Dr. Malathi Srivatsan, Molecular Biology, ABI, recently presented research at the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego. Dr. Srivatsan and postdoctoral research fellow Dr. M. P. Badanavalu presented "Copper nano particles exert size-dependent toxicity on somatosensory neurons of rats." At this meeting, Dr. Srivatsan was chosen to be a mentor in the society's Neuroscience Scholars Program and was paired with neurobiology graduate student Jesus Mena, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and bioengineering graduate student Mahlet Mesfin from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Srivatsan helped two young scholars develop a strategy for achieving their career goals. The Society for Neuroscience is a prestigious international organization with 38,000 members.