2023 Research Day Schedule
Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) & the Max Planck-University of Toronto Centre (MPUTC) 2023 Research Day / Neuroscience Conference
Friday, May 19, 2023
Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto
Program Schedule
9:00 a.m. |
Registration Opens (Stone Lobby, Medical Sciences Building) Poster set up and refreshments |
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. |
Welcome and opening remarks (McLeod Theater)
Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng, Director, Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN), Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto Dr. Joyce Poon/Dr. Taufik Valiante, Co-Directors, the Max Planck-University of Toronto Centre (MPUTC), Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Krembil Research Institute |
10:20 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. |
Keynote Lecture I (McLeod Theater) Introduction by Dr. Iva Zovkic, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Dr. Marcelo Wood, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. University of California Irvine |
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
CPIN & MPUTC Trainee Poster Presentation/Evaluation (Stone Lobby) (Lunch boxes will be provided) |
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
Keynote Lecture II (McLeod Theater) Introduction by Dr Taufik Valiante/Dr. Luka Milosevic, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Dr. Florian Mormann, MD, PhD, Group Leader, Lichtenberg, Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center. “Cognitive adventures of single neurons in the human medial temporal lobe” |
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Professional Development Workshop (McLeod Theater) Moderators: Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng and Dr. Luka Milosevic
Alex Olson, Senior Research Associate, Centre for Analytics and AI Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto “Large Language Models in Research: Getting the Most out of Generative AI” |
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks (McLeod Theater) Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng and Lilian Lin, PhD Candidate, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto
Jonathan Dostrovsky Awards in Neuroscience Trainee Presentation awards Closing |