Friday, September 29, 2023

10:45AM

Registration, Speaker Check-in

NIH Porter Neuroscience Research Center (Building 35), Room 610

11:00AM

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Housekeeping

Victoria Bitzer Wales, MPH, Office of Neuroscience Communications & Engagement, Carolina Mendoza-Puccini, MD, HOLA Executive Board, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) with recognition of our ERG organizers Claudia Figueroa-Romero, PhD, Alva Recinos, MD, and Silvina Horovitz, PhD

Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - recorded talk

Jeffrey S. Diamond, PhD, Scientific Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

11:20AM

Keynote Address

Title: The state of Hispanic representation in NIH/NINDS-Analysis/Recognition of all Latinos in the NIH workforce

Speaker: Patricia Sauceda Kramer, MA, Principal Strategist Portfolio for Hispanics, NIH/OD

11:40AM

Short Talks

Introductions and Moderator: Silvina G. Horovitz, PhD

Staff Scientist, Lead Mobile Clinical Research Initiative, HOLA Executive Board, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

11:45AM

Title: Firing for Food and Fertility

Speaker: Naira Mansano, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

11:55AM

Title: Characterization of the Cells, Circuits, and Movement in Jumping Behavior

Speaker: Fabricio do Couto Nicola, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

12:05PM

Title: Uncovering neuronal computations in the cortico-cerebellar circuit during learning

Speaker: Martha G. Garcia Garcia, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

12:15-12:45PM

QUICK BREAK (Light Refreshments Provided)

12:45PM

Title: Mitochondria and Rab7

Speaker: Eunice Dominguez Martin, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

12:55PM

Title: Mechanisms of Inactivation in Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

Speaker: Ana I. Fernández-Mariño, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

1:05PM

Title: Local protein synthesis in squid giant axon

Speaker: Pablo Miranda Fernandez, PhD

Staff Scientist, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

1:15PM

Title: Understanding biomolecules with computers

Speaker: Vanessa Leone Alvarez, PhD

Staff Scientist, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

1:25PM

Title: High resolution MRI in multiple sclerosis, an in vivo window into the inflammatory process.

Speaker: Maria I. Gaitan, MD

Staff Clinician, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

1:35PM

Closing Remarks and Q&A

Amy B. Adams, PhD

Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

 


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