Robert B. Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium

Honoring Outstanding Student and Faculty, and Alumni Research in Behavioral and Life Sciences

The Brain Awareness Week Faculty/Student Symposium was renamed the Robert B. Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium in 2013 in honor of the late Professor of Psychology Robert Glassman, who played a leading role in developing Lake Forest’s popular neuroscience major.

The symposium consists of a series of talks given by Lake Forest College faculty and alumni on October 30 and a poster session where Lake Forest students and alumni will present their original research on October 31. 

October 30 — Faculty/Alumni Talks

6:30–9 p.m., Tarble Room, Brown Hall 

6:30 p.m. Reception

7:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks, Synapse

Naomi Wentworth, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology, Lake Forest College

Self-Organization: Lessons From Infant Eye Movements

7:05 p.m.

Aiden Houcek ’20, Ph.D. candidate 

Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University

Unlocking Silent Synapses on Metastatic Tumor Cells

7:25 p.m.

Donald Meyer, Ph.D.

Professor of Music, Lake Forest College

Music As Magic

7:45 p.m.

Zoe Walts ’21, Ph.D. candidate

Department of Population Health Science, University of Wisconsin (Madison)

Stress and Colorectal Cancer: Implications for Patient Outcomes and Health Equity

8:05 p.m.

Shubhik DebBurman, Ph.D.

Disque D. & Carol Gram Deane Professor of Biological Sciences, Lake Forest College

Powerful Yeasts Model Deadly Brain Diseases Caused by Toxic Protein Shapes

8:25 p.m.

8:45 p.m. Closing Remarks, Synapse