Event Details
Event Title Symposium for Young Neuroscientist and Professors of the South East (SYNAPSE) 2026
Location University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Date/Time 04/18/2026 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Event Price
Cutoff Date 03/27/2026 Must register before this date
Registrants
For more information, contact the event administrator: Monica Gaudier-Diaz gaudier@email.unc.edu
 
SYNAPSE (Symposium for Young Neuroscientists And Professors of the SouthEast) is a regional symposium for undergraduate students doing neuroscience research. The goals of the symposium are to provide students with an avenue to present their scientific endeavors and an opportunity to network with like-minded peers. In addition to this, we aim to present students with professional development opportunities that will help them advance towards an advanced degree and/or career in the field of neuroscience.

Preliminary Schedule: 
     9:00am     Check-in
     9:30am     Lightning talks
    10:45am    Keynote address by Leon Coleman, MD PhD
    11:45am    Concurrent sessions
    12:45pm    Lunch 
    2:00pm      Poster session
    3:30pm      Closing remarks 

Registration Fee: $35 for undergraduate students and $50 for faculty, postdocs or graduate students.