November 30, 2021
Justin Kenney to present on zebrafish behavior and 1xbet online games login function
The Center for Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity, or CNAP, invites you to attend a colloquium presentation by Justin Kenney, assistant professor of biological sciences at Wayne State 1xbet online games login . The presentation will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in 498 Bluemont Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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This presentation is sponsored by the CNAP Center, an NIH-funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence under grant number P20GM113109.