Neurobiology Seminar Series 2021-2022
October 12, 2021
Thomas Bozza, PhD | Department of Neurobiology - Northwestern University
Title: "The genetic basis of mammalian olfactory function"
Location: Online
Time: 4:00 pm
October 19, 2021
Andrew Hires, PhD | Department of Biological Sciences - University of Southern California
Title: "Tactile learning in somatosensory cortex”
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
November 2, 2021
Robert Johnston, PhD | Program in Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
Title: "Cone subtype specification in human retinal organoids"
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
December 14, 2021
Ilana Witten, PhD | Department of Neuroscience - Princeton University
Title: "Individual and time-varying mechanisms of learning and decision-making"
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
February 8, 2022
Walter Gonzalez, PhD | Caltech University
Title: "Overcoming Noise: How Networks of Neurons Adapt to Preserve Behavior"
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
February 15, 2022
Brandon Weissbourd, PhD | Caltech University
Title: "A genetically tractable jellyfish model for systems and evolutionary neuroscience”
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
February 22, 2022
Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani, PhD | Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Title: "Complex topographic maps reveal ecological priors in the visual system"
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
March 1, 2022
Qian Lin, PhD | Rockefeller University
Title: "Whole-brain neurodynamics reveal decision making at the single-trial level"
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
March 8, 2022
Gabriella Sterne | UC Berkeley
Title: "Neural circuits for feeding decisions"
Location: Online
Time: 12:30 pm
April 5, 2022
Emma Alexander, PhD | Department of Computer Science - Northwestern University
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA
May 3, 2022
Sandro Romani, PhD | HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Title: "Synaptic and circuit mechanisms for long and short-term memory"
Location: TBA
Time: TBA
May 10, 2022
Dieter Jaeger, PhD | Department of Biology - Emory University
Title: “The role of basal ganglia input to the ventromedial thalamus in motor decision making and timing”
Location: TBA
Time: TBA