This coming Wed and Thur we will celebrate the official opening of our National Historic Landmark facility dedicated to brain research. As you’ll see from the schedule below, this will be a lively two days of talks and activities, so please swing by for some or all of the program and learn about the cool work happening here at Penn!
Places are limited – to attend, please email lacindab@psych.upenn.edu
PROGRAM:
June 5:
The forum will kick off at 3:30PM in the Class of ’62 Auditorium (John Morgan Building) with introductory remarks and a “Future of Brain Science at Penn” panel discussion with some of our awesome faculty. This will be followed by a ribbon-cutting and an indoor/outdoor catered reception that will take place at the Richards Building from 5:00PM-7PM.
June 6:
Session 1- 10:30AM-11:15AM
Brains Communicating
Richards 102B
Environmental Effects on Bain Behavior-From Early Traumatic Events to Harsh Environments on Earth and In Space
Goddard 525
Beauty and the Brain
Richards B205
Genes, Networks, and Neurodegeneration
Richards B207
Dimensional Neuroimaging & Precision Diagnostics
Richards 102A
Session 2- 11:30AM-12:15PM
Neuromodulation for Repair and Recovery
Goddard 314 & 207
Population Neuroscience for Understanding Human Variation in the Lifespan
Richards 102A
The Computational Brain
Richards B205
Neuromodulation in Psychiatric Illness
Goddard 427
Introduction to interactive image processing with PICSL tools
Richards B207
Session 3- 2:00PM-2:45PM
Neuroinformatics with Flywheel
Goddard 427
Mapping the Brain and Cognition onto Psychosis and Cannabis Use
Richards B207
Brains in the World: The Future of Human Interaction
Richards 102A
Genes First: 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Affecting Brain and Behavior
Richards 102B
Introduction to fully automatic PICSL tools for quantifying regional thickness and volume measurements from structural brain MRI
Richards B205
Session 4- 3:00PM-3:45PM
Ethical, Legal and Social Impacts of Neuroscience
Goddard 200 (Center for Neuroscience and Society)
Virtual Reality in Brain Research
Richards C512 (VR Lab)
Immersive Data Visualization
Richards D212 (IBI Factory)
Architectural Tour of Richards-Goddard Medical Laboratories
12:30PM & 4:00pm
Attendees will meet on the 1st floor of Richards
Please be sure to stop by the Idea Factory where we will be looping videos until 3PM of faculty & trainees discussing their exciting research.
Finally, we will end the forum with a roving-style reception on floors 3-7 in Richards. Stop by each floor to experience different themes! There will be food and drinks to enjoy from 3:45PM-5:30PM.