{"id":2981,"date":"2015-10-15T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/16th-annual-unc-neuroscience-symposium-held-oct-8\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T15:26:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T19:26:03","slug":"16th-annual-unc-neuroscience-symposium-held-oct-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/16th-annual-unc-neuroscience-symposium-held-oct-8\/","title":{"rendered":"16th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium held Oct 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">The 16th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium was held on October 8th at the Carolina Club. Attendees from the UNC Neuroscience community enjoyed a breakfast reception with the speakers, Joseph G. Gleeson, Yang Dan and Alcino Silva, three riveting talks followed by question-and-answer sessions, and a buffet luncheon at the conclusion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/16th-annual-unc-neuroscience-symposium-held-oct-8-image2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On October 8, 2015, the <a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/unc-neuroscience-symposium\/16th-annual-unc-neuroscience-symposium\" target=\"_self\">16th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium<\/a> was held on UNC\u2019s campus at the Carolina Club. It featured talks from Joseph Gleeson, MD, of the University of California-San Diego, Yang Dan, PhD, of the University of California-Berkely, and Alcino Silva, PhD, of the University of California-Los Angeles. More than 200 Neuroscientists from UNC and around the Triangle attended the 16th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium on the beautiful fall morning to hear outstanding presentations by the speakers. Their talks covered a variety of topics including: <em>Treating the Untreatable: Lessons from Neurodevelopmental Disabilities<\/em>, <em>Neural circuits controlling sleep<\/em>, and<em> Molecular, cellular and circuit allocation mechanisms that connect memories across time<\/em>. Each presentation was followed by a lively question-and-answer session, where members of the audience were encouraged to ask the speakers to clarify or elaborate on the topics they had addressed. The day concluded with a buffet luncheon at the Carolina Club and opportunities for faculty members, postdocs, and students to meet with the speakers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"image-inline size-medium wp-image-2323\" title=\"Symposium 2015_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Symposium 2015_1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_1-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_1.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"image-inline size-medium wp-image-2983\" title=\"Symposium 2015_2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Symposium 2015_2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_2-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_2.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"image-inline size-medium wp-image-2984\" title=\"Symposium 2015_3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Symposium 2015_3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_3-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_3.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"image-inline size-medium wp-image-2985\" title=\"Symposium 2015_4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_4-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Symposium 2015_4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_4-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_4.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"image-inline size-medium wp-image-2986\" title=\"Symposium 2015_5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_5-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Symposium 2015_5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_5-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/symposium-2015_5.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>The 16th Annual UNC Neuroscience Symposium was held on October 8th at the Carolina Club. Attendees from the UNC Neuroscience community enjoyed a breakfast reception with the speakers, Joseph G. 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