June Meeting
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, June 10, 2025
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, June 10, 2025. Our speaker for the evening will be Paul Kammermeier who will present to us “Why are we funding this?” an examination of the kinds of studies that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded.
The evening will begin at 5:30PM with drinks and conversation followed by dinner, club business and our speaker, commencing at about 6:30PM.
If you plan to attend DINNER at Cheap Charlies, please RSVP by responding to this EMAIL, ASAP or NO LATER THAN 5:00PM this coming MONDAY, June 3rd.
THE COST OF THE MEAL IS $30.00, which is preferred to be paid by a personal check (payable to “Bloomfield Scientific Club”).
Once again Cheap Charlie’s will have a dedicated waitress to help provide us with an even better dinner experience and the chefs will continue to create custom buffet entrees for us.
Though I do not have the finalized menu yet, it is anticipated it will have a picnic theme. I will pass along the menu as soon as it is available.
A little about our speaker and fellow club member, Paul Kammermeier:
Paul’s talk will be titled: “Why are we funding this?” It will be an examination of the kinds of studies that the NIH has funded over the last several decades that at a distance can raise eyebrows, but have resulted in substantial and very interesting, if unexpected, outcomes.
Paul’s expertise is in biomedical research, so this is the kind of work he will be speaking about.
Paul’s Bio:
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
University of Rochester Medical Center
Paul’s lab studies the function of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), a type of neurotransmitter receptor that exists all over the brain, and which regulates neuronal and synaptic activity. mGluRs play roles in learning, addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s Disease, Autism, and several other neural pathologies.
Paul’s teaching role includes teaching basic neurophysiology to medical and graduate students as well as directing the Ethics course at the Medical Center.