Spring Meeting

23rd ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
for the faculty, researchers, postdocs, and graduate students in CNLM Labs
April 17-18
Dale Melbourne Herklotz Conference Center, UCI
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 7th

Program
Organized by: John Guzowski, John Marshall, Russell Poldrack

9:30-10:00a Coffee and Pastries

10:00-12:00p

Welcome by Michael Rugg

Session I: Functional Dissociations of Hippocampal Subregions
Chair: John Guzowski
Speakers: Raymond Kesner, University of Utah, A process of analysis of hippocampus function: Dissociations among different hippocampal subregions
John Guzowski, Functional dissociations of hippocampal subregions: Insights form gene expression studies
Craig Stark, Pattern separation in the human hippocampal CA3 and dentate gyrus
Discussant: Michael Rugg 

12:00-12:45p Lunch

12:45-1:30p Data Blitz #1

1:30-3:30p

Session II: Learning and Cognitive Control
Chair: Russell Poldrack
Speakers: Russell Poldrack, Reversal learning and response inhibition
David Jentsch, UCLA, Genetic and neurochemical influences on cognitive control
John Serences, Cognitive Sciences, UCI, Representing and reconfiguring attentional priority in human visual cortex
Discussant: Barbara Knowlton

3:30-3:45p Break

3:45-4:30p Data Blitz #2

4:30-5:00p Break

5:00-6:00p

Panel-Led Open Discussion: Technical Advances: How will they Help to Resolve Long-standing Issues in Learning and Memory
The panel will be made up of CNLM graduate students.

6:00p Dinner

Friday, April 18

9:00-9:30a Coffee and Pastries

9:30-11:30a

Session III: Cognitive and Neural Consequences of Drug Addiction: Evidence from methamphetamine exposure
Chair: John Marshall
Speakers: Ruth Salo, UC Davis, Cognitive and neural sequelae of methamphetamine abuse: Evidence form neuroimaging and behavioral studies
Kristin Keefe, University of Utah, Long-term consequences of methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity on cellular, systems, and behavioral function of the dorsal striatum
John Marshall, Learning and memory impairments following exposure to amphetamines: Beyond the striatum

11:30-11:45a Break

11:45-1:00p Data Blitz #3

1:00-2:00p Lunch and Awards for Best Data Blitz Presentations

2:00-2:45p CNLM Fellows Meeting - CNLM Courtyard

Click here for the Data Blitz schedule

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 7th

If you are a CNLM Fellow or their delegate click here to register

Other members of CNLM labs should contact their PI (CNLM Fellow) if they would like to register.