UT Brainstorms

Join us on April 16th for 
UT Brainstorms!

The Rhythmic Brain: A conversation about the neuroscience of synchrony

Presenter: Dr. Laura Colgin
UT Austin Professor of Neuroscience

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Location:  Robert A. Welch Hall, Room 2.224        
                     105 E 24th St. (Corner of 24th and Speedway)
                     Austin, TX. 78712           

Parking: Parking is available at the Speedway garage.
                Parking vouchers will be provided for Speedway garage.
                NOTE- PLEASE PARK ONLY IN SPEEDWAY GARAGE

Walking map from garages to Welch

Meet the Presenter:
Dr. Laura Colgin is a professor of Neuroscience at UT Austin, and the Director of the Center for Learning & Memory.  She earned her PhD from the University of California Irvine and did her postdoctoral fellowship with laboratory of Nobel laureates Edvard and May-Britt Moser at the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology. Laura’s research aims to understand how the brain forms and changes memories through learning. Her lab studies how groups of neurons coordinate to represent memories and how disruptions in this coordination may lead to learning disabilities and memory disorders in rodent models. Laura’s main pastime outside of work is dancing. 

Meet the Panelists:
Dave Clarke, M.D. is a globally recognized epileptologist and professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. He leads the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Dell Children’s Medical Center, a Level 4 center providing advanced care for children with epilepsy. Clarke’s work focuses on expanding access to epilepsy care through telemedicine, global training initiatives, and innovative technologies that aim to improve diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life for patients worldwide.

Isabel Moreno graduated from Texas A&M University in 2025 as an Undergraduate Research Scholar with a B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience and a minor in Dance Performance. She is currently a first year PhD student in la of Dr. Kevin Kumar the UT Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program. Her dissertation work centers on developing and optimizing novel therapeutic strategies for pediatric brain tumors. Outside of the lab, she continues training as a dancer as part of Revision Dance Company.