Registration is now closed for the 2025 Institute for the Brain & Cognitive Sciences (IBACS) End-Of-Year Event on Wednesday, May 7th from 9am-1:30pm. This celebration of the 10th anniversary of IBACS will be in-person in the Rome Ballroom on the Storrs Campus. Affiliated faculty and graduate students will give 5-minute talks on their IBACS-funded research.
Schedule:
9:00AM – Welcome & Opening Remarks from UConn Leadership
IBACS Directors
Inge-Marie Eigsti, Director of Research
Emily Myers, Director of Training
John Salamone, Director of Outreach and Communications
UConn Administrators
Anne D’Alleva, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Pamir Alpay, Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Ofer Harel, Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
9:30AM – Data Blitz (5-minute talks)
Natale Sciolino, Physiology and Neurobiology
Matthew Frost, UCH Neuroscience
Heather Read, Psychological Sciences (BNS)
Whit Tabor, Psychological Sciences (PAC)
Yulia Bereshpolova, Psychological Sciences (BNS)
Pengyu Zong, UCH Calhoun Cardiology Center
Jun Yan, Statistics
Hannah Mechtenberg, Psychological Sciences (PAC)
Kelly Mahaffy, Psychological Sciences (DEV)
Wesley Leong, Psychological Sciences (PAC)
10:30AM – Keynote Talks (30-minute talks)
James Li, Genetics and Genome Sciences
James Magnuson, Psychological Sciences (PAC)
11:30PM – Closing Remarks
11:45PM – Poster Session & Lunch
1:30PM – End Time