UNTHSC hosts Neurobiology of Aging Trainee Symposium

The University of North Texas Health Science Center will host the 5th Annual Neurobiology of Aging Trainee Symposium beginning at 8:30 a.m. on March 30 in the Center for BioHealth, Room 201.

Due to inclement weather, the keynote presentation has been cancelled, but the oral and poster presentations will continue as planned.

Graduate fellows conducting research on normal and pathological brain aging will present their progress to the academic community. Oral and poster presentations will be given.

The symposium is supported through a National Institutes of Health training grant in the Neurobiology of Aging (T32 AG20494), and all individuals with interests in aging and nervous system function are invited to attend.

For more information about the symposium, please contact Meharvan â??Sonnyâ? Singh, PhD, at 817-735-5429 or via e-mail to msingh@hsc.unt.edu.

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