Event Detail (Archived)

Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation and Synaptic Specificity

  • This event already took place in May 2012
  • 116 Rockefeller Research Laboratories, MSKCC, 430 E. 67th St.

Event Details

Type
Other Tri-Institutional Events
Speaker(s)
2:00 p.m.: Peter Scheiffele, Ph.D., professor, University of Basel
Open to
Public
Host
Alexandra Joyner
Reception
Refreshments, 1:45 p.m.
Contact
Tiffany Lennon
Phone
(212) 639-6050
Sponsor
Liz Snyder
(212) 639-2540
snydere@mskcc.org

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