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Seminar Series

Aug 25, 2025 – Apr 27, 2026

All seminars take place in NHB 1.720 unless otherwise noted.

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2025-26 Schedule

Dec

8

2025

The biology of fatigue: lessons from C. elegans

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: David Raizen - University of Pennsylvania

Jan

12

2026

Unlocking the Metabolic Mysteries of Sleep

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm • In Person

Speakers: Amita Seghal - University of Pennsylvania

Jan

26

2026

Camillo Padoa-Schioppa

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Camillo Padoa-Schioppa - Washington University in St. Louis

Feb

2

2026

Kimberly Tolias

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Kimberly Tolias - Baylor College of Medicine

Feb

9

2026

Bianxiao Cui

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Bianxiao Cui - Stanford University

Feb

16

2026

David Ehrlich

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: David Ehrlich - University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mar

9

2026

Geoffrey Schoenbaum

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Geoffrey Schoenbaum - NIH

Mar

23

2026

Kara Marshall

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Kara Marshall - Baylor College of Medicine

Apr

27

2026

Mark Brandon

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Mark Brandon - McGill University

Past Events

Nov

10

2025

Addressing Substance Use and Mood Disorders through L-type calcium channel investigations and with Advocacy and Social Justice Tools

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Nii Addy - Yale University

Nov

3

2025

Neural circuit dynamics underlying learning and memory reorganization in freely moving primates

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Kari Hoffman - Vanderbilt University

Oct

27

2025

Interneuron-specific gene replacement therapy for Dravet Syndrome: Preclinical Developments

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Franck Kalume - University of Washington

Oct

20

2025

Keeping your brain in balance: Homeostatic regulation of network function

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Gina Turrigiano - Brandeis University

Sep

29

2025

Piezo1: Sensing Forces to Steer Brain Vascular Dynamics

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Osama Harraz - University of Vermont

Sep

15

2025

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms of neuronal diversification

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Luisa Cochella - Johns Hopkins University

Apr

28

2025

Modulation of hippocampal spine dynamics, dendritic processing, and spatial coding by ovarian hormones

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Michael Goard - UC Santa Barbara

Apr

21

2025

Dynamic changes of brain cell types in development and aging

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Hongkui Zeng - Allen Institute for Brain Science

Apr

14

2025

Mechanisms of chronic pain: lessons from studies of human DRG and spinal cord

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Ted Price - UT Dallas

Mar

31

2025

Mapping and modulating human brain connections

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Sarah Heilbronner - Baylor College of Medicine

Mar

24

2025

Computational Principles of Primate Auditory Cortex

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Xiaoqin Wang - Johns Hopkins University

Feb

17

2025

Are astrocytes the key to understanding neurodegenerative disease?

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Shane Liddelow - New York University

Feb

10

2025

It's all how you look at it: Construal is reflected in brain and behavior

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Peter Balsam - Columbia University

Jan

27

2025

Alcohol induced memory deficits: State-dependent learning in C. elegans

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Jill Bettinger - Virginia Commonwealth University

Jan

13

2025

Role of the brain mesolimbic pathway in pain-induced anhedonia and opioid seeking.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Jose Moron-Concepcion - Washington University

Dec

9

2024

Large Pore Connexin Hemichannels: Channels or Transporters?

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Jorge E. Contreras - UC Davis

Nov

4

2024

Determining native-like membrane protein structures from cell membrane-derived vesicles.

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Chen Zhao - University of Florida

Oct

11

2024

A single neuron is a complex adaptive system

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Speakers: Rishikesh Narayanan - Indian Institute of Science

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