On April 7, 2013, Quinnipiac University's Department of Psychology hosted it's 23rd annual NEURON Conference. Professor of Psychiatry, Neurobiology and Pharmacology at Yale University, Marina Picciotto, PhD, presented the keynote lecture, "From Molecules to Behavior: Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Nicotine Addiction, Food Intake and Depression."

The NorthEast Undergraduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON) conference goals are to provide a forum for neuroscience undergraduate and graduate students to discuss their work, to provide faculty an opportunity to discuss curricular and research issues in neuroscience, biopsychology and related areas.