Wednesday, September 19th

 

 
6:00 - 8:00 PM Welcome Reception (Invite-Only) Vue Rooftop, Hilton Garden Inn
     

Thursday, September 20th

 

 
8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast Graduate Hotel
Session #1
8:30 - 9:10 AM Cerebellar Output Circuits: Implications for Psychiatric Disorders
Sascha Du Lac, PhD
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9:10 - 9:50 AM Classical Eyeblink Conditioning Reports Intellectual Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder
John Welsh, PhD
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9:50 - 10:05 AM Break Graduate Hotel
10:05 - 10:45 AM Cerebellar Learning
John Freeman, PhD
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10:45 - 11:25 AM The Function of Psychiatric Risk Genes in the Cerebellum
Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD
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11:25 AM - 12:10 PM Lunch Graduate Hotel
Session #2
12:10 - 12:50 PM Cerebellum: A Window to Neurodegeneration  
Harry Orr, PhD
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12:50 - 1:30 PM Integration of Striatum and Cerebellum Circuitry in Normal Development and Disease
Peggy Nopoulos, MD
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1:30 - 1:45 PM Break Graduate Hotel
1:45 - 2:25 PM The Role of the Cerebellum in Cognition
Cherie Marvel, PhD
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2:25 - 3:05 PM The Molecular Basis of Making and Connecting Inner Ear Neurons
Bernd Fritzch, PhD
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3:05 - 3:45 PM Cognitive Effects of Cerebellum Lesions and Stimulation in Humans
Aaron Boes, MD, PhD
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3:45 - 6:30 PM Activity Wilson's Apple Orchard & Rapid Creek Cidery
7:00 - 9:00 Poster Reception Old Capitol Museum
     

Friday, September 21st

 
8:30 - 9:30 AM Brunch Graduate Hotel
Session #3
10:00 - 10:45 AM Brain Changes at the Onset of Bipolar Disorder
Steve Strakowski, MD
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10:45 - 11:30 AM Genetics of Bipolar Disorder 
Francis J. McMahon, MD
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11:30 - 11:45 AM Break Graduate Hotel
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM INI Research Programs of Excellence: Investigating the Role of the Cerebellum in Bipolar Disorder
John Wemmie, MD, PhD
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12:30 - 1:15 PM Genetic Contributions to Suicidal Behavior in Bipolar Disorder
Virginia Willour, PhD
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1:15 - 2:00 PM Late Lunch Graduate Hotel
Session #4
2:00 - 2:45 PM The Cerebellum and Autism: From Structure to Function
Catherine Stoodley, DPhil
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2:45 - 3:30 PM Cerebellar Circuitry, Timing & Cognition
Krystal Parker, PhD
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3:30 - 4:15 PM The Role of REM Sleep in the Activity-Dependent Development of the Infant Cerebellum
Greta Sokoloff, PhD
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4:15 - 5:00 PM MR Imaging to Study the Cerebellum and Bipolar Disorder
Vince Magnotta, PhD
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7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner (Invite Only) One Twenty Six Restaurant
     

Saturday, September 22nd

   
5:30 PM Iowa Neuroscience Institute Tailgate Kinnick Stadium - West Side Parking Lot
7:30 PM Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Wisconsin Badgers Football Game Kinnick Stadium
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