Wednesday, April 9, 2025
11am-12pm – Business meeting, all are welcome
12-6:30pm – Talks, poster session
Visit the event website HERE for more info.
The conference is free and open to faculty, post-docs, graduate students, undergraduates, research staff, and members of colleges and universities in western Massachusetts. Registration and abstract submission is now open.
Students and post-docs can submit abstracts for short talks and/or poster presentations.
We would like to revive the chapter to increase collaboration and communication across the region.To help out, please apply for free membership in the Western MA SfN chapter by filling out the form HERE.
Invited Speakers
“Blood-to-Brain Communication: Platelets Drive Cognitive Enhancement in Aging”
“Cell-Type and Cell-State Engagement During Motor Learning”
“Functional classification of GNAI1 disorder variants in C. elegans uncovers conserved and cell-specific mechanisms of dysfunction.”
“Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Territoriality in Betta Fish”
Sponsored by the UMass Initiative on Neurosciences (IONs) and the Western Massachusetts chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
Paul S. Katz, IONs Director
David Weaver, President Western MA Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience
Alycia Fabry – IONs Administrative Assistant
IONs is funded by the College of Natural Sciences,
the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, and the College of Engineering