Neurobiology Seminar Series 2020-2021
![David J. Linden, PhD |Johns Hopkins Medicine](linden,-david-photo.png)
November 17, 2020
David J. Linden, PhD |Johns Hopkins Medicine
Title: "Unique: The Science of Human Individuality”
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Jennifer Hoy, PhD |Biology - University of Nevada, Reno](hoy,-jennifer-photo.png)
December 1, 2020
Jennifer Hoy, PhD |Biology - University of Nevada, Reno
Title: "Context Dependent Processing of Novel Visual Stimuli in Mice"
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Arif A. Hamid, PhD |Hanna Gray Fellow - Howard Hughes Medical Institute](hamid,-arif-photo.png)
December 11, 2020
Arif A. Hamid, PhD |Hanna Gray Fellow - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Title: "Striatal Dopamine Waves as a Mechanism for Spatiotemporal Credit Assignment"
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 12:00 pm -1:00 pm
![Gabrielle Gutierrez, PhD |Computational Neuroscientist - University of Washington](gutierrez-photo.png)
January 19, 2021
Gabrielle Gutierrez, PhD |Computational Neuroscientist - University of Washington
Title: “The smart image compression algorithm in the retina: a theoretical study of recoding inputs in neural circuits”
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Theanne Griffith, PhD |Physiology and Membrane Biology - UC Davis Health](griffith-pic.png)
January 26, 2021
Theanne Griffith, PhD |Physiology and Membrane Biology - UC Davis Health
Title: "Cool Sensations: A role for NaV1.1 in cold-sensing neuron excitability”
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Biafra Ahanonu, PhD |University of California, San Francisco](ahanonu.jpg)
March 2, 2021
Biafra Ahanonu, PhD |University of California, San Francisco
Title: Neural ensemble coding of pain in behaving animals
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Josh Siegle, PhD |Allen Institute for Brain Science](siegle,-josh-photo.png)
March 30, 2021
Josh Siegle, PhD |Allen Institute for Brain Science
Title: The Allen Brain Observatory: a standardized platform for in vivo neurophysiology
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Aya Osman, PhD |Seaver Foundation Fellow - Mount Sinai Hospital](osman.jpg)
April 6, 2021
Aya Osman, PhD |Seaver Foundation Fellow - Mount Sinai Hospital
Title: Role of Gut-Derived Acetate in Autism-Related Behaviors
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Gerald B. Downes, PhD |UMass Amherst](downes_gerald.jpg)
April 13, 2021
Gerald B. Downes, PhD |UMass Amherst
Title: "From swimming to seizures: Investigating locomotion and epilepsy in developing zebrafish”
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Ketema Paul, PhD |UCLA](paul,-ketema-photo.png)
April 27, 2021
Ketema Paul, PhD |UCLA
Title: "Interactions between sex chromosome dosage and sleep regulatory mechanisms"
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Mario Penzo, PhD |NIMH](penzo,-mario-photo.png)
May 11, 2021
Mario Penzo, PhD |NIMH
Title: “Interrogating the role of the paraventricular thalamus in fear”
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
![Sama Ahmed, PhD |Center for the Physics of Biological Function - Princeton University](ahmed,-sama-photo.png)
May 25, 2021
Sama Ahmed, PhD |Center for the Physics of Biological Function - Princeton University
Title: "Walking and singing: the neurobiology of multitasking in Drosophila”
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 4:00 pm -5:00 pm