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3rd Annual Neuroscience Graduate Students Symposium
Overview
The 3rd Annual Houston Methodist Neuroscience Symposium serves as a dynamic platform for showcasing outstanding neuroscience research conducted by trainees across the Texas Medical Center. This event aims to foster active discussions, generate synergies, and catalyze constructive collaborations among participants. By highlighting cutting-edge neuroscience research from Houston Methodist and invited speakers, the symposium also provides valuable insights into career development opportunities for trainees aspiring to become neuroscientist or clinician-scientist. This gathering not only recognizes scientific achievements but also nurtures the next generation of neuroscientists, promoting a vibrant and collaborative research community within the Texas Medical Center.
Abstract Now Open
Submission Deadline: Friday, April 18, 2025 (11:59 PM CDT)
The Houston Methodist Neurological Institute invites graduate students and postdocs to submit abstracts for poster and oral presentations at the 3rd HMNI Annual Neuroscience Graduate Students Symposium.
Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters on Friday, May 2, 2025, during the symposium, with five outstanding abstracts selected for oral presentations. The poster session serves as a platform to discuss innovations and discoveries across various aspects of neuroscience research.
The Review Committee will evaluate the scientific quality of submitted abstracts, and award recognition will be presented by the committee at the adjournment of the Symposium.
Target Audience
This event is for graduate students, postgraduate trainees (residents and fellows), medical students, and research associates who are interested in neuroscience.
Program
| Time | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Overview of Houston Methodist Neurological Institute Jun Li MD, PhD, FANA, FAAN John M. O'Quinn Foundation Presidential Distinguished Chair, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Morning Session | |
| Session Chair: Bing Liao MD, MSc Assistant Professor of Clinic Neurology Program Director, Neurology Residency Program Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology Houston Methodist Neurological Institute Weill Cornell Medical Collage Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Education Texas A&M College of Medicine | |
| 9:15 - 9:45 | Development of Wearable Noninvasive Therapeutic and Diagnostic Devices Santosh A. Helekar, M.D., Ph.D. Scientific Director, Translational Biomagnetics and Neurometry Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute; Professor of Neuroscience Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Weill-Cornell Medical College |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Neuroinflammation Imaging in Patients with Early Onset Dementias Belen Pascual, PhD Director, Frontotemporal Dementia Unit, Nantz National Alzheimer Center; Co-Director, Neuroimaging Lab, Houston Methodist Research Institute; Associate Professor of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medicine |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Keynote Speaker: Disruption of RNA metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases and emerging therapeutic strategies Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology, Araminta Broch-Healey Endowed Chair in ALS, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Associate Member at the Broad Institute |
| Neuroscience Trainee Oral Sessions | |
| 11:15 - 11:40 | Selected Presentation #1 |
| 11:40 - 12:05 | Selected Presentation #2 |
| Afternoon Session | |
| Session Chair: Hyunglok Chung PhD Assistant Professor Stanley H. Appel Department of Neurology Houston Methodist Neurological Institute | |
| 12:05 - 12:35 | Lunch |
| 12:35 - 13:35 | Poster and Exhibition |
| 13:35 - 14:20 | Mechanisms of node of Ranvier assembly and maintenance Matthew Neil Rasband, PhD Vivian L. Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Neuroscience Trainee Oral Sessions | |
| 14:20 - 14:45 | Selected Presentation #3 |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Break |
| 15:00 - 15:25 | Selected Presentation #4 |
| 15:25 - 15:50 | Selected Presentation #5 |
| 15:50 - 16:00 | Award Announcement and Adjournment |
Venue
| Houston Methodist Research Institute |
| John F. Bookout Auditorium R2-306 |
| 6670 Bertner Avenue |
| Houston, TX 77030, United States |
| Direction from nearest parking garages: |
| From Garage 1: |
| Take parking garage elevator to 3rd floor. |
| Exit and turn left and enter doors into the hospital on the right. |
| Take stairs down to ground level, walk straight past the Information Desk. This is the Crain Garden. Continue straight toward the Weiss Chapel, turn right and continue past the Gift Shop. |
| Turn right before the Dunn Tower Elevator bank and then a quick left (Starbucks will be on the right). Proceed down this hall toward the Market Café. |
| Turn Right, then a quick left to leave Dunn Tower and enter into the Research Institute. |
| Continue straight toward exit doors. |
| Turn right at the RI Information Desk. Proceed up the staircase and the John F. Bookout Auditorium will be on the right side. |
| Elevators to the second floor are also available, pass the staircase and proceed to end. Elevators will be on the right. |
| From Garage 7: |
| Take parking garage elevator to ground floor, exit and turn left to outer walkway. |
| Turn left and proceed to glass double doors on left, enter Walter Tower. |
| Proceed straight down hallway past the Fondren/Alkek elevators, then past the Dunn elevator bank. |
| Take a left (Starbucks will be on the right) and follow the directions from above to the Research Institute. |
| View Parking Information |
| Houston Methodist Way Finder Map |
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- Set up an account by creating a username and password.
- Update your profile.
- Provide and confirm your mobile number.
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- Set up an account by creating a username and password.
- Update your profile.
- Provide and confirm your mobile number.
- Then proceed to register for your activity