2022 Neuroscience Symposium

Welcome to the 13th Annual UTSA Neuroscience Symposium

*Free and open to the public*
Sponsored by: UTSA Brain Health Consortium & UTSA Neurosciences
“3D Models of Human Cortex Development and Function”

Jenny Hsieh, PhD
Dept. Chair, Semmes Foundation Endowed Professor
University of Texas at San Antonio
Welcome and introduction to the Symposium

Giorgia Quadrato, PhD
Assistant Professor
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
Upgrading the physiological relevance of human brain organoids

Fikri Birey, PhD
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Uncovering cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying human cortical development and disease using forebrain assembloids

In-Hyun Park, PhD
Associate Professor
Yale School of Medicine
Genetic engineering of brain organoids to incorporate the vessel and immune cells

Vanesa Nieto-Estevez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research
University of Texas at San Antonio
Modeling childhood epilepsies using human brain organoids