Brain School 2015

TheVirginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institutejoins the basic science, life science, bioinformatics, and engineering strengths of Virginia Tech with the medical practice and medical education experience of Carilion Clinic. Virginia Tech Carilion is located on the biomedical health sciences campus in Roanoke at 2 Riverside Circle.

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute

It’s all in your head. Everything you need to imagine, to ponder, to remember, to invent. The <A HREF="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute</A> will be celebrating that notable three-pound lump of tissue – the human brain – with its third annual <A HREF="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/events/brain-school/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Brain School</A>, a highlight of the institute’s commemoration of Brain Awareness Week.
 
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Brain School 2015 is a free public seminar series that offers an owner’s manual on the brain.The schedule of events is below. 
 
Monday, March 16
<A HREF="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/events/2015/mar/16/brain-school-2015-father-neuroscience-son-roanoke-/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Understanding the Cerebral Cortex: The Legacy of Roanoke’s Vernon Mountcastle</A>
Speaker: Michael Friedlander, PhD
 
Wednesday, March 18
<A HREF="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/events/2015/mar/18/development-social-brain-brain-school-2015-seminar/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Development of the Social Brain</A>
Speaker: Pearl Chiu, PhD
 
Monday, March 23
<A HREF="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/events/2015/mar/23/brain-school-2015-developing-brain-conception-birt/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Developing Brain: Conception to Birth</A>
Speaker: Michael Fox, PhD
 
Wednesday, March 25
<A HREF="http://research.vtc.vt.edu/events/2015/mar/25/how-earliest-experiences-life-affect-babys-brain-a/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">How the Earliest Experiences in Life Affect a Baby's Brain and Behavior</A>
Speaker: Craig Ramey, PhD
 
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Attendance in Brain School 2015 is free, yet limited by space restrictions, so preregistration is required. On the final evening, a certificate of attendance will be awarded to those who come to all four evenings. Please note that registering for any one evening will automatically register you for all. If you have difficulty registering through Eventbrite, you can register by emailing us at <A HREF="mailto:events@vtc.vt.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">events@vtc.vt.edu</A>.
Free parking is available in the nearby lot and garage.

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