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
The 2025 UVA Brain Retreat program PDF is now available!
All poster abstracts can be found in the document below.
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!