Department of Translational Neurosciences - Neuroscience Community "Data Blitz"

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

425 N. 5th Street
Health Science Education Building (HSEB), B102 Seminar Room
Phoenix, AZ 85004
United States

Schedule of Topics & Speakers

  • Elucidating the mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disruptions caused by pathogenic TMEM184B sequence variants,
    Zachary Yahiku – Graduate Student, Neuroscience
  • Harnessing transcriptomic Signatures to enable therapeutic discovery in neurological disease,
    Isabelle Schrauwen, PhD – Associate Professor, Translational Neurosciences
  • Bridging preclinical rational traumatic brain injury models to clinical relevance,
    Julian Ramos, BS, Research Technician, Translational Neurosciences
  • Viso​n deficits are accelerated by increased plasticity in the P23H murine model of retinitis pigmentosa,
  • Thomas Christopher Brown, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Translational Neurosciences
  • The role of the Nucleus Incertus in Memory and Alzheimer’s Pathology, 
    Camila de Avila, PhD – Assistant Research Professor, Translational Neurosciences
  • Neuroscience research at COM-P, the future is special, 
    Shenfeng Qiu, PhD – Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Event Schedule
TNS Lab Tour (Optional) 1:45 pm
Program 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Dinner 4:00 to 5:00 pm

If you have any questions, by phone, 520-621-8380, or by e-mail to @email (or @email / 602-827-2069)