Annual Conference Information 2024

General Information

The third annual meeting of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience will take place on in October 26th, 2024 at the STEM center on the campus of University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. The meeting will have research poster sessions, short oral presentations, a keynote speaker, and lunch. This year, the conference will be held in conjunction with Midbrains! a neuroscience conference dedicated to neuroscience education and training opportunities for undergraduate students. You can find information about MidBrains at www.midbrains.org 

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, September 27th, 2024

Registration is free!! Click here to register

Program Schedule

All times are posted in the central time zone. 

Friday, October 25th, 2024

7:00 - 9:00 pm:  Social event! Please join us for an evening of chatting about neuroscience, catching up with old friends, and social networking.  Featuring a "Science on Tap" presentation titled "Your Brain on Beer" by Dr. Adam Prus, Professor, Northern Michigan University

Event Location: Cocoon Brewing Company, 2233 Kaftan Way De Pere, WI  54115

Saturday, October 26th, 2024

Location: S.T.E.M. Innovation Center, 2019 Technology Way, Green Bay, WI 54311 (for more information click here)

Tentative Program Schedule

8:30 - 9:30 am: Conference registration, Coffee, and Pastries; Poster Session 1 setup

9:30 - 9:40 am: Welcome and Introduction

9:40 - 10:45 am: Keynote Address (Dr. Cody J. Wenthur, University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Talk Title: Psychedelic Polypharmacology: Implications for Behavior and Mental Health 

10:45 - 11:30 am: MidBrains Undergraduate Student Poster Session 1

   UMC SfN Poster Session 1

11:30 - 12:15 pm: MidBrains Graduate School Panel

                        UMC SFN Business Meeting/MidBrains Business Meeting

12:15 - 1:15 pm: Lunch (Provided as part of registration) - Poster Session 2 setup

1:15 - 2:10 pm: UMC SfN Lightning Oral Presentations (Students)

2:15 - 3:15 pm: MidBrains Symposium Session (15 min nano seminars - three rooms)

3:15 - 4:00 pm: MidBrains Undergraduate Student Poster Session 2

                          UMC SfN Graduate Student Poster Session 2

4:00 - 4:15 pm: UMC SfN Lightning Presentation Awards and Closing remarks

Types of Presentations

Poster presentations

Posters should be in landscape orientation and have a maximum of 4 feet wide by 3 feet tall. Posters presentations may also include work in progress research. Posters sessions are scheduled for 45 mins.

Lightning presentations

Lighting presentations are restricted to 5 minutes and provide a means of briefly highlighting a study's background, rationale, procedures, findings, and conclusions. The most effective presentations are polished and engaging and use slides with little text that make effective use of images and figures (one title slide, three study slides maximum). These presentations provide a great way for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to practice brevity and to convey science in an engaging way to an audience of non-specialists. Presentations are judged by the audience, with prizes given to the top three presentations.