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Honoring Outstanding Student and Faculty, and Alumni Research in Behavioral and Life Sciences

The Brain Awareness Week Faculty/Student Symposium was renamed the Robert B. Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium in 2013 in honor of the late Professor of Psychology Robert Glassman, who played a leading role in developing Lake Forest’s popular neuroscience major.

The symposium consists of a series of talks given by аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û faculty and alumni on October 31 and an poster session where Lake Forest students and alumni will present their original research on November 1. 

• 2024 Glassman Symposium Poster

October 31 – Faculty/Alumni Talks

7–9 p.m., Tarble Room, Brown Hall 

7:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks, Synapse

Hannah Carlson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Psychology, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û

“Tranq-Dope,” a Deadly Combination: Assessing the Behavioral and Pharmacological Impact of Combined Fentanyl and Xylazine

7:05 p.m.

Saul Bello Rojas ’16, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health Sciences University

Development and Structure of Motor Control in Spinal Cord

7:25 p.m.

Catherine Reedy, PhD

Assistant Professor of English, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û

Infected Brains and Pestilent Congregations in Shakespeare

7:45 p.m.

Sarah Applebey ’18

PhD Candidate in Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania

Room for Dessert?: Sex Differences in the Brainstem Control of the “Dessert Stomach”

8:05 p.m.

D. Blaine Moore, PhD

Professor of Neuroscience, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û

“Molecular Scissors” and Alzheimer’s Disease

8:25 p.m.

8:45 p.m. Closing Remarks, Synapse