A full-day scientific symposium honoring Geiger's upcoming retirement will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 12, at the North Dakota Museum of Art. Highlights of the event will include presentations from exemplary scientists, clinician-scientists, and Geiger's former trainees.

Confirmed Presentations:
•Dr. Peter Gaskill: “Dopamine reward systems and brain inflammation” Introduction: Dr. Marcus Kaul
•Dr. Jianguo Gu: “Piezo channels in mechanosensory biology and other discoveries that have changed how we think about sensory physiology”. Introduction: Dr. Rudy Padua
•Dr. Norman Haughey: “Greasing the path towards treatments against neuropsychiatric disorders” Introduction: Dr. Sanjay Maggirwar
•Dr. Kelly Jordan-Sciutto: “Roles of organellar stress responses in demyelinating diseases” Introduction: Dr. Shilpa Buch
•Dr. Joyce Ohm: “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll vs. Mr. Hyde: Is there an epigenetic switch that tips the scales between cancer and neurodegeneration?”. Introduction: Dr. Peter Halcrow
•Dr. Avindra Nath: “Viral pathogens and brain function: Truly translational discoveries” Introduction: Dr. Nick Geiger
•Dr. John Sladek: “Fundamental discoveries in brain mapping” Introduction: Dr. Eliseo Eugenin
•"Geiger-isms” and other insights – a panel discussion by some graduates of the Geiger lab; Drs. Xuesong Chen, Peter Halcrow, Nirmal Kumar, Leo Lakpa, Rudy Padua, Darius Quansah, and Mahmoud Soliman: Introduction: Dr. Rick Noel

Attendance is free, but registration is required.