NIH grant: 2026 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Gordon Research Conference and Seminar (1R13NS151391-01)

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NIH grant 1R13NS151391-01: 2026 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Gordon Research Conference and Seminar
Institute: {'code': 'NS', 'abbreviation': 'NINDS', 'name': 'National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke', 'admin_org_id': '12500053', 'admin_funding_url': ''}. PI: Tianyi  Mao. Award: $15000.
Start: 2026-07-17T00:00:00.
Project Summary
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology will bring together investigators
whose work spans molecular, cellular, and systems levels of analysis to define how molecular events shape
synaptic organization, circuit computation, and vulnerability to neurological disease. Recent advances in
mechanotransduction, metabolic sensing, synaptic nano-architecture, circuit imaging, connectomics, and spatial
transcriptomics now allow researchers to relate molecular mechanisms to circuit dynamics and to the chronic
conditions that remain major public health challenges. The scientific program is organized around a thematic
progression—from sensing and sustaining neural states, to the molecular architecture and assembly of
synapses, to the circuit mechanisms underlying action and adaptive behavior, to methods for resolving brain
structure and function across scales, to developmental constraints on connectivity and the mechanisms that
confer vulnerability in aging and neurodegeneration. To achieve the goals of this meeting, we will address three
aims: Aim 1, to bring together neuroscientists working at the forefront of synapse biology, circuit formation, circuit
plasticity, large-scale brain mapping, and the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, and
psychiatric disease, and to provide a setting in which they can examine recent advances and define new
directions for the field; Aim 2, to facilitate interaction among researchers from across the United States and
abroad through a program structure that interleaves investigators from different regions and career stages within
each session, enabling sustained discussion of shared mechanistic questions; and Aim 3, to promote the next
generation of neuroscientists through curated short talks selected from trainee abstracts, integration of junior
investigators into the scientific platform, and a trainee-led Gordon Research Seminar that will allow students and
postdoctoral fellows to build a peer network and prepare for the main conference. Together, the Conference and
Seminar will provide a coherent framework for examining how molecular processes map onto circuit function
and chronic disease, and will support the continued growth of a community committed to mechanistic clarity and
innovation in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology.

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