Center for Neurobiology Research Welcome Symposium 2025
Center for Neurobiology Research Welcome Symposium
Date: Aug. 29, 2025
Time: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Room G101 A/B, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, 4 Riverside Circle, Roanoke, Virginia
Symposium Schedule
8 - 8:30 a.m.: Breakfast and registration
8:30 a.m.: Introduction and welcome: Anthony LaMantia, Ph.D., Director, Center for Neurobiology Research, and Michael Friedlander, Ph.D., Executive Director, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, and Vice President, Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech
8:45 a.m.: Center for Neurobiology Research Lab Presentations
9:45 a.m.: Break
10 a.m.: Keynote
- Lori McMahon, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, Vice President for Research, University of Virginia
11 a.m.: Break
11:15 a.m.: Center for Neurobiology Research Lab Presentations
- 11:15 a.m.: Morozov Lab
- 11:35 a.m.: Weston Lab
- 11:55 a.m.: Farris Lab
12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m.: Poster Session (cookies and fruit available)
2 p.m.: Center for Neurobiology Research Lab Presentations
- 2 p.m.: Purcell Lab
- 2:20 p.m.: Van der Heijden Lab
- 2:40 p.m.: LaMantia Lab
3 p.m. Adjourn
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