RGV-BAW
ORGANIZED BY:
RGV-SFN- Chapter
Event Date + Time:
March 13 @ 8:00 am - March 20 @ 8:00 am
Event Location:
Edinburg: -Myles and Sylvia Aaronson Library Corridor- Harlingen: Library / UTRGV-SOM Edinburg// Harlingen,
TX United States
Venue Name:
Rio Grande Valley- BAW
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About This Event
Event Description:
The Rio Grande Valley- Brain Awareness Week is organized by the Rio Grande Valley- SFN-Chapter in collaboration with the UTRGV-SOM libraries. The event includes exhibits at libraries with informative posters and booklets and students' research posters previous awarded by the RGV-SFN-Chapter at a Symposium. The event also includes online talks through our Flash Neuroscience News and The Neuroscience Journal Club programs. Talks are on Tuesday (Tuesday Neuroscience) and Thursday of this week. Open to general public. Program below.
March 13- 19, 2023
RGV BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK
Date: Monday, March 13 through Sun March 19:
Time: All Day
Event format: Visit of Nervous System Function and Test Yourself.
Scientific, clinical, and educational posters.
Extra: Goodies: all about your brain!
Location: EDINBURG: Myles and Sylvia Aaronson Library Corridor- UTRGV-SOM
Date: Tuesday, March 14 from 12:30 pm
Event name: Tuesday Neuroscience
Format: seminar for faculty, staff, and students and others (open to the community)
Link: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/6153670852 Meeting ID: 615 367 0852
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Flash Neuroscience News
Aging and dementia in community members from the Rio Grande Valley by Karla Lopez-Lorenzo.
Architectural Features of Streetscapes & Aging in Cameron County, Texas by Cristian Maestre-Nunez. Both from the Neuroscience Department
Time: 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Flash Neuroscience News
How can blind people see? VMOBI an new device for blind community to navigate in unknown territories. By Dr. Kamal Sharka, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Neuroscience Journal Club
End of Glioblastoma: Niclosamides in Protein Ubiquination role. By Dr. Shizuo Mito, Department of Medical Education.
Format: seminar for faculty, staff, and students and others (open to the community)
Link: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/6153670852 Meeting ID: 615 367 0852
Date: Thursday, March 16
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Event name: Flash Neuroscience News & The Neuroscience Journal Club
Opioids: how they work. Their pharmacology and the basic science behind it. By Dr. Pratip Mitra, Department of Medical Education
Format: seminar for faculty, staff, and students and others (open to the community)
Link: https://utrgv.zoom.us/j/6153670852 Meeting ID: 615 367 0852
Other events are organized by Kristi Lopez, Psychology Club President, kristi.lopez01@utrgv.edu
For additional information contact Christine.Gerin@utrgv.edu; Alan.Francis@utrgv.edu
