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Brain School

An annual Brain Awareness Week campaign hosted by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
March 10, 2025, 5-7:30 p.m.

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Brain School 2025: Therapeutic Use of Focused Ultrasound for Brain Disorders

March 10, 5 p.m., 4 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, Virginia

Speakers | Q&A | Research Facility Fours | Brain Research Expo

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Brain School Speakers

An Introduction to Focused Ultrasound and Brain Modulation

Using Focused Ultrasound to Improve Drug Delivery for Brain Cancer

Precision Treatments for Childhood Brain Cancer with Focused Ultrasound

Expo Presenters

Stirring milk

Food and the Brain

The DiFeliceantonio Lab

Electric brain

Into the Brain with Technology 

The Legon Lab

Display table

ACQUIRE Therapy Building Neural Connections

Neuromotor Research Clinic

Albert Pan with zebrafish

Studying Brain Development in See-through Zebrafish

The Pan Lab

Touching a brain

Brain Anatomy 101: Real Brains

Kristofer Rau

Meike van der Heijden, Ph.D.

Measurements in the Brain

The Van der Heijden Lab

Maosen Wang, Ph.D.

Caputuring Images of the Brain

Maosen Wang

Xuansong Mao, Ph.D.

Unlocking the Power of Exercise: How Mitochondria in Your Brain Boost Memory and Learning

The Yan lab

Focused ultrasound illustration

The Power of Sound

Jason Raymond

Skull with brain injury illustration

Brain Injury Solutions

Melissa Barnes

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Is the electricity in my brain the same thing that powers my phone? 

Can the brain be changed without surgery? 

What's going on inside your brain when you're dreaming? 

Is the brain able to change, or am I wired this way for life? 

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Resources for Educators

 

On-Demand Brain School Content

Tune into dozens of lectures presented by brain scientists during past Brain Schools.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brain School events planned for March, 2020 were cancelled.

2015

  • Understanding the Cerebral Cortex: The Legacy of Roanoke's Vernon Mountcastle
    Mar. 16, 2015 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
  • Food for Thought: Chefs Celebrate Brain Awareness Week
    Mar. 16, 2015 | Restaurants and Specialty Stores throughout Roanoke
  • At the Crossroads: Art, Science, Research
    Mar. 17, 2015 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. and Liz Lerman
  • Development of the Social Brain
    Mar. 18, 2015 | Pearl Chiu, Ph.D.
  • The Developing Brain: Conception to Birth
    Mar. 23, 2015 | Michael Fox, Ph.D.
  • How the Earliest Experiences in Life Affect a Baby's Brain and Behavior
    Mar. 25, 2015 | Craig Ramey, Ph.D.

2014

2013

  • Food for Thought: Chefs Celebrate Brain Awareness Week
    Mar. 11, 2013 | Restaurants and Specialty Stores throughout Roanoke
  • Mythbusters: The Truth About Your Brain
    Mar. 11, 2013 | Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.
  • The Stuff of Brains and How They Process Information
    Mar. 11, 2013 | Michael Fox, Ph.D. and Rosalyn Moran, Ph.D.
  • How Brains Make Sense of the World
    Mar. 12, 2013 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. and Jamie Tyler, Ph.D.
  • Brain Power: The Role of Exercise and Diet in Maintaining Healthy Synapses
    Mar. 12, 2013 | Gregorio Valdez, Ph.D.
  • When Brains Do Things We Would Rather They Didn't
    Mar. 13, 2013 |  Warren Bickel, Ph.D. and Pearl Chiu, Ph.D.
  • Willpower and Addiction
    Mar. 13, 2013 |  Warren Bickel, Ph.D.
  • How Brains Grow and Age
    Mar. 14, 2013 | Sharon Ramey, Ph.D., Michael Friedlander, Ph.D., and Gregorio Valdez, Ph.D.
  • Reading Your Mind: How to Decode the Brain Mid-Thought
    Mar. 21, 2013 | Stephen LaConte, Ph.D.