CHAPTER NEWS
Recent chapter news will be posted here.
Congratulations to our 2018 Annual Meeting Award Winners!
Congratulations to Megan Duffy,
2018 MSFN Founders Award Winner
Megan F. Duffy, Timothy J. Collier, Kelvin C. Luk, Malú G. Tansey,
Katrina L. Paumier, Joseph R. Patterson, D. Luke Fischer,
Nicole K. Polinski, Christopher J. Kemp, JianJun Chang,
Jacob W. Howe, and Caryl E. Sortwell
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Michigan State University,Department of Psychology
Presentation Titled:
"Synucleinopathy-triggered neuroinflammation in a novel model of sporadic Parkinson’s disease"
Pictured: Megan Duffy with Awards Chair Eric Ramsson
Post-Doctoral: Kelly Bosse
K.E. Bosse, F. Ghoddoussi, A.T. Eapen, L.L. Susick, K. Desai, B.A. Berkowitz, S.A. Perrine and A.C. Conti, John D. Dingell
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, USA.
Poster Titled:
"Calcium/calmodulin-stimulated adenylyl cyclases 1 and 8 regulate reward-related brain activity and ethanol consumption"
Graduate: Brittany Kuhn
Kuhn, Brittany; Campus, Paolo, Klumpner, Marin; Flagel, Shelly
University of Michigan
Poster Titled:
"The effects of chemogenetic inhibition of prelimbic cortical inputs to the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus on cue- and cocaine-induced drug-seeking behavior in sign-trackers and goal-trackers"
Graduate: Andrew Nelson
Andrew D. Nelson, Rene N. Caballero-Florán, Paul M. Jenkins
University of Michigan Medical School
Poster Titled:
"A Loss-of-Function Variant in ANK3 from a Family with Bipolar Disorder Causes Altered Forebrain Circuitry"
Undergraduate: Aneesh Hehr
Aneesh Hehr, Hilary A. Marusak, Edward D. Huntley, Christine A. Rabinak
Wayne State University
Poster Titled:
"Amygdala-mPFC connectivity is associated with sleep duration in children and adolescents"
Undergraduate: Layne Bond
Layne G. Bond, Allison M. Johnson, Paolo Campus, Shelly B. Flagel
University of Michigan
Poster Titled:
"Antagonism of orexin 2 receptors in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus decreases the incentive motivational value of a reward-cue in sign-trackers"
Congratulations to our 2017 Annual Meeting Award Winners!
Congratulations to Hillary Woodworth,
2017 MSFN Founders Award Winner
Hillary L. Woodworth, Bethany G. Beekly, Hannah M. Batchelor,
Raluca Bugescu, and Gina M. Leinninger Department of Physiology,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Michigan State University,Department of Psychology
Presentation Titled:
"A Central Neurotensin Circuit that Coordinates Weight Loss Behaviors"
Postdoctoral/Technician: Amanda N. Bolton-Hall
Amanda N. Bolton-Hall, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center,Detroit, MI;
Dept. of Neurosurgery, Wayne State University
Poster entitled: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Alcohol Use:
A Role for Class Iia Histone Deacetylases
Graduate: Cynthia Cooley-Themm
Cynthia Cooley-Themm, Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University,
Poster entitled: Neuroprotective Role of Acetylcholine at a Retinal
Synapse After Inducing Glaucoma in Long Evans Rats
Graduate: Wafaa Sweidan
Wafaa Sweidan, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Neurosciences, Wayne State University
Poster entitled: “STRIATAL AND CORTICAL CHANGES IN HUNTINGTON’S
DISEASE”
Undergraduate: Jackson Scheib
Dept. of Biology, Western Michigan University,
Poster entitled: EFFECTS OF NARIS OCCLUSION ON THE OLFACTORY
ORGAN AND OLFACTORY BULB IN THE ADULT ZEBRAFISH
Undergraduate: Isabelle Birt
Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute,
University of Michigan
Poster entitled: Exploring Differences in Gene Expression and
Relative Cell-Type Balance in the Hippocampus of a Selectively
Bred Rat Model for internalizing and Externalizing Psychiatric Disorders
Congratulations to 2017 local Brain Bee winners!
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Denis Kirca - winner of the Brain Bee at MSU
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Varun Shanker - winner of the Brain Bee at CMU
These local winners will now compete at the USA National Brain Bee. The chapter provides travel support and registration fees for our local winners.
Chapter awarded 2017 SFN Chapter Grant for outreach
The grant was submitted by Peter Vollbrecht of Hope College to support their outreach efforts. Congratulations Peter!
2016
09/15/2016: Chapter Grant Announcement
I would like to announce that the 2017 SFN Chapter Grant Applications are now open (http://www.sfn.org/Awards-and-Funding/Chapter-Grants-and-Awards/Chapter-Grants). The national deadline is Oct 28, and the chapter deadline is Oct 14, 2016. If any MISFN member or group of members is interested in submitting a proposal, please contact me (sperrine@med.wayne.edu) as early as possible and submit your completed application to me by Oct 14. The chapter can only sponsor 1 application. If multiple members/groups are interested, we will first determine if there is a way to combine ideas, but if not, one application will be chosen by the MISFN leadership to advance.
– Shane Perrine, MISFN President
May 2016
Congratulations to our MISFN Poster Presentation Award Winners!
Post-doc
Andrew Eagle, Michigan State University
Poster title: ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF HIPPOCAMPAL PROJECTIONS IN FEAR/ANXIETY AND COCAINE REWARD
Graduate
Brittany Kuhn, University of Michigan
Poster title: TRANSIENT INACTIVATION OF THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THE THALAMUS DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTS CUE-INDUCED REINSTATEMENT IN SIGN-TRACKERS AND GOAL-TRACKERS
Evan Schramm, University of Michigan
Poster title: ALLOSTERIC MODULATION OF δ (delta) AND µ (MU) OPIOID RECEPTORS OCCURS BYA COMMON MODE OF ACTION
Undergraduate
Sanaya Irani, Wayne State University
Poster title: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL NAVIGATION ABILITY FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
Zackary Bowers, Saginaw Valley State University
Poster title: PRE-ENRICHED HOUSING IMPACTS PROGESTERONE’S EFFECT OF FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY IN MALE RATS AFTER TRAUAMATIC BRAIN INJURY