Annual Spring Symposia

The Brain Institute 3rd Annual Spring Symposium:
The Neurobiology of Sensation

Thursday, March 29th, 2012
1:00 – 5:00 p.m., followed by reception

The symposium is free of charge and open to all; please REGISTER ONLINE to reserve a seat and to RSVP for the reception.

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Brendan J. Nicholson
Genetic Science Learning Center
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	INTRODUCTION: ON THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF SENSATION Matt Wachowiak, Ph.D. USTAR Associate Professor of Physiology, The University of Utah; Director, Olfactory Systems Laboratory, The Brain Institute at The University of Utah

	OLFACTION AND INNATE BEHAVIOR Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D. Robin Chemers Neustein Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University Read the Bio/Abstract

	FUNCTIONAL CONNECTOMICS OF CORTICAL CIRCUITS R. Clay Reid, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School Read the Bio/Abstract

	PERCEPTUAL CODING, CATEGORIZATION, AND PLASTICITY IN THE HUMAN OLFACTORY BRAIN Jay A. Gottfried, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychology, Northwestern University Read the Bio/Abstract

The Brain Institute thanks the Faculty Organizing Committee of the 2012 Spring Symposium:

Matt Wachowiak, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology
Alessandra Angelucci, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Erik Jorgensen, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Robert Marc, Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences