University of Rochester Neuroscience Retreat

2012 Guest Speakers

Faculty Speakers

Edward Deci, Ph.D.

Professor of Clinical & Social Sciences In Psychology

Promoting Optimal Motivation Across Life’s Domains

Edward Deci

Marc W. Halterman, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Therapeutic Target Discovery for Global Ischemic Brain Injury

Marc Halterman

Tatiana Pasternak, Ph.D.

Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Defining the role of prefrontal cortex in sensory decision-making

Tatiana Pasternak

Student Speakers

Maria Magdalena Diehl

Face and vocalization processing in the primate ventral prefrontal cortex

Maria Diehl

Christopher Folts

Hunting for Novel Therapies in Lysosomal Storage Disorders

Christopher Folts

Contents

News

At last year's retreat, Ethan Winkler was awarded the Doty Award for Excellence in Neuroscience Dissertation Research.

Christopher Folts and Daniel C. Tanner received awards for their posters at the John Bartlett Poster Session.