Neuroscience Cluster Annual Retreat

2009 Guest Speakers

Faculty Speakers

Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc

Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy

Astrocytes alive!

Maiken Nedergaard

Lizabeth M. Romanski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Neurobiology & Anatomy

Convergence of Faces and Voices in the Frontal Lobe

Lizabeth Romanski

Bradley Weslake, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Explanation in Neuroscience and Folk Psychology

Bradley Weslake

Student Speakers

Sarah Bliss Matousek

IL-1 Mediated Activation of Innate Immunity Underlies Plaque Clearance in Alzheimer’s Disease

Sarah Matousek

Vikranth Rao

Neural Basis of Perceptual Learning: Improved Bayesian Inference During Sensory Representation

Vikranth Rao

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Thanks to everyone who helped make the 2009 Neuroscience Retreat a great success. Over 200 faculty, postdocs and students from across the University took part.