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Neurobiology Seminar Series 2026-27

James Fitzgerald, Ph.D. | Northwestern University

September 22, 2026

James Fitzgerald, Ph.D. | Northwestern University

Title: Theories That Illuminate: Experimentally Grounded Models of Neural Computation

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30 pm


Hojoon Lee, Ph.D. | Northwestern University

September 29, 2026

Hojoon Lee, Ph.D. | Northwestern University

Title: Sweet to Sick: Brainstem Taste Circuits in Health and Illness

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30 pm


Alex Keinath, Ph.D. | University of Illinois at Chicago

October 20, 2026

Alex Keinath, Ph.D. | University of Illinois at Chicago

Title: Bridging Gaps with Cognitive Maps

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30 pm


Eric Yttri, Ph.D. | Carnegie Mellon University

October 27, 2026

Eric Yttri, Ph.D. | Carnegie Mellon University

Title: Continuous Control of Performance and Actions through Cortico-Striatal Dynamics

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30 pm


Reza Shadmehr, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University

November 9, 2026

Reza Shadmehr, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University

Title: Neural Computation of the Cerebellum

Location: Frances Searle 1-421

Time: 12:00pm


Yaniv Ziv, Ph.D. | Weizmann Institute of Science

November 11, 2026

Yaniv Ziv, Ph.D. | Weizmann Institute of Science

Title: Constraints and Degrees of Freedom of Representational Drift in the Hippocampal-Entorhinal Network

Location: Cook 3-118

Time: 1:30pm


Bosiljka Tasic, Ph.D. | Allen Institute

April 20, 2027

Bosiljka Tasic, Ph.D. | Allen Institute

Title: TBD

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30 pm


Britton Sauerbrei, Ph.D. | Case Western Reserve University

May 4, 2027

Britton Sauerbrei, Ph.D. | Case Western Reserve University

Title: TBD

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30pm


Arpiar Saunders, Ph.D. | Vollum Institute, OHSU

May 18, 2027

Arpiar Saunders, Ph.D. | Vollum Institute, OHSU

Title: TBD

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30 pm


Jun Ding, Ph.D. | Stanford University

May 25, 2027

Jun Ding, Ph.D. | Stanford University

Title: TBD

Location: Pancoe Abbott Auditorium

Time: 12:30 pm