Two weeks ago, LIBR welcomed the Tulsa community to our first Open House event. We greatly enjoyed meeting everyone who visited us to learn more about the ongoing research at LIBR, meet the scientists and participate in an interactive guided tour of the facilities. Our keynote speakers, Drs. Martin Paulus, Jerzy Bodurka and Justin Feinstein shared presentations about their research work. If you were unable to attend the event or one of the lectures, we've shared them here for you to enjoy. Thank you to everyone who participated in the event and for your continued support of our mission to improve the lives of those living with mental illness.

During the month of November, LIBR has welcomed several visiting scholars to our Institute.

11-07-2014
Dr. Paul Davenport, Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida, will be visiting the Laureate Institute for Brain Research from 11/6-11/9.  His research focuses on the control of breathing, including basic brain mechanisms, reflex-to-cognitive respiratory neurophysiology, pulmonary function assessments and rehabilitation of respiratory muscles. He will present a talk at LIBR entitled "Sensing the Need to Breathe" on Friday afternoon. 

11-12-2014
Dr. Thomas Fine, from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toledo will present at the LIBR journal club series at 12 noon. Dr. Fine was one of the seminal float researchers in the 1980's.  He published a number of studies documenting the physiological effects of floating, including significant reductions in blood pressure in patients with chronic hypertension, as well as large reductions in blood cortisol and increases in EEG theta during the float experience.  

11-13-2014
Dr. Irene Perini from the University of Gothenburg, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, in Vaestra Goetaland, Sweden will be visiting the Laureate Institute for Brain Research from 11/11- 11/14. She will give a presentation entitled "Human Nerve Growth Factor Mutation Alters Neural Pathways for Behavioral Responses to Acute Pain" on Wednesday at 1pm.