Neurobiology Award Symposium

Chair(s)

• SM

  Smart Mbagwu

  Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences
  Nnamdi Azikiwe University
  Nnewi, Anambra, Nigeria

C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy Lecture featuring 2025 Early-Career Investigator Award Recipient Shan Meltzer

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT

  Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Mammalian Touch Circuit Assembly
  

  Speaker: Shan Meltzer – Vanderbilt University
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US PDT

  Comparing Ocrelizumab and Rituximab Effectiveness in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
  

  Presenting Author: Aitana V. Gonzales – University of Colorado Anschutz Masters of Modern Human Anatomy
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM US PDT

  Assessing an Environmental Model of Vagally-dependent Parkinsonism and Cognitive Deficits Associated with Lewy Body Dementia
  

  Presenting Author: Gabriel M. Davis, MSc – Penn State College of Medicine
• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM US PDT

  Innervation-dependent Postembryonic Development of the Zebrafish Anterior Lateral Line System
  

  Presenting Author: Theresa Christiansen – University of Chicago
• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT

  Pancreatic Peptide Receptors in the Midbrain Control Susceptibility to Stress in Mice
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandria E. Ostman – Penn State College of Medicine