Neurosciences Retreat 2024
The Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Medical School, Duluth campus, is hosting a private Neurosciences Retreat in Duluth on July 25, 2024. The retreat is an opportunity to learn about research from neuroscientists and neuro-adjacent disciplines from the UMN Medical School on the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses.
The retreat is a two-part event that features selected speakers in the morning at the University, followed by poster presentations by trainees and a social gathering at the stately Glensheen Mansion, on the beautiful shores of Lake Superior.
The event welcomes a wide range of professionals and trainees--faculty, staff, undergraduates, graduates, and post-doctorates--from both campuses from the field of neuroscience. In addition, the poster presentation session is an occasion to learn more about research from our promising trainees.
This gathering is an opportunity to build community, promote collaboration and foment friendships between our two campuses.
Note for round trip bus Minneapolis-Duluth and shuttle between UMD and Glensheen, please scroll down to the bottom to view the Bus Schedule tab.
EVENT LOCATIONS
Presentations
UMN Medical School, 1035 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812
Kobilka Hall (Chem 200)
Poster Presentations and Social Event
Glensheen Mansion, 3300 London Rd, Duluth, MN 55804 | Learn more about Glensheen.
The morning event offers presentations from 9 AM to 12:30 PM at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Kobilka Hall (Chem 200).
Poster Presentations and a social event follows up at Glensheen Mansion from 1 PM to 10 PM. View interactive map.
Parking is available for free at the Maroon Lot B, by the Hekkila Chemistry Building, which is located near the Medical School.
If you must drive to the Glensheen Mansion, please be aware that parking is limited and particularly scarce over the summer.
"Glensheen does have an on-site parking lot, which provides free parking for tour or event visitors. During our peak tour season, or during popular events, the lot can fill up quickly. When this happens, visitors are encouraged to find a legal space to park within the nearby city streets. Please see the City of Duluth’s alternate side parking calendar." (Excerpt from Glensheen’s website FAQs).
Plan to carpool or take the free bus shuttle between the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus and Glensheen. Please see bus schedule tab at the bottom of the page.
EVENT PROGRAM
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 AM Medical School Atrium
Welcome
9:00 AM | Kobilka Hall (Chem 200) | Welcome with Dean Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD, Medical School Twin Cities, followed by Detlef Heck, PhD, Department Head, Biomedical Sciences, Duluth.
PRESENTATIONS
9:15 – 10:30 AM | Presentations | Kobilka Hall (Chem 200)
Madhu Kannan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience; Member Optical Imaging and Brain Medical Discovery Team, TC
Synergy in diversity: Imaging the Real-Time Voltage Dynamics of Multiple Cortical Neuron Types in Cognitive Function
Matthew Slattery, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Duluth
Sifting Through the Noncoding Genome to Identify Context-Specific cis-Regulatory Modules in the Brain
Thomas Naselaris, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuroscience, TC
Using AI and Brain Activity to Make Pictures of Mental Images
10:30 – 10:45 AM | BREAK | Medical School Atrium
10:45 AM – 12:25 PM | Presentations | Kobilka Hall (Chem 200)
Mustafa al’Absi, PhD, Professor and Max E. and Mary LaDue Pickworth Chair; Director, Duluth Global Health Research Institute; Department of Family Medicine & Behavioral Sciences, Duluth campus
Stress and Addiction: When a 'Robust' Biological Stress Response Indicates Resiliency
Christy Pacak, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurology; Member, Muscular Dystrophy Center
Accelerated Aging - A Shared Nemesis for Neurodegenerative Disorders and Muscular Dystrophy
Patrick Rothwell, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuroscience, TC
Reducing the Risk of Opioid Receptor Activation in the Brain
Kristen Jacklin, PhD, Executive Director, Memory Keeper, Medical Discovery Team
Growing Neuroscience Across the Northland: The Strategic Approach of the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team
SOCIAL EVENT at GLENSHEEN MANSION
12:30 PM | Bus shuttle to Glensheen Mansion from UMD Gold Lot A (Medical School front entrance)
12:45 – 2:30 PM | Lunch Glensheen | Winter Garden Room
2:30 – 4:00 PM | Poster Presentations | Glensheen Amusement Room
4:00 – 4:15 PM | Closing remarks | Winter Garden
4:15 – 5:30 PM Free time
5:30 – 8:30 PM | Cash Bar and hors d’oeuvres
6:00 – 9:00 PM | Music and lakeside campfires
8:15 PM | Bus shuttle Glensheen to the Medical School, UMD, Gold Lot A
9:00 PM | Bus shuttle from Glensheen to Minneapolis
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
POSTER HOLDERS MOUNTING SURFACE DIMENSIONS (one poster per side): 70.5” x 46” (5.87’ x 3.83’)
Click on each poster presenter to view the abstract.
Eyerusalem Abebaw, Entropy of fMRI Signals in the Default Mode Network Before and After a 2-week Creative Arts Intervention for Adolescents with Depression
Daniel Brummond, Alterations in Glial Cell Frequencies in Offspring Born From Hypertensive Pregnancies
Rachel Dick, Functional, structural, and computational consequences of NMDA receptor ablation at medial prefrontal cortex synapses
Shayne Hastings, Exploring the Long-Term Effectiveness of Cerebellar Stimulation for Seizure Control in a Mouse Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Kieran McCluskey, Examining the endogenous roles and long-range synaptic partners of layer 1 inhibitory interneurons in primary visual cortex in top-down function
Nicole Payne, Sex Differences In Alcohol Withdrawal Behaviors And Mechanisms In Mice
Delilah Pineda, Sex Differences in the Platform-Mediated Avoidance Task
Daven Rock, Distinct roles of thalamus-derived glutamate and VGF in controlling neurogenesis in the sensory cortex
Ana Silva, White matter microstructural correlates of cognitive flexibility in long-COVID: findings from the COVID-BRAIN study
BUS SCHEDULE
Morning Shuttle Minneapolis-Duluth
Departure Location: 2101 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (Wallin Medical Biosciences Building)
Departure Time: 6:15 AM
Targeted Arrival Time: 8:45 AM
Destination Location: University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth, 1035 University Dr, Duluth, MN
55812. Passengers dropped off at “Gold Lot A” next to Medical School Building.
Bus parking is available by Sports & Health Center, 1228 University Dr, Duluth, MN 55812
Midday Shuttle Info
Targeted service start time is 12:30 PM
Shuttling between Gold Lot A (front entrance of Medical School building, 1035 University Dr., Duluth,
MN 55812) and Glensheen Mansion (3300 London Road, Duluth, MN)
Will do at least one trip but may need to do 2 shuttle trips depending on passenger load.
Late Afternoon Shuttle Info
Targeted service start time is 4:15 PM.
Bringing people from Glensheen Mansion back to Gold Lot A, most likely only one trip needed. Return
to Glensheen Mansion.
Evening Shuttle Info
Targeted service start time is 8:15 PM.
Bringing people from Glensheen Mansion back to Gold Lot A, only one trip needed. Return to Glensheen
Mansion.
Minneapolis Return Info
Targeted Departure Time is 9:00 PM
Departure Location: Glensheen Mansion Parking Lot
Targeted Arrival Time is 11:30 PM
Arrival Location: 2101 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 (Wallin Medical Biosciences Building)