Department Retreat
Once a year the Department gathers to connect, share their research and learn from a prominent keynote speaker.
2022 Department Retreat at The Old Field Club
2022 Retreat
September 16
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joe Fetcho
Dr. David and Dorothy Joslovitz Merksamer Professor, Department of Neurobiology &
Behavior
Cornell University
“Transparent vertebrates offer direct access to principles of circuit assembly and
function in the brain”
2021 Retreat
September 24
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cristina Alberini
Professor, Center for Neural Sciences
New York University
“Molecular mechanisms of memory consolidation and enhancement”
2020 Virtual Retreat
September 22
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gonzalo Torres
Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Cellular & Biomedical Sciences
Director, Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars
CUNY School of Medicine
"G Protein Regulation of the Dopamine Transporter and the Actions of Amphetamine"
"Increasing Retention of Diversity Faculty in Neuroscience: The MINDS Experience"
2019 Retreat
September 27
Old Field Club
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Hollis Cline
Hahn Professor of Neuroscience
Co-chair Department of Neuroscience
"Proteomic Insights into Brain Function and Plasticity"