BrainMarch 11-15, 2013 Awareness week

Thursday, March 14 McKnight Brain Institute

9 - 9:30 A.M. Breakfast/Welcome 9:30 - 10:30 A.M. Speaker Dr. Yasmin Hurd “The Vulnerable Brain: Understanding the Neurobiology of Addiction Risk” 10:30 - 10:45 A.M. Break 10:45 - 11:45 A.M. Data Blitz 11:45 A.M. - Noon Break Noon - 1 P.M. Yasmin HurD, Ph.D. James McGaugh, Ph.D. Luttge Lectureship Inaugural Professor, Neuroscience at Research Professor, Speaker – Dr. James McGaugh Mount Sinai Hospital, New Neurobiology and Behavior York, NY School of Biological Sciences at “Making Lasting Memories” the University of California, Irvine 1 - 1:45 P.M. Lunch 2 - 4 P.M. Poster Competition 4 - 4:30 P.M. Closing Remarks/ Awards Presentation

Sponsored by: The McKnight Brain Institute, the Department of Neuroscience and the UF College of Medicine. Dr. William G. Luttge Lectureship in Neuroscience presents James L. McGaugh, Ph.D.

Lectureship Presentation “Making Lasting Memories”

Thursday, March 14, 2013 Noon - 1 p.m. DeWeese Auditorium, LG-101A Evelyn F. & William L. McKnight Brain Institute

James L. McGaugh, Ph.D. Research Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior School of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine

Dr. James L. McGaugh is a fellow and founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and Research Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. McGaugh received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed postdoctoral research study in neuropharmacology in Rome, Italy. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a William James Fellow and past president of the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. McGaugh has received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, the John P. McGovern Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Experimental Psychologists and honorary doctorate of science from Southern Illinois University. Dr. McGaugh is editor of the journal, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. He joined the Department of Psychobiology at UCI as founding chair in 1964.

In honor of Dr. William G. Luttge, Founding Director of the McKnight Brain Institute