Day | Time: Thursdays at 4:00pm
Location: Rock Hall Auditorium except as noted
- Telecast Link from September to December 2016
- Telecast Link from January to March 2017
- Telecast Link from April to May
September 21, 2016
Adrian Moore, PhD
RIKEN Institute
“The Generation of Neuronal Diversity: Chromatin to Wiring”
Host: Aimee Kao
October 6, 2016
Cagla Eroglu, PhD
Duke University
“Control of synaptic connectivity by astrocytes”
Host: Anna Molofsky
October 13, 2016
Benjamin Deneen, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
“Developmental Gliogenesis: The Crossroads of Cell Fate and Malignancy in the CNS”
Host: Jonah Chan
October 27, 2016
Asif Ghazanfar, PhD
Princeton University
“Developmental neuromechanicsof vocal communication”
Host: Edward Chang
December 1, 2016
Fen-Biao Gao, PhD
University of Massachusetts
“Insights from iPSC and Drosophila Models of C9ORF72-Related FTD/ALS”
Host: Eric Huang
December 15, 2016
Jason MacLean, PhD
University of Chicago
“Higher-order synaptic interactions coordinate dynamics in recurrent networks”
Host: Vikaas Sohal
January 12, 2017
Dennis Dickson, MD
Mayo Clinic
“The ClinicopathologicSpectrum of Neurodegenerative Tauopathies”
Host: Ken Nakamura
January 26, 2017
Michael Rosbash, PhD
Brandeis University
“Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in Flies: Molecules, Neurons and Circuits”
Host: Ying-Hui Fu
March 2, 2017
Chris Walsh, MD, PhD
Harvard
“From Lineages of Neurons to Lineages of Humans: Human Genetics and Brain Evolution”
Host: John Rubenstein
March 9, 2017
Michael Long, PhD
NYU
"How Does the Brain Generate Behavioral Sequences?"
Host: Michael Brainard
April 6, 2017
Vanessa Ruta, PhD
The Rockefeller University
“Neural Circuits for Adaptive Behaviors”
Host: Michael Brainard
April 13, 2017
Anne West, MD, PhD
Duke University
“Chromatin Regulation of Neuronal Maturation and Plasticity”
Host: Sam Pleasure
April 20, 2017
Jess Cardin, PhD
Yale University
“Cortical Function and Dysfunction: A Role for Dendrite Targeting Interneurons in Cortical Development and Disease”
Host: Vikaas Sohal
April 27, 2017
Hongjun Song, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
“Single-Cell Analysis of Adult Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis”
Host: Mazen Kheirbek
May 4, 2017
Gail Mandel, PhD
Vollum Institute
“How Close Are We To Repairing Epigenetic Neurological Diseases: Lessons from Rett Syndrome”
Host: Lily Jan
May 18, 2017
Michael Bruchas, PhD
Washington University, St. Louis
“Dissecting Neuromodulatory Circuits and Signaling in Affective Behavior”
Host: Mazen Kheirbek
May 26, 2017
Sergiu Pasca, MD
Stanford University
"Tridimensional Models of the Human Cerebral Cortex to Study Development and Disease"
Host: Anna Molofsky