Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Research Symposium

Meet our keynote speaker: Dr. Arshad Khanani

Dr. Arshad Khanani received his BA and MA degrees (Arts, Chemistry) from Washington University, and his MD degree from Texas Tech University. After his residency in Ophthalmology (Texas Tech University Health Sciences), he completed a fellowship in Vitreo-Retinal Diseases and Surgery at Southwestern Medical Center (University of Texas) and moved in 2012 to Reno where he joined Sierra Eye Associates as a Managing Partner, became Director of Clinical Research (2013) and Director of the Retinal Fellowship (2017). He holds the rank of Clinical Associate Professor at UNR Med (2016).

Dr. Khanani has served as a Principal Investigator for more than 100 Clinical Studies. With over 120 peer-reviewed publications, many of them in top journals such as “Lancet”, Dr. Khanani has transformed Sierra Eye Associates into one of the leading retina research centers in the world. Dr. Khanani has mentored numerous medical students from the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine who have presented their research at international meetings and published clinical research papers under his supervision.

We are honored to have Dr. Khanani, Northern Nevada’s most accomplished clinical researcher, present the keynote lecture at the 13th Annual Research Symposium of the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. Dr. Khanani’s will speak about “Gene Therapy for Retinal Diseases: What is New in 2023?

Syposium agenda

• 12:30–1 p.m.: Posters in the Atrium 
• 1–1:15 p.m.: Cassandra Hui, Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Dim artificial light at night alters immediate early gene expression throughout the avian brain
• 1:15–1:30 p.m.: Lauren Jones, Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Proteolytic cleavage converts SLIT2 from a repellent to a growth and fasciculation cue in vivo
• 1:30–1:45 p.m.: Ryan Durbin, Physiology and Cell Biology, UNR Med
  • Postsynaptic calcium extrusion at the mouse neuromuscular junction alkalinizes the synaptic cleft
• 1:45-2 p.m.: Taissa Lytchenko, Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Neural correlates of Object-Based Attention in early visual cortex in a 100% valid exogenous cueing task 
• 2–2:35 p.m.: Sarah Haigh Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Individual differences in sensory discomfort: is there an effect of discomfort on cognition?
• 2:35–2:50 p.m.: Amy Altick, Treasurer/Secretary of the SNC-SfN, Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Business Meeting and State of our Chapter
• 2:50–3:50 p.m.: Posters and refreshments
• 3:50–4:25 p.m.: Elizabeth Akin, Pharmacology, UNR Med
  • Molecular mechanisms of neuropeptide Y trafficking and synaptic capture in cardiac sympathetic neurons
• 4:25–5 p.m.: Vincent Lombardi, Microbiology and Immunology, UNR Med
  • The Gut-Microbiota-Brain Axis in Neuroimmune and Neuroinflammatory Disease                 
• 5–6 p.m.: Keynote Speaker: Arshad Khanani (Sierra Eye Associates and UNR Med
  • Gene Therapy for Retinal Diseases: What’s New in 2023

Interested in presenting a poster at this year's Annual Symposium on November 17?

Send an e-mail to Dr. Christopher von Bartheld at cvonbartheld@med.unr.edu with the title and a list of all authors. Dr. von Bartheld is the Founder and current President of the SNCSfN.