Know Before You Go: UVA Brain Retreat
The UVA Brain Retreat will take place on April 29, 2025, 9:30am – 2:30pm in Newcomb Hall.
Faculty talks will start bright and early at 9:30am! Talk topics range from synaptic transmission and neurophysiology to phagocytic glia in development, and there will be time for questions after each talk. Faculty talks are scheduled 9:30am–11am and 1pm–2:30pm, so don’t miss out!
Between 11am and 1pm, check out the poster session — we have 85 posters in total! Presenters will be at their posters either 11am-noon or noon-1pm. A list of their titles, poster numbers, and presentation times can be found in the document below.
Ballroom Lobby
8:30–9:30am Check-in (Posters + Attendees)
Tables will remain open and staffed throughout the event.
South Meeting Room
9:30–11:00am Faculty Research Presentations
- Doug Bayliss, Pharmacology
- Title: Molecular Physiology of Brainstem Respiratory Chemoreceptor Neurons
- John Campbell, Biology
- Title: Two Pedals, One Foot: Coordinating the Drive to Eat
- Sarah Kucenas, Biology
- Title: Phagocyte Cooperation During Neural Development: Astrocytes and Microglia as Partners in Soma Clearance
Ballroom
11:00am–noon First set of poster presenters at their posters
A boxed lunch will be available to registrants in the Main Lounge beginning at 11:30am. There will be open seating in the Lounge and the Commonwealth Room.
noon–1:00pm Second set of poster presenters at their posters
South Meeting Room
1:00–2:30pm Faculty Research Presentations
- Lori McMahon, Neuroscience
- Title: O-GlcNAc Modulation of Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampus
- Jennifer Payne, Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
- Title: Biomarkers of Postpartum Depression: Moving toward Prevention of Mental Illness
- Jaideep Kapur, Neurology
- Title: A Scientific Bet Worth 30 Million Dollars
Poster presenters, please show up early (8:30–9:30am) to hang up your posters, and plan to stay till the end of the retreat (2:30–3:00pm) to pick them up!