Dr. C. Warren Olanow, professor and chairman of the department of neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, gave a presentation titled “Protein Handling in Parkinson’s Disease: The Story Unfolds,” at the 2005 CBN Retreat.
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The Center for Biomedical Neurosciences (CBN) held its third annual retreat last week, celebrating the growth of the center and welcoming its primary speaker C. Warren Olanow, M.D., professor and chairman of the department of neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

His speech, “Protein Handling in Parkinson’s Disease: The Story Unfolds,” provided unique information about the importance of neuroscience to disease treatment. It is an interdisciplinary subject focusing on the nervous system.

“Several departments have basic scientists that are working in various aspects of the nervous system,” said Alan Frazer, Ph.D., professor and chairman of pharmacology. “Four schools at the Health Science Center have joined the CBN and these types of events make sure that at least once a year we have an opportunity to see what our colleagues are doing. Many collaborations result from this event and many lead to publications and other various aspects of research.”

(L-R) David Price, student in the department of pharmacology, and James Roberts, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology. Price received $100 for his outstanding poster presentation.

Poster contests provided the opportunity for members of the CBN to describe their research and share neuroscientific information with their colleagues.

The CBN works to enhance and promote the discipline of neuroscience at the Health Science Center by serving as an umbrella organization for research and teaching activities related to the discipline. The center recruits graduate and post-graduate students of high caliber in the neurosciences to the Health Science Center. It develops didactic courses for students and residents in the field, and trains them to become outstanding investigators.

“We have many neuroscientists on campus but we don’t have a formal neuroscience department, thus the CBN was developed,” said James Roberts, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology. “We look forward to this event growing each year.”