12th Annual Neurology Science Day

A flyer promoting Science Day 2023.

The Department of Neurology’s Graduate Education Committee is pleased to announce the return of Science Day, which will be held on the afternoon of Monday, May 8th in the Gordon Neuroscience Research Building lobby and auditorium from 1:30pm to 5:00 pm.

Science Day features a poster session for department trainees to present their research and compete for awards in post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate categories. The poster session will be followed by an invited lecture by Prof. Peyman Golshani. The event will conclude with a brief awards ceremony, where the poster prizes will be awarded.

Departmental trainees are invited to present posters – check your departmental email for the link to the registration form. The registration deadline is April 17th.

As part of Science Day, the Golden Test Tube award will also be presented to a UCLA Neurology Faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching in the laboratory or the classroom. Graduate and post-graduate trainees are invited to nominate faculty by  April 17th. Nomination form links have been sent to your departmental e-mail address.

This will be a great opportunity for many of us to reconnect and see the great variety of exciting research being conducted in our department. Food and drink will be provided during the poster session.

Please mark your calendars and make sure the trainees in your labs are aware of this opportunity to share their science!


11th Annual Science Day

2019 Winners

Post-Doctoral

Suman Dutta, Gal Bitan Lab
1st Place: Suman Dutta, Gal Bitan Lab
Yutaro Komuro
2nd Place: Yutaro Komuro, Jason Hinman Lab
Natalia P. Biscola
3rd Place: Natalia P. Biscola, Leif Havton Lab

Graduate

Huan Yang
1st Place: Huan Yang, Ming Guo Lab
Michael Emami Award Photo
2nd Place: Michael Emami, Melissa Spencer Lab
Sean T. Pianka
3rd Place: Sean T. Pianka, Albert Lai Lab

Undergraduate

Juka Kim
1st Place: Juka Kim, Gal Bitan Lab
Macy Matsukawa Award
2nd Place: Macy Matsukawa, Rhonda Voskuhl Lab
Ryan Williams
3rd Place: Ryan Williams, Teplow Lab

Golden Test Tube Award Recipient

Rachelle H. Crosbie-Watson, PhD
Rachelle H. Crosbie-Watson, PhD

Past Winners

2018

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Jack Wang, Jason Hinman Lab
  • 2nd Place Ravinder Malik, Gal Bitan Lab
  • 3rd Place Amy Gleichman, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab

Graduate

  • 1st Place Courtney Young, Melissa Spencer Lab
  • 2nd Place Huan Yang, Ming Guo Lab
  • 3rd Place Nora Abduljawad, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Michael Meadow, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab
  • 2nd Place Rex Lee, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab
  • 3rd Place Ryan Williams, David Teplow/Eric Hayden Lab

Golden Test Tube Award Recipient

  • Melissa Spencer, PhD

2017

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Amy Gleichman, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab
  • 2nd Place Irene Lorenzo Llorente, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab
  • 3rd Place Benjamin Wade, Katherine Narr Lab

Graduate

  • 1st Place David DiTullio, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab
  • 2nd Place Cassandra Meyer, Allan Mackenzie-Graham Lab
  • 3rd Place Huan Yang, Ming Guo Lab

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Satvir Saggi, Carlos Portera-Cailliau Lab
  • 2nd Place Jose Mazzitelli, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab
  • 3rd Place Emily Ren, Rhonda Voskuhl Lab

Golden Test Tube Award Recipient

  • Varghese John, PhD

2016

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place William Zeiger, Carlos Portera-Cailliau Lab
  • 2nd Place Ben Huang, Peyman Golshani Lab
  • 3rd Place Irene Lorenzo Llorente, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab

Graduate

  • 1st Place Cynthia He, Carlos Portera-Cailliau Lab
  • 2nd Place Joana Capote Cline, Melissa Spencer Lab
  • 3rd Place Courtney Young, Melissa Spencer Lab

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Parvaneh Shadkam-Farrokhi, David Teplow Lab
  • 2nd Place Julia Huang, Jason Hinman Lab
  • 3rd Place Jose Mazzitelli, S. Thomas Carmichael Lab

Golden Test Tube Award Recipient

  • Katherine Narr, PhD

2015

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Pouria Moshayedi, Tom Carmichael Lab
  • 2nd Place (TIE) Irene Lorenzo Llorente, Tom Carmichael Lab
                                Tristan Shuman, Peyman Golshani Lab
  • 3rd Place Elizabeth Gibbs, Rachelle Crosbie-Watson Lab

Graduate

  • 1st Place Maria Lazaro, Daniel Geschwind Lab
  • 2nd Place Esther Nie, Tom Carmichael Lab
  • 3rd Place Sienmi Du, Rhonda Voskuhl Lab

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Grant Higerd, Carlos Portera-Cailliau Lab
  • 2nd Place Youtong Huang, Washnek/Fanselow Lab
  • 3rd Place David Miller, Tom Carmichael Lab

Golden Test Tube Award Recipient

  • Carlos Portera-Cailliau, M.D, PhD

2014

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Sudhakar Subramaniam, Marie-Francoise Chesselet Lab
  • 2nd Place Albert Barth, Istvan Mody Lab
  • 3rd Place Aroa Relano Gines, Marie-Francoise Chesselet Lab

Graduate

  • 1st Place Andrew Brumm, Tom Carmichael Lab
  • 2nd Place Ryan Jones, Istvan Mody Lab
  • 3rd Place Esther Nie, Tom Carmichael Lab

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Kimberly Hoi, David Teplow Lab
  • 2nd Place Andrew Berg, Tom Carmichael Lab
  • 3rd Place Hanan Baker, Marie Francoise-Chesselet Lab

2013

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Kimberly McDowell
  • 2nd Place Justine Overmann
  • 3rd Place Amandeep Mann

Graduate

  • 1st Place Aida Attar
  • 2nd Place Ryan Jones
  • 3rd Place Joana Capote and Sienmi Du

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Joseph Conovaloff
  • 2nd Place Taryn McLaughlin
  • 3rd Place Matthew Kelley

2012

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Eric Hayden
  • 2nd Place Andrei Irimia
  • 3rd Place Shantanu Joshi & Iddo Magen

Graduate

  • 1st Place Aaron Lulla
  • 2nd Place Andrew Brumm
  • 3rd Place Jingjing Zhang

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Jonathan Yang
  • 2nd Place Shiela Beroukhim
  • 3rd Place Omid Yazdanshenas

2011

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Refik Kayali
  • 2nd Place Robin Roychaudhuri
  • 3rd Place Albert Barth

Graduate

  • 1st Place Arthur Fitzmaurice & Ben Huang
  • 2nd Place Elif Sozman
  • 3rd Place Andrew Brumm & Marina Ziehn

Undergraduate

  • 1st Place Lauryn Gabby
  • 2nd Place Michael Khanjyan & Jonathan Yang
  • 3rd Place Farnoosh Nik-Ahd

Other

  • 1st Place Franziska Richter
  • 2nd Place Vincent Lemesr
  • 3rd Place Brian Zingg

2010

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Chen Shaohong
  • 2nd Place Tiago Goncalves
  • 3rd Place Farzad Mortazavi

Graduate

  • 1st Place Justin Overman
  • 2nd Place Isabella Ferando
  • 3rd Place Ben Huang

Other

  • 1st Place Sona Babakchanian

2009

Post-Doctoral

  • 1st Place Alan Mackenzie-Graham
  • 2nd Place Che Hutson

Graduate

  • 1st Place Daniel Crawford
  • 2nd Place Marina Ziehn