1:00 pm:  Introduction

 Peter L. Strick, PhD

Thomas Detre Professor & Chair of Neurobiology

Scientific Director, University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute

Director, Systems Neuroscience Institute

Co-Director, Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh

1:30 – 2:30 pm:  John Bixby, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology and Neurological Surgery,

Vice Provost for Research, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

2:30 – 3:30 pm:  Pei Hua Jiang, PhD

Assistant Member

Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia PA

4:00 – 5:00 pm: X. Tracy Cui, PhD

William Kepler Whiteford Professor

Department of Bioengineering

University of Pittsburgh

5:00 – 6:00 pm: Karl Herrup, PhD

Chair, Professor and Head

Division of Life Science

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology