Chicago Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience 2018 Scientific Meeting Friday, March 23rd, 2018 Northwestern Memorial Hospital 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting Northwestern University - Memorial Hospital March 23rd, 2018 MEETING OVERVIEW 7:30-10:00 AM Registration/Continental Breakfast 3rd Floor 8:00-8:45 AM Mentoring Panel & Breakfast Pritzker Aud. (with Conference Speakers) Moderators: Drs. Simon Kaja and Virgine Mansuy-Aubert rd 8:00-4:00 PM Poster Viewing and Vendor Display Atrium, 3 Floor 9:10-10:30 AM PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM Room A New Developments in Neuroscience Chaired by Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D. NeUroinformatics and the MUltiscale Brain: from genes to brain states and beyond Sean Hill, Ph.D. Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Blue Brain Project, EPFL, Switzerland The Making of the Inner Ear Doris WU, Ph.D. NIH-NIDCD 10:30-11:30 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER Room A “The Neurobiology of Helping: Lessons from Order Rodentia Peggy Mason, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago 11:30-2:00 PM POSTER COMPETITIONS AND LUNCH BREAK Graduate, Undergraduate and Postdoctoral Poster Competitions Atrium, 3rd Floor "Diversity in Careers" Lunch tables – Aaron Schirmer, organizer 12:15-1:15 PM Dr. Mason and Graduate Student Symposium participants lunch 2:00- 3:30 PM GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM Room A Selected Graduate Student Talks from six of the Chicago area Ph.D. granting medical schools 3:45- 5:40 PM PLENARY AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA (Concurrent Sessions) Room A Pritzker AUditoriUm 3:45-3:50 PM Progress in Movement Disorders Biomedical Engineering Applications in Chaired by Joanne O’Keefe & Orly Lazarov Neuroscience Chaired by Kelly Langert & Kaiwen Kam Exercise and neuroprotection and clinical Biodegradable Nanoparticle Approach For the 3:50-4:15 PM biomarkers in PD Treatment of MS and SCI Daniel Corcos (NWU) Stephen Miller (NWU) 4:15-4:40 PM Niemann Pick Type C and ScientiFic Personalizing Deep Brain Stimulation For Serendipity: Can We Capitalize? Treating Epilepsy -- A Neural Engineering Elizabeth Berry-Kravis (Rush) Approach David Mogul (IIT) 4:40-5:05 PM Probing the developmental roots oF Cerebral blood Flow and oxygen supply in the neurodegeneration brain Puneet Opal (NWU) Andreas A. Linninger (UIC) 5:05-5:30 PM New developments in deep brain Deceptive Technology For Stroke Rehabilitation stimulation James Patton (UIC) Konstantin V. Slavin (UIC) 5:45-7:00PM RECEPTION AND BUSINESS MEETING Social and announcement of awards, recognition, election results 1 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting Northwestern University - Memorial Hospital March 23rd, 2018 Map of Northwestern University downtown campus and Feinberg Pavilion, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 251 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611 Meeting site for Chicago Chapter of SFN Atrium, 3rd floor - Take the escalators or elevators to Conference Center on 3rd Floor. - Please visit the corporate exhibitor tables in the Atrium on the 3rd floor. - Posters should be removed by 4:00 PM today. 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Cognition and Behavior................................................................................34 Theme B. Development................................................................................................41 Theme C. Disorders of the Nervous System................................................................41 Theme D. History and Teaching Neuroscience....(no posters on this theme)......................... Theme E. Homeostatic and Neuroendocrine Systems.................................................53 Theme F. Neuronal Excitability, Synapses and Glia.....................................................56 Theme G. Novel Methods and Technology Development............................................61 Theme H. Sensory and Motor Systems........................................................................65 Acknowledgments and Thanks................................................................................................70 2018 Chicago Chapter SfN Executive Committee...................................................................75 In Memoriam (John Cacioppo, Ph.D. and James Unnerstall, Ph.D.).......................................76 Notes........................................................................................................................................77 10 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting Northwestern University - Memorial Hospital March 23rd, 2018 Chicago Society for Neuroscience Career Achievement Award 2018 Shubhik K. DebBurman, Ph.D. Dr. DebBurman is the Disque D. and Carol Gram Deane Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Lake Forest College. He has dedicated his academic career to making outstanding contributions to neuroscience education, the advancement of neuroscience research, and public communication and outreach in the greater Chicago community and beyond. First, he has authored several scientific publications in the area of G-protein coupled receptors. Next, he has been an extremely active member of the Chicago chapter of Society for Neuroscience. His involvement has included serving as President (2013-15), initiating the undergraduate poster competition, and developing the Career Achievement Award. He has also organized (2016-present) the Chicago Brain Bee competition for area high school students. Finally, he has mentored over 240 Lake Forest College undergraduate students and served as chair on over 40 Senior Thesis Committees. Numerous students have gone on to earn advanced degrees in