| 4:30pm | Keynote Address: Dr. Amita Sehgal Virtual location: AHB 1R40 Dr. Wanhe Li (Asst Prof Texas A&M) will be introducing Dr. Amita Seghal
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| 5:30pm | Poster Session 2 (Odd numbers) Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall |
| 7:00pm | Social: Touchscreen Translational Cognival Virtual location: 6th floor Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB) |
| Date: Thursday, 06/June/2024 | |
| 8:30am | Meeting Registration Virtual location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40 |
| 9:00am | Symposium 5: Translational Insights into Neurodegenerative Disease: From Mice to Marmosets to Humans Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 11:00am | Morning Break Virtual location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40 |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | Selected Talks 2 Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 12:45pm - 1:00pm | Talk by CREDIT Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 1:00pm | Lunch Virtual location: Atrium of Thames Hall |
| 1:45pm | Business Meeting Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 2:45pm | Outstanding Travel Awardees Virtual location: AHB 1R40 |
| 4:15pm | Afternoon Break Virtual location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40 |
| 4:45pm | Distinguished Investigator Award: Andrew Holmes Virtual location: AHB 1R40 Dr. Winona Booher (postdoc Univ Colorado) will be introducing Dr. Andrew Holmes.
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| 7:30pm | Banquet Virtual location: The Mercato, at Brescia Google map location: 15 min walk from Arts and Humanities Building (directions here).
Complimentary transportation: Checkers SUV that will provide a continuous loop from the Alumni Circle (the round about facing Thames Hall) to the Mercato from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. It will only provide transport to the function prior to meals starting. You will need to find their own way back (a 6 min walk from Ontario Hall: directions here). There are also free parkings, up Brescia lane. Entertainment: BÄM! |
