Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

We would like to invite you to our final meeting of the semester, which will be held on Friday May 3rd at 1pm in Bijou.

An interesting read, check this out:

issues.org

The Neurodiversity Alliance at University of Nevada, Reno, held a panel discussion last month with four neurodivergent members of the UNR community on March 21 as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, with the aim of developing greater communication and understanding. Read all about it!

UNR program focuses discussion on ADHD, autism Discussion panel with University of Nevada Reno Neurodiversity Alliance in honor of Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Join the Community Intervention Club for an Industry Panel on Zoom and in person at FA 109, Tuesday, April 16 2p-4p.

The UNR Gerontology Academic Program’s final brownbag in its Spring 2024 series is coming up Wednesday, April 10:

Age-Related Dual Decline in Cognition and Gait, presented by Dr. Fang Jiang, Associate Professor, UNR Psychology Department

See attached for details. All students and faculty welcome! No registration required.

Our next COBRE seminar will be on April 12 at 1:30 in RSJ 101. I hope you can attend.

Dr. Weizhe Hong will present his published and unpublished work for the Neuro/CMB/Micro seminar series this Friday April 12th at 1:00PM by zoom.

Dr. Hong is a very prominent researcher working at the cutting edge of social neuroscience research using the mouse model and his seminars are outstanding, informative, accessible and fascinating! The work should be broadly appealing to neuroscientists working at any level in any subject, he will present on how the mammalian brain encodes the pain of OTHERS and drives helping others in distress!

Topic: Weizhe Hong's seminar
Time: Apr 12, 2024 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://unr.zoom.us/j/82568707939?pwd=Rmwva0JBU25ha3NIK0VXYXkzNVYrdz09

Meeting ID: 825 6870 7939
Passcode: contact Jennifer L Hoy

Dear Nevada Community,

We are reaching out on behalf of the Northern Nevada Brain Bee, an educational initiative aimed at fostering a greater understanding of neuroscience among high-achieving high school students interested in the brain in our region. The Northern Nevada Brain Bee is an integral part of Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a global initiative launched in 1996 by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) and the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives. BAW's mission is to increase awareness of neuroscience in the general community, and it is celebrated in countries worldwide, traditionally in March.

The Brain Bee competition targets high achieving high school students. It operates on a three-tiered structure, consisting of local, national, and international competitions, and is celebrated in more than 50 countries! Each year, within each participating country, there are numerous Local (Regional) Brain Bee competitions. Local champions then advance to the National Brain Bee, and finally, National champions have the opportunity to compete at the prestigious International Brain Bee competition.

After hosting our Regional Northern Nevada Brain Bee competition, we are thrilled to announce that we have a very deserving young individual getting ready to compete in the Nationals! However we do not have the funds to send this student and their chaperone to the 2024 USA Brain Bee Championship at the University of Central Florida April 19-21: https://cnlm.uci.edu/2024-usa-brain-bee/

We need your help! Your support will go directly to fund:

National competition registration ($400)
flights (~$1300)
lodging for 4 nights (~$800)
food, ground transportation & misc. costs (~$500)

No donation is too small, and our non-profit Society for Neuroscience Sierra Nevada Chapter can provide you with a tax-credit receipt. Please help us reach our goal and support our Nevada Regional winner compete in the Nationals!

DONATE TODAY: https://gofund.me/2fcba136

Help send our Nevada Brain Bee Winner to Nationals, organized by We Study Brains Dear Nevada Community, We are reaching out on behalf of the Nor… We Study Brains needs your support for Help send our Nevada Brain Bee Winner to Nationals

We'd like to invite you to the April INP Colloquium, which will be held on Friday April 5th from 11:30am-12:30pm in EMM437B. Our meeting will be centered around Cassandra's defense practice, titled "Circadian disruption in genes, brain, and behavior". This will be a great opportunity to provide support and feedback for Cassandra, as well as for students to learn more about the defense process.

Please feel free to distribute the attached flyer to anyone who may be interested!

Contact [email protected] for questions

We're excited to announce the PhD thesis defenses of Jennifer Heppner (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology) and Cassandra Hui (Integrative Neuroscience) on April 11th, 2024. Please see attached flyers.

Jennifer Heppner
April 11 10:30am PST CFA (Church Fine Arts)
Urbanization’s effects on avian morphology, hormones, and behavior across ontogeny

Cassandra Hui
April 11 3:30pm PST FA 337
Circadian disruption in genes, brain, and behavior

Hello Neuroscientists – On April 4 the Food for Thought program will feature a discussion of the anecdotal evidence that activation of GLP-1 G-protein coupled receptors can cause striking changes in an individual’s priorities. Specifically, there is evidence that GLP-1 receptor agonists curb drug and alcohol cravings in addition to stimulating insulin release, slowing gastric emptying, and reducing appetite. Join me at 5:30 on April 4 at Laughing Planet (941 N. Virginia St.) for this exciting event.

Nate Dominy is flying in to Reno straight from Micronesia to give a talk tomorrow the 19th at 1:30. Because his flight was delayed a day the meetings today had to be cancelled, but there are still some times tomorrow if you are interested in meeting with him please email Michael A Webster