The NeuroScience Network

Funded, in part, by the Bio 1 WIRED program, The NeuroScience Network is an initiative to build connections among the many powerful resources across the region. Between the colleges and universities, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, device developers, startups and service businesses, the Cure Corridor offers opportunities for discovery and development of new therapies that is unmatched.

It is no news that the recent upheavel in companies is affecting many of our best and brightest. However, we can choose to appreciate that these businesses have played a major role in attracting workforce talent, and in developing physical resources with state of the art laboratories, manufacturing, distribution, etc.

Now we have a responsibility to act boldly and to help sustain the creative energies that drew us to the region, and find ways to build new approaches to filling the pharmaceutical/biotech pipeline.

We partner with a range of groups to offer programs to stimulate interactions that balance our regional strengths and international connections.

A series of meetings are in the works for the spring of 2010. Please join our mailing list to be sure you're kept abreast.

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A Recent Program:

Mighty Mouse Mini Symposium 2009

November 13, 2009 Rider University, 12:30-4:30

Presented by the NeuroScience Network

Host and CoSponsor:

Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Rider University

By working with both animal and computational models, today’s researchers are accelerating discovery and its impact on human health.

Beginning in undergraduate education and flowing through to the commercial world, these models are enabling collaborations that refine and extend the value of knowledge gleaned from biological experiments.

Mighty Mouse Mini Symposium 2009 will offer presentations from thought leaders whose progress is enhanced by combining lab work and in silico analysis.

Presenters:

Bonnie Firestein Ph D, Rutgers University

James Millonig Ph D, UMDNJ-RWJMS and Rutgers University:

Unraveling Biological Problems in Psychiatric Disorders

Richard Nowakowski, Ph D, UMDNJ:

The Genetics of Individual Variation: Mighty Mouse Databases to the Rescue

Jonathan Karp, Ph D, Rider University

Brittany Baxter Rider University Biology Undergraduate Researcher:

Karen Froberg-Fejko VMD, Bio-Serv

G. Scott Lett, Ph D The BioAnalytics Group:

Keeping Data Relevant Across Diverse Experimental Types and Designs

The interaction of experimental and quantitative data in developing understanding of biological processes presents fresh opportunities for collaboration and validation of new research models. Panelists will share experiences that point to progress and challenges in balancing data collection, analysis, sharing, and publishing.