Annual Retreat

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Brains & Behavior Annual Retreat

The B&B Annual Retreat is a daylong on-campus event of student speakers, a keynote, and culminates in a poster session. This event allows faculty, staff and students from across the university to get together and share their research. It is open to the entire university.

For more information on our current Retreat, including speakers, keynote and poster titles & authors, click on the tabs below. For more information on past Retreats, please see the tabs at the bottom of this page.

The 2024 B&B Retreat is May 9th from 11:30a-6:45p in Centennial Hall. Registration begins at 11:00am.

2024/05/09 11:00:00

RSVP here to attend the event

*You must RSVP for the main event with the first button above if you sign up for a poster or art

This Year's Schedule of Events

11:00am Registration & Welcome / Lobby ; Conference Room

12:00pm Lunch / Lobby ; Conference Room

1:00pm Georgia Bastos / Auditorium

1:20pm Andrew Schmidt / Auditorium

1:40pm Poster Session #1 + Visual Art / Lobby ; Conference Room

3:00pm Kyle Cahill / Auditorium

3:20pm Andrew Gradone / Auditorium

3:40pm Morgan Gomez / Auditorium

4:00pm Break

4:15pm Sarah Brosnan B&B Update / Auditorium

4:35pm Michelle Foster Keynote 50 min + 15 min of questions / Auditorium

5:40pm Wine & Cheese Poster Session #2 + Visual Art / Lobby ; Conference Room

2024 Keynote / GSU Alum Michelle Foster, Ph.D.

2024 B&B Fellow Talks

2024 Research Posters

Even # posters will be presented in Poster Session #1 from 1:40pm-3:00pm

Odd # posters will be presented in Poster Session #2 from 5:40pm-7:00pm

Poster #	Poster Title	Primary Presenter	Authors	Faculty Advisory	Department
1	Polyglot entrainment of higher dimensional models	Lawan Wijayasooriya	L.A. Wijayasooriya, R. Qasim, E. Khan, P. Sanaei	Pejman Sanaei	Math & Statistics
2	Mathematical modeling of the beta-adrenergic stimulation of hypertrophic mouse ventricular myocytes	Dilmini Warnakulasooriya	D. S. Warnakulasooriya, V. E. Bondarenko	Vladimir Bondarenko	Math & Statistics
3	The effects of neuromodulation on the propensity for multistability of bursting and silent regimes in the leech heart half-center oscillator.	Yousif Shams	Y. O. Shams, A. Gianella, T. Tran	Gennady Cymbalyuk	Neuroscience
4	Oscillating slow currents induce widespread neuronal chaos	James Scully & Carter Hinsley	J. J. Scully, C Hinsley. D. Bloom. H. G. E. Meijor, A. L. Shilnikov	Andrey Shilnikov	Neuroscience
5	Pairing cellular and synaptic dynamics into building blocks of rhythmic neural circuits	Andrey Shilnikov	A.L. Shilnikov	Andrey Shilnikov	Neuroscience
6	A study of spect brain networks and their functional connectivity in schizophrenia patients vs controls: a neuromark ica approach	Amritha Harikumar	A. Harikumar, M. Misiura, D. Keator, V.D. Calhoun	Vince Calhoun	Psychology
7	Functional network dysconnectivity in schizophrenia independent of medication and illness duration	Kyle Jensen	K. M. Jensen, A. R. Ballem, P. Andrés-Camazón, S. S. Haas, J. Chen, Z. Fu, V. D. Calhoun, A. Iraji	Vince Calhoun	Psychology
8	Networks in nonlinear fMRI connectivity are present during infancy and exhibit associations with age	Spencer Kinsey	S. Kinsey, M. Seraji, S. Shultz, V. D. Calhoun, A. Iraji	Armin Iraji and Vince Calhoun	Neuroscience
9	Inter-modality source coupling: a fully- automated whole-brain data-driven structure- function fingerprint shows replicable links to reading in a large-scale (N~8K) analysis	Aline Kotoski	A. Kotoski, J. Liu, R. Morris, V. Calhoun	Vince Calhoun	Neuroscience
10	Functional connectivity during jazz musician improvisation	Kyle Cahill	K.J.Cahill, M. Dhamala, M. Norgaard	Mukesh Dhamala	Physics/Astronomy
11	Older ballet dancers show lower fall risk than older non-dancers	Caroline Simpkins	C. Simpkins and F. Yang	Feng Yang	Kinesiology
12	Selection of recovery leg after a standing-slip in young adults	Diane' Brown	D. Brown, J. Ahn, C. Simpkins & F. Yang	Feng Yang	Kinesiology
13	Visual analysis and preliminary results: A conductor's recovery following rotator cuff surgery	Patrick K. Freer	P. K. Freer, Y-A. Chen, M. Norgaard, K. O'Brien	Patrick Freer	Music
14	App-based in-home music intervention for adults with stroke	Annie Solomon	Y-A. Chen, M. Rowland, S. L. Johnstone, A. M. Solomon	Yi-An Chen	Occupational Therapy
15	Promotion of paretic upper extremity use post-stroke: a comparison of commercial fitness trackers and research-grade accelerometer	Alaina Nickerl	Y. Chen, A. A. Nickerl, M. K. Atkinson, A. M. Solomon	Yi-An Chen	Occupational Therapy
16	Stand and deliver, or sit and quit? Resilience, sedentary behavior, and physical activity in the Healthy Student Brain Project	Jennalyn Burnette	J. Burnette, Misiura, M.B., Fyffe, M., Hemphill, A., Salling, Z., Pincus, J., Steinberg, S., Haller, O., Szymanski, K., Mgbeokwere, D., Weiss, E., Aycock, D., Ellis, R., Dotson, V.M., King, T., Tone, E., Calhoun, V.	Maria Misiura	Psychology
17	Anxiety and depression: can exercise and sleep be the key?	Mercedes Fyffe	M. Fyffe, M.B. Misiura, J. Burnette, A. Hemphill, Z. Salling, K. Szymanski, N. Thourani, Rowe, C. Kuhnel, J. Pincus, S. Steinberg, C. Munkombwe, H. Aleksonis, O., Haller, D. Mgbeokwere, E. Weiss, D. Aycock, R. Ellis, V.M. Dotson, T. King, E. Tone, V. Calhoun.	Maria Misiura	Psychology
18	Attention and interpretation biases in social anxiety disorder	Snigdha Kamarsu	S. Kamarsu, P.L. Anderson	Page Anderson	Psychology
19	Structural differences in gray matter macrostructure following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury and orthopedic injury compared to typical developing children	Opio Lopai	O. Lopai, M. A. Lee, K. O. Yeates, M. H. Beauchamp, W. Craig, Q. Doan, C. Lebel, A. Ledoux, R. Zemek, A. L. Ware	Ashley Ware	Psychology
20	Cerebellar gray matter alterations 3-months after concussion relate to neurocognitive outcomes in children	Patricia Resnick	Tricia Resnick1 *, Phillip Morgan2, ETC	Ashley Ware	Psychology
21	Gray matter macrostructure up to two years after pediatric mild TBI	Michael Lee	M. A. Lee, B. L. Brooks, K. O. Yeates, M. H. Beauchamp, W. Craig, Q. Doan, C. Lebel, A. Ledoux, R. Zemek, A. L. Ware	Ashley Ware	Psychology
22	Mother-child mutuality predicts dACC and vmPFC activity when children observe mother’s emotions in middle childhood	Katrina Farris	K.D. Farris, K.A. Buote, E.M. McDonald, E.C. Tully	Erin Tully	Psychology
23	Go with the (blood) flow: a systematic review on the relationship between dynamic functional connectivity and information processing speed	Olivia Haller	T. Z. King	Tricia King	Psychology
24	Neuroanatomical differences in developmental versus acquired reading impairment	Narciso Moquete	N. Moquete, A. Herrera-Diaz, L.C. Krishnamurthy, R. Morris, R. Harrington, and C.N. Arrington	Nikki Arrington	Neuroscience
25	The role of Arc turnover in cognitive flexibility	Wei Wei	W. Wei, M.A. Ghane, Z.D. Allen, J.P. Hamm, A. M. Mabb	Angela M. Mabb	Neuroscience
26	The effect of ovarian hormone loss in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's	Caleb Levine	C. M. Levine, E. P. Harris, H. Ngo-Vu, U. Zafar, D. A. Bangasser, M. B. Parent	Marise Parent	Neuroscience
27	Investigating the role of local acidosis in hypothalamic vasopressin cell excitation in the context of salt-evoked inverse neurovascular coupling responses	Levi Shook	L. Shook, J. E. Stern	Javier Stern	Neuroscience
28	Uncovering the neurobiological role of endogenous fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) as a high-fat diet-stimulated stress-response hormone	Hannah Lail	H. Lail, R. Lawrence, Z. Allen, A. George, A. Mabb, D. Wanders	Desiree Wanders	Nutrition
29	Rnf216 gene deletion disrupts the interplay between ubiquitination and steroid hormones	Doyel Datta	D. Datta, Z. Allen, A.M. Mabb	Angela Mabb	Neuroscience
30	Perigestational opioid exposure alters hippocampal development and cognition in male and female rats	Meghan Vogt	M. E. Vogt, J. Kang, C. T. Searles, P. A. Clements, A. Z. Murphy	Anne Murphy	Neuroscience
31	TBD				Neuroscience
32	Transcriptomic evolution of sex differences: a neuromolecular and macroevolutionary approach	Isaac Miller-Crews	I. Miller-Crews, S. E. Lipshutz, M. J. Hahn, K. A. Rosvall	Kim Rosvall	Biology - INDIANA UNIVERSITY
33	Early-life adversity alters microglial engulfment of excitatory synapses in the central nucleus of the amygdala	Nneka Otuonye	N. Otuonye, M. K. Sequeira, H. D. Lichtenstein, S. Correa, P. Clements, J. L. Bolton	Jessica Bolton	Neuroscience
34	Effects of constitutive CX3CR1-Cre expression on microglia and mouse behavior	Bhoomi Desai	B. D. Desai, M. Garvin, F. Mroue-Ruiz, F. Kamau, J. Shehu, U. Kar & J. L. Bolton	Jessica Bolton	Neuroscience
35	The role of the microglial phagocytic receptor, MerTK, in ELA-induced changes in excitatory synapses and behavior	Madison Garvin	U. Kar, J. Shehu, J.L. Bolton	Jessica Bolton	Neuroscience
36	Vasopressin in the lateral septum differentially modulates aggression in males and females	Susan Lee	S.D. Lee and H.E. Albers	Elliott Albers	Neuroscience
37	Limited bedding and nesting alters maternal aggressive behavior in long evans rats	Sydney Ku	S. A. Ku, M. Stricklin, K. Mesape, D. A. Bangasser	Debra Bangasser	Neuroscience
38	Network of co-methylation associated with grey matter maturation in human adolescence	Dawn Jensen	D. M. Jensen, J. Chen, J. A. Turner, J. M. Stephen, Y. Wang, T. W. Wilson, V. D. Calhoun, J. Liu	Jingyu Liu	Computer Science / Neuroscience
39	Exploring the influence of sex and age on anterior cingulate projections to visual cortex	Macy Robinson	M.L. Robinson, J.M. Ross, J.P. Hamm	Jordan Hamm	Neuroscience
40	Ultra high-density in vivo electrophysiology for sensory processing paradigms	Jay Abraham	J. Abraham, C. G. Gallimore, J. P. Hamm	Jordan Hamm	Neuroscience
41	Vasopressin signaling impacts functional responses in human fungiform taste bud cells	Daniel Khosravinezhad	D. Khosravinezhad, S. Iyer, R. Gangakhedkar, J.P. Montmayeur, C.D. Dotson	Shawn Dotson	Neuroscience
42	Direct and intergenerational effects of restraint trauma on Drosophila feeding behavior	Momoreoluwa Adetoye-Allen	M.D. Adetoye-Allen, S. Glenn- Clark	Sarah Glenn Clark	Neuroscience
43	Ras increases complexity of dendrites in drosophila melanogaster sensory neurons	Feyza Ciger	F. Ciger, R.A.M. Ibrahim, T. Rios, D.N. Cox	Daniel Cox	Neuroscience
44	Behavioral correlates of intergenerational trauma in Drosophila melanogaster	Alyssa Davis	A. M. Davis, J. Lee, L. Ramos, E. Miller, S. Murphy, S. G. Clark	Sarah Clark	Neuroscience
45	Does ROS facilitate TRPA1-mediated nociception in Drosophila?	Rahmah Ibrahim	R. A. Ibrahim, J. M. Letcher, M. Holguin-Lopez, R. Maitra, I. Jawed, D. N. Cox	Jamin Letcher	Neuroscience
46	Reassessing CORMs: widely-used donors in studying the neurobiological mechanisms of carbon monoxide	Nicola Bauer	N. Bauer, X. Yang, Q. Mao, B. Wang	Binghe Wang	Chemistry
47	MVA-vectored multi-antigen COVID-19 vaccines induce protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants spanning from Alpha to Omicron in preclinical animal models	Shannon Stone	S. Stone, A. Elsharkawy, J. Natekar, S. R. Oruganti, M. Hauser, A. Domi, P. Kumari, A. Guglani, M. Newman, M. Kumar	Mukesh Kumar	Biology
48	Biophysical Investigation of Bacterial D-2-Hydroxyglutarate Dehydrogenase: Insights for Developing Therapeutics Against Neurometabolic Disorder D-2-HG Aciduria in Human	Bilkis Mehrin Moni	G. Gadda	Giovanni Gadda	Chemistry
49	Relevance of the histidine 421 residue in the catalytic mechanism of pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 d-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase	Jessica Kugblenu	J. A. Quaye & G. Gadda	Giovanni Gadda	Chemistry

Retreat Art Exhibit // Neural Impressions: Illuminating the Brain's Beauty through Creativity

Name	Scientist	Artwork
Adam Sprague	Chloe West	Dis(Unified) Perspective
Adam Sprague	n/a	Neurophilosophy
Craig Dongoski	n/a	Alphabet STRUCTURE
Dana Montlack	Jessica Bolton	NeuroScape: Comfort in Cellular Harmony
Darya Fard	Aline Kotoski	Bilateral Symmetry
Feyza Ciger	Yousif Shams	The Chaos in The Order
Hannah Lichtenstein	n/a	Epigenetic Modification
Hannah Lichtenstein		Neuropil #3: Cerebellum
Ivy Li	Kyle Cahill	White Matter Quests
Kedan "Promise" Endrias		Untitled
Lucy Ramos		What The Darkness Entails
Madison Schmetzer	n/a	Untitled
Maya Perez-Lugones	Harita Yepuri	Emaciated
Nakya B. Bynum	Feyza Ciger	Ras Manipulation in Drosophila melanogaster
Samantha Sanchez	Fadya Mroue	A Memory of Murcia
Seyma Ugur	Chichi Munkombwe	Fading Reflections: A Portrait of Alzheimer's Disease
Steve Davis	n/a	The Story of a Neuron
Tim Flowers	Daniel Cox	Dendrite in a Dark Space
Zack Wasson	Anna Radar	Mismatch