Poster session and welcome reception. As an added feature of the MCCS conference, this year we will provide a 6-10 Council member-Led Poster Tours from 6.00 -7.00 p.m. at the Poster session on October 3rd. Expert moderators will lead these tours, which will be organized by category. This is a great opportunity for trainees to engage and network with expert senior researchers in the cognition field and a chance for each poster to be viewed and receive verbal feedback. Poster Groupings: 1. Cellular Networks and Memory Engram 2. Molecular and Cellular Signaling in Cognition 3. Epigenetics and Transcription Programing in Memory 4. Astrocytes in synaptic plasticity and memory 5. Ventral hippocampus in cognitive and behavioral processes 6. The paraventricular thalamus (PVT) brain in cognitive and behavioral processes 7. Sex, Hormones and Memory 8. Translational Basic Science/Biomarkers in Cognitive Disorders