WINTER CONFERENCE ON BRAIN RESEARCH
Mission
Our Leadership
History
The Winter Conference on Brain Research (WCBR) is
The mission of the Winter Conference on Brain Research (Winter Brain) is to provide a forum for the dissemination of all aspects of neuroscience at an annual meeting that offers cutting-edge science in formal sessions within a relaxed networking environment amenable to all. To achieve this mission, the Winter Brain focuses on the following three sub goals:
- To exchange neuroscience research between a broad and diverse audience of neuroscientists through panels, short courses, and posters on basic, clinical, and translational findings at all levels from molecular to behavioral.
- To increase diversity in neuroscience including, but not limited to, the provision of financial support for junior investigators.
- To provide education in neuroscience to physicians and other healthcare professionals through continuing medical education, and to lay audiences through outreach activities and clinical findings in seminars and detailed discussions on specific issues in workshops and poster sessions.
board of directors
Executive committee
Samuel Centanni
Director at Large – Cellular/Molecular
Akiva Cohen
Director at Large – Cellular/Molecular
Devin Effinger
Director at Large –Systems
Tod Kipin
Director at Large - Cellular/Molecular
Zoe McElligott
Director at Large – Cellular/Molecular
Katherine Nautiyal
Director at Large – Systems
Milos Pekny
Director at Large – Clinical
Kirsten Porter-Stransky
Director at Large – Clinical
Lara Ray
Director at Large - Clinical
Abigail Schindler
Director at Large – Clinical
David Barker
Advocacy & Engagement Chair-Elect
Erik Carlson
Past Education Chair
Candice Contet
Program Chair-Elect
David Devilbiss
Past Conference Chair
Susan Ferguson
Conference Chair
Amelia Gallitano
Facilities Chair
Elyssa Margolis
Program Chair
Jacqueline McGinty
Treasurer
Sybil Stacpoole
Facilities Chair-Elect
Michael Stefanik
Education Chair
The first “WCBR” was organized by neuroscientists from UCLA near Lake Tahoe in 1968. There were ~60 attendees. Since then our meeting has grown to ~500 neuroscientists from all over the world who work in a wide variety of fields.
- A 30 year history (1968-1997) was written to provide a historical perspective “that defines the unique purpose and flavor of the Winter Conference on Brain Research.” That retrospective can be found here.
