8:15-8:50         Registration and breakfast

8:50-9:00         Welcome and keynote speaker introduction
Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis, Gulf Coast Consortia
Anil Pillai, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

9-:00-9:45       Keynote Presentation
Understanding how Coordinated Populations of Hippocampal Neurons Code Memories
Laura Colgin, PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Session 1
Moderator      Tom Green, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

9:45-10:05       The Role of Sleep in Brain Network Structure and Depression Among Chemotherapy-Treated Breast Cancer Patients
Sahil Bajaj, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

 10:05-10:25    Presentation title TBA

Wen Li, PhD, University of Texas Health, Houston

10:25-10:45    Presentation title TBA
Moh Milad, PhD, University of Texas Health, Houston

10:45-11:00    Panel discussion

11:00-11:25    Networking break

Session 2       Rising Stars/ESIs
Moderator     Michelle Patriquin, University of Texas Health, Houston

11:25-11:35    Presentation title TBA
Heather Webber, PhD, University of Texas Health, Houston

11:35-11:45    Functional Genomics Meets Brain Organoids: Uncovering Human Interneuron Development Through CRISPR Screens
Xiangling Meng, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

11:45-11:55    Autonomic Processes of Language Production in Infants
Jeremy I. Borjon, PhD, University of Houston

Moderators     TBA

11:55- 12:25 pm Rapid Fire (2 min each)

12:25-2:15 pm Lunch and Posters- Event Hall
12:25-1:15      Lunch
1:15-2:15         Poster Session

Session 3
Moderator       Shoshana Eitan, Texas A&M University

 2:15-2:35         Presentation title TBA
Ben Deneen, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

2:35-2:55         Neuroprotective Function of Microglia Against TDP-43 Neurodegeneration
Long-Jun Wu, PhD, University of Texas Health, Houston

2:55-3:15         Overcoming Fear to Obtain Reward: Focus on the Rat Prefrontal Cortex
Fabricio Do Monte, PhD, University of Texas Health, Houston

3:15-3:30         Panel Discussion

3:30-3:45         Break

Session 4
Moderator       Fernanda Laezza, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

 3:45-4:05         Presentation title TBA
Jim Ray, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

 4:05-4:25         Presentation title TBA
Christina Tringides, PhD, Rice University  

4:25-4:45         Structure-Based Design of Selective Dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) Bitopic Agonists and Modulators
Alessandro Bonifazi, PharmD, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch

4:45-5:00         Panel Discussion

5:00-5:05         Closing remarks

5:05-6:00         Reception-event hall