helped to organize the second annual MidBrains Undergraduate Neuroscience Conference -MidBrains 2008-- held at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008. This annual conference provides a forum for undergraduate students in the Midwest to present research findings, to attend research lectures and special panels, and to meet other undergraduate students interested in the neurosciences. Representatives from several major research universities were also present at the 2008 conference to discuss graduate school opportunities. There were 53 student and faculty poster and paper presentations across all areas of the neurosciences with more than 150 attendees from 18 universities and colleges.