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Here ye, here ye!!! #WCBR2026 #WinterConfrenceonBrainResearch will be extending the panel deadline one week for submission (new deadline 9/18/2025)! Official announcement coming soon so check your emails! please reskeet!

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September 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM Everybody can reply

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Zoe McElligott

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Submissions for #WCBR2026 open today! Please go to www.winterbrain.org Big Sky is my absolute favorite venue for this meeting. The science is top notch, the people are great, the meaning is inclusive, and I learned to ski as a 35 year old! Please repost!

Winter Conference on Brain Research January 24th to 29th 2026 Big Sky Montana!

July 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM Everybody can reply

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Zoe McElligott

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Reminder today is the last day to submit posters for #WCBR2026 go to www.winterbrain.org to get yours submitted!

October 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM Everybody can reply

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Zoe McElligott

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Congratulations to Kristen Harris and Amy Hauck Newman the Pioneer Award Winners for #WCBR2026 ! Registration is now open and panel submissions are due Sept 11, 2025; posters are due October 9, 2025

Kristen Harris has been an active participant in the WCBR since 2002. Her professional career began at Harvard Medical school from 1984-1999 when she was recruited to Boston University, where she worked to establish their graduate program in experimental and computational neuroscience. From BU she was recruited as a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent scholar to the Medical College of Georgia. Since 2006 she is Professor of Neuroscience in the Center for Learning and Memory and Department of Neuroscience at the University of Texas at Austin. She is renowned for her work on synapse structure and function pioneering three-dimensional reconstruction from serial section electron microscopy to advance understanding of the synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory. Her lab had developed novel tools sharing them together with data that are widely used resources (synapseweb.clm.utexas.edu). She is the recipient of Sloan Research Fellowship, Javits Merit Award, Brain Research Foundation Fellowship, Mika Salpeter Lifetime achievement and many other awards. She is known for innovative teaching, service on many prestigious scientific advisory boards, and presentations worldwide. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Amy Hauck Newman received her doctorate in Medicinal Chemistry from the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, under the mentorship of Dr. Richard Glennon. She joined the laboratory of Dr. Kenner Rice at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her postdoctoral studies where she conducted total opiate synthesis, as a National Research Service Award fellow.
After starting her first independent lab at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, she joined the National Institute on Drug Abuse-Intramural Research Program (NIDA-IRP), NIH, in 1991, where she was tenured and became the Medicinal Chemistry Section Chief. She currently serves as the Scientific Director, Chief of the Molecular Targets and Medications Discovery Branch and Director of the NIDA-IRP Medications Development Program. She has coauthored more than 340 original articles and reviews on the design, synthesis, and evaluation of centrally active agents, with an emphasis on selective ligands for the dopaminergic system, as potential treatment medications for substance use disorders. In particular, she has pioneered the development of highly selective and bitopic dopamine

D3 receptor antagonists and partial agonists for treatment of Opioid Use Disorders (OUD). More recently, she has turned her attention to developing medications for the treatment of psychostimulant use disorders that are comorbid with bipolar disorder and/or schizophrenia. In addition, she has developed research tools that include small molecule fluorescent ligands, radioligands and irreversible ligands directed toward the dopamine, serotonin or norepinephrine transporters. She is an inventor on >25 NIH patents and patent applications.
Dr. Newman has received numerous awards from both the NIH and NIDA Directors including the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Mentoring Award, in 2019. She was the first woman to receive the Philip Portoghese Lectureship Award, awarded by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) in 2016. Dr. Newman was honored as a “Remarkable Woman in Medicinal Chemistry” by the ACS, in 2018 and was inducted into the ACS MEDI Hall of Fame in 2023.

August 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM Everybody can reply

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Zoe McElligott

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Your donation is tax deductible and supports the young scientists who are being lost due to the federal funding crisis. #WCBR2026 nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Support Young Investigators

Each year, the Winter Conference on Brain Research (WCBR) meets to provide a forum for innovative science in carefully curated sessions. Your support of Winter Brain will help us support and foster the next generation of neuroscientists.
The generosity of donors like Scott Edwards, PhD, and Paul Letourneau, PhD help us provide Winter Brain Travel Awards to scientists.
"I enjoy supporting the WCBR Travel Awards program becuase it promotes the inclusion of next generation researchers into a highly welcoming community of neuroscientists," Dr. Edwards said. "When young scientists can experience such a great conference, it emboldens their confidence in their future careers."
Your one-time donation or monthly gift is tax-deductible and will allow young investigators to experience a meeting where they will have mentorship programs, networking opportunites, and career development, as well as learn the latest brain science.
Dr. Letourneau has seen first-hand the impact that attending Winter Brain has on young scientists.
"I strongly support the WCBR Travel Fellowship," he said. "The WCBR is a great meeting for young investigators to meet peers and accomplished scientists in an informal, enjoyable setting. I made both long-standing friendships and research collaborations at my first WCBRs."
Your support is important, and Winter Brain will recognize your generosity by including your name on the website and signage during the conference. If you prefer to donate via check, you may send donations to: WCBR, Attention: Travel Awards, 5034-A Thoroughbred Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027.
Help Winter Brain mentor the next generation of neuroscientists with a gift in 2025. We are grateful for your generosity.
Sincerely,

Susan Ferguson, PhD
Conference Chair

October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM Everybody can reply

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