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Saturday, February 23, 2008. Noyce Science Center, Grinnell College.
Students and faculty of biology, chemistry, biological chemistry, and neuroscience at
undergarduate institutions in Iowa are invited to attend this 7th annual HHMI
symposium.
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Poster Setup | 1st Floor Atrium | Noyce Science Center |
| 9:00-10:15 AM | Poster Session I
Open to public | 1st Floor Atrium | Noyce Science Center |
| 10:15-11:30 AM | Keynote Lecture
Open to public | Room 2022 | Noyce Science Center |
| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch
For registered participants | TBA | TBA |
| 12:30-1:45 | Poster Session II
Open to public | 1st Floor Atrium | Noyce Science Center |
How to register
Registration closes February 6, 2008.
Click here for a printer-friendly
invitation and registration form (PDF).
Information for Presenters
Your poster display area: 46" wide by 60"tall.
Push-pins are provided. Posters can remain up for the entire symposium.
Refreshments served to all presenters and guests during the first poster session.
Lunch will be provided for presenting students and their faculty mentors.
Campus and city maps available.
The keynote speaker for the 2008 symposium is Dr. Charles F. Stevens,
HHMI Investigator
and Professor of Molecular Neurobiology
at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. His talk is titled "How the brain is like a computer and how it's different."
More information about Dr. Stevens
Charles F. Stevens received his B.A. degree in Psychology at Harvard University, his M.D.
degree at Yale University, and his Ph.D. degree in biophysics at the Rockefeller
University. He was a faculty member at the University of Washington Medical School
and at Yale Medical School before joining the Salk Institute. Dr. Stevens is a member
of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences.
The work in Dr. Stevens laboratory centers on mechanisms responsible for
synaptic transmission. These problems are approached by a combination of
molecular biological, electrophysiological, anatomical and theoretical methods.
His lab studies neurons both in dissociated cell culture and in brain slices. They also
investigate the function of individual membrane proteins of importance for synaptic
transmission. One main current research focus is the various mechanisms used by
the central nervous system for the short- and long-term regulation of synaptic
strength. A second project uses a combination of methods to elucidate the
molecular basis of neurotransmitter release at synapses.
- Sonya Franklin - University of Iowa - 2002
- Carolyn Bertozzi - University of California, Berkeley - 2003
- Ad Bax - National Institutes of Health - 2004
- Tom Cech - Howard Hughes Medical Institute - 2005
- Peter Agre - Duke University - 2006
- Darcy B. Kelley - Columbia University - 2007
- Charles F. Stevens - Salk Institute - 2008
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