Annual Conference Information 2025

General Information

The forth annual meeting of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience will take place on in October 25th, 2025 at the Dreyfus University Center on the campus of University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. The meeting will have research poster sessions, Nanosymposiums (Submissions welcome) Career Building Workshop (Science Communication and Social Media), a keynote speaker, and lunch. 

The Annual Neuroscience Conference gives undergraduates, graduate, and postdoctoral fellows the chance to present research findings in a poster session, attend lectures and special panels, and meet other students and faculty interested in the neurosciences. 

We will be accepting posters and lightning presentations (5 min oral presentation contest). Poster presentations can be submitted for completed or in-progress research projects. Additionally, we are welcoming presentations that were presented at national meetings (e.g. Society for Neuroscience, ASPET, etc).

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, September 26th, 2025 

Registration is $10!!! Link coming soon

Program Schedule

All times are posted in the central time zone. 

Friday, October 24th, 2025

7:00 - 9:00 pm:  TBA

Saturday, October 25th, 2025

Location: Dreyfus University Center, 1015 Reserve St, Stevens Point, WI 54481 (for more information click here)

Tentative Program Schedule

8:30 - 9:30 am: Conference registration, Coffee, and Pastries; Poster Session 1 setup

9:30 - 9:40 am: Welcome and Introduction

9:40 - 10:45 am: Keynote Address (Dr. Herbert E. Covington III, SUNY - Empire State University)

Talk Title: Broken Breaks: Social Stress and Drug History Collide to Trigger Runaway Bingeing

10:45 - 11:30 am: Research Poster Session 1

11:30 - 12:15 pm: Graduate School Admission Workshop

           Career Building Workshop - Science Communication and Social Media

12:15 - 1:15 pm: Lunch (Provided as part of registration) - Poster Session 2 setup

1:15 - 2:10 pm: Lightning Talk Competition (Students)

UMC SFN Business Meeting/MidBrains Business Meeting

2:15 - 3:15 pm: Nanosymposium Session (15 min nano seminars - 2 rooms)

3:15 - 4:00 pm: Research Poster Session 2

4:00 - 4:15 pm: UMC SfN Lightning Presentation Awards and Closing remarks