Shucart’s contribution to the Neuroscience Department, “…William Shucart, MD, who at that time was chair of Neurosurgery, recognized the importance of basic Neuroscience and was unwavering in his support for the formation of our Department. Philip Haydon, chair of the Neuroscience Department, describes in his welcome Dr. Gordon Fishell from New York University giving the 2015 William Shucart Lecture on his work in the field of interneuron development. Students and post docs had the opportunity to meet the speakers in small groups during lunch and talk more in depth about their research and experiences.
Christina Alberini from New York University: “Molecular mechanisms of memory consolidation and enhancement”. Pavel Osten from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories: “Automated analysis of functional and anatomical circuits in the mouse brain”, and Dr. Elly Nedivi from MIT: “Structural dynamics of inhibitory synapses”, Dr.
QiuFu Ma from Dana-Farber/Harvard Medical School: “Spinal circuits transmitting mechanical pain”, Dr Scott Soderling from Duke University Medical Center: “Actin badly – cytoskeletal drivers of neuropsychiatric disorder”, Dr. Thomas Biederer of the Neuroscience department served as symposium director. With nearly 200 people in attendance, the 2015 Symposium was a great success. The final lecture of the day honors William Shucart, MD.
The day is filled with talks celebrating the cutting edge of neuroscience research and stimulating conversations. The daylong event brings together neuroscience enthusiasts from the entire Tufts community, including the Departments of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Neurology as well as the basic science departments of Tufts University School of Medicine. On Thursday October 8 th, the Neuroscience Department hosted its 7 th annual Neuroscience Symposium and William Shucart Lecture.
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