5th Annual Department of Neuroscience Research Day
Friday, May 2, 2025, 8am-5pm
Biomedical Research Tower Lobby and the Biomedical Research Tower Room 115
Abstracts submissions: Closed
Registration without abstract: Friday, March 7th, 2025
Poster and Talks selected by April 4th, 2025
The Department of Neuroscience Research Day is an annual event held each spring and features posters from trainees and staff, faculty presentations, and a keynote address by a world-renowned researcher in the field of neuroscience. Faculty members judge poster presentations and travel awards are given to the highest-scoring trainees.
Research Day also presents an opportunity for colleagues to learn about the cutting-edge research occurring at Ohio State. Faculty judges review poster presentations and make the final selections for the awards. Research Day concludes with a late afternoon reception followed by a presentation of awards for outstanding research projects.
2025 Keynote Speaker
Rafael Yuste, MD, PhD
Professor, Biological Sciences
Columbia University
Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D, is a neuroscientist that studies the cerebral cortex at Columbia University, where he is Professor of Biological Sciences. Yuste obtained his M.D. at the Universidad Autónoma in Madrid. After working in Nobel Laurate Sydney Brenner's laboratory at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, UK, he was a Ph.D. student in Nobel Laurate Torsten Wiesel’s laboratory at Rockefeller University in New York, and a postdoctoral student at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He joined Columbia in 1996 and is currently director of its Neurotechnology Center. Yuste and his students pioneered the development of many imaging techniques in neuroscience, such as calcium imaging of neuronal circuits, two-photon imaging of spines and circuits, photostimulation using inorganic caged compounds, two-photon optogenetics and holographic microscopy. He led the researchers who proposed the US BRAIN Initiative, and helped launch the International BRAIN Initiative. He also led the “Morningside” group of 25 researchers and clinicians who proposed novel human rights (“Neurorights”) to protect brain activity and brain data. He has obtained awards from the Mayor of New York City, the Society for Neuroscience, the Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize.
Learn more about his research and his advocacy work.
More details about Research Day
8:00 – 8:50am
Breakfast, Badge pick-up, Poster setup/Upload presentations for selected Talks
9:00 – 9:15am
Opening Remarks
Candice Askwith, PhD – Vice Dean of Research, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Department of Neuroscience Updates
9:15 – 9:30pm
Kiara Bahamonde
“Effects of traumatic brain injury combined with hemorrhagic shock on hippocampal synaptic plasticity and motor function”
9:30 – 9:45pm
Aishee Mukerjee
“Loss of social interaction induces anxiety-like behavior and sex-specific neuroimmune responses to endotoxic challenge in the California mouse”
9:45- 10:00am
Marie-Amandine Bonte, PhD
“Disruption of neuron-oligodendrocytes communication in Alzheimer’s disease: focus on the NRXN1-NLGN1 ligand-receptor pair”
10:00 – 10:15am
Bradley Cutler
“Determining the immune signaling necessary for behavioral fever in larval zebrafish”
10:15 – 11:45am
Research & Technical Posters (odd numbers) + Coffee
11:45am – 12:45pm
Lunch/Free Time
12:45 – 2:00pm
Keynote
Rafael Yuste, MD, PhD – Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, Columbia University
“Breaking the neural code of a cnidarian: Learning the principles of neuroscience from the “vulgar” hydra”
2:00 – 3:30pm
Research & Technical Posters (even numbers) + Coffee
3:30 – 3:45pm
Lynde Wangler
“Unique disease associated microglia persist chronically after diffuse traumatic brain injury and contribute to dysregulated immunity following secondary immune challenge”
3:45 – 4:00pm
Da Lin
“Nascent protein synthesis regulates microglial proteostasis and function in Alzheimer’s disease”
4:00 – 4:30pm
Networking break/Graeter’s ice cream sundae bar
4:30 – 4:45pm
Alessandro Carlino
“Role of cohesin in DNA double strand break repair following peripheral nerve injury”
4:45 – 5:00pm
Debasish Roy, PhD
“Promoting axon growth and regeneration in the adult CNS by manipulating cholesterol uptake”
5:00 – 5:15pm
Awards/Closing Remarks
Registration and Abstract Submission
Be prepared to include the following information:
- Name
- Position (undergraduate, graduate, postdoc, staff, faculty)
- Title (For poster presenters only)
- Abstract (no more than 300 words)
Abstract Submission Guidelines
- Posters must be set up by 8am in BRT on May 2nd
- Abstract: no more than 300 words describing (a) Purpose of the study; (b) Research methods; (c) Results or predicted results; and (d) Implications
- Abstracts will be judged on the above categories as well as the quality of the experimental design.
- Top scoring abstracts will be selected for talks. Individuals selected for talks will also present a poster.
- Awards will be given to the top posters. No awards will be given for selected talks.
Judges Score Sheet for Poster Presentations
A scale of 1-7 will be used and the scoring range will be from lacks merit (1) to superior (7).Criteria
- Organization/Topic Development: Visuals and text are easy to follow and organized. Explains material, answers questions in concise and clear manner.
- Methods: Techniques are reasonable, appropriate, and clear.
- Results: Reasonable for techniques employed, logical, clear.
- Conclusions/Impact: Supported by results, logical, clear. Increases understanding.
- Delivery: Quality of overall presentation, effective use of visual aids.
Awards
Poster awards will be given to the top scoring undergraduates, graduates, postdocs, and research staff.