NCF SfN Chapter Conference 2014

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2015 North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience Chapter Conference!  We had a lot of fun and hope everyone learned something at our wonderful poster session, panel, data blitz, and lectures.

POSTER COMPETITION RESULTS

Undergraduate Winners

First Place: Paran Davari Methamphetamine and amphetamine differentially influence biophysical properties of dopamine transporter.
Second Place: Lauren Vetere Age-related alterations in executive functions and cost-benefit decision making.
Third Place: Leslie Gaynor Perceptual discrimination deficits underlying age-related cognitive impairment.

Graduate Winners

First Place: Jeff Fortin Transplantation of defined populations of differentiated human neural stem cell progeny.
Second Place: Lei Wang Increasing angiotensin converting enzyme 2 activity in the brain decreases anxiety and dampens activation of the hypothalami-pituitary-adrenal axis in mice.
Third Place: Sofia Beas Prefrontal cortical GABA(B) and NMDA receptor interactions in working memory.

Postdoc Winner

First Place: Xiaoli Qi Overexpression of CRF in the central amygdala diminishesthe depressive-like state associated with nicotine withdrawal.

Congratulations to the winners of the poster competition!

Thank you to all of our Data Blitz participants, who took on the challenge to present their research in five minutes or less.

L to R: Dr. Lan Hoang-Minh, Preston Donaldson, Kailey Simpson, Dr. Mauro Pinto, NCF SfN President Kim Hawkins, Regina Martuscello, Nicole Little, Douglas Bennion, and Danielle Sambo