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Seminars

Mary Notter Lectureship

Elizabeth Doty Lectureship

"The Internal Focus of Attention"

Anna Christina Nobre, PhD - Wu Tsa Professor of Psychology
Director, Center for Neurocognition and Behavior
Wu Tsa Institute
Yale University, New Haven, CT

May 2, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - Upper Auditorium 3-9719

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Visiting Neuroscience Speakers

The flashing spotlight: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence of rhythmic selective attention

Ian Fiebelkorn, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Department of Psychology, Princeton University - Sponsor: NBA and Neuromedicine

Jan 07, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Department of Neuroscience and the Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuromedicine

A novel kinase pathway regulating axon morphogenesis and presynaptic release through regulation of mitochondria localization and function

Franck Polleaux - Columbia University - Sponsor: NGP

Jan 12, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Host: NGP: Shiona Biswas

New Dimensions of Attention Research

Adam Snyder, Ph.D. - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon/Ophthalmology, Univ. Pittsburgh - Sponsor: NBA and Neuromedicine

Jan 28, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: John Foxe

Neurophysiological mechanisms of working memory: plasticity during development and learning

Christos Constantinidis, Ph.D. - Wake Forest - Sponsor: NBA and Neuromedicine

Feb 11, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Liz Romanski

Molecular Mechanisms that Organize Central Synapses in Drosophila

Timothy J. Mosca, Ph.D. - Stanford University
Sponsor: Dept Neuroscience and Del Monte Institute for Neuromedicine

Mar 10, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9576 (Case Method Room)

Host: Dept Neuroscience and Del Monte Institute for Neuromedicine

Identification of Progenitor Cells in the Cochlea: Regulation by Wnt Signaling

Albert Edge - Harvard University

Apr 25, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Host: Aleta Steevens

Thinking about motor planning and motor skill

John W. Krakauer - Johns Hopkins University
Sponsor: Schmitt Program, Dept. of Neuroscience

Jun 09, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Sex Hormone-Based Therapy for Schizophrenia: From the Clinic to the Bench and Back Again - Faculty Candidate

Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Ph.D. - Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of Schizophrenia Research
Neuroscience Research Australia
Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales

Jul 11, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Faculty Candidate: The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Neurological Disorders

Vincenzo (Alessandro) Gennarino, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Associate
Dept. Molecular & Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine

Aug 11, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Faculty Candidate: Prefrontal Mechanism of Learning and Strategic Decision Making

Hyo Jung Seo, Ph.D. - Associate Research Scientist
Dept. Neurobiology
Yale Univ. School of Medicine

Sep 08, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

CNS lymphatic drainage in health and disease

Jonathan Kipnis - Univ. Virginia School of Medicine
Sponsor: Neuroscience Grad Program

Sep 12, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program

Faculty Candidate: Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Visual Attention and Working Memory

Bradley R. Postle, PhD - Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Sep 15, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-7619 Upper S-Wing Auditorium

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

Faculty Candidate: Linking Fundamental Prefrontal Synaptic Mechanisms to Cognitive Disorders

Wei-Dong Yao, PhD - Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences SUNY –Upstate Medical University

Sep 26, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple Auditorium

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

The Functional Organization of Axons in Health & Disease

Matt Rasband - Baylor College of Medicine

Sep 29, 2016 @ 3:15 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Peter Shrager

Traumatic injury to the developing brain: Identifying the acute “game changers” that adversely shape the trajectory of recovery

Linda Noble-Haeusslein - Univ. California San Francisco
Sponsor: Neuroscience Grad Program

Oct 03, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Heather Natola

Faculty Candidate: Localization of Cognitive Functions in the Primate Brain: Is the Prefrontal Cortex Special?

Christos Constantinidis, Ph.D. - Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Oct 06, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

Faculty Candidate: Micro- and Macro-Scale Cortical Dynamics Underlying Visual Attention

Adam C. Snyder, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Ophthalmology, Univ. Pittsburgh

Oct 17, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Neuroscience Faculty Candidate

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

Faculty Candidate: Mechanism(s) of Striatal Vulnerability in Huntington Disease

Srinivasa Subramaniam, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Scripps Research Institute, Florida

Oct 24, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

Neuroscience Faculty Candidate

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

Faculty Candidate: Exploring Vision and Attention at the level of Neuronal Circuits

Farran Briggs, PhD - Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Oct 31, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

Faculty Candidate: Parietal-Frontal Circuits in Action

Micheal Vesia, PhD - University of Toronto

Nov 07, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

A Genetic-First Approach to Parsing the Biology of Neurodevelopment Disorders

Armin Raznahan, MD, PhD - Chief, Developmental Neurogenomics Unit, Child Psychiatry Branch National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Health Bethesda, MD

Dec 02, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 1-9576 Case Method Room

Host: The Neuroscience Graduate Program Colloquium

Faculty Candidate: Using Robotics to Advance Our Understanding of Sensorimotor Deficits After Stroke

Jennifer Semrau, PhD - University of Calgary

Dec 12, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m.

Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Host: Dept. Neuroscience

Translational Control Mechanisms of VEGFA

Peng Yao, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Dec 14, 2016 @ 2:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Intramural Speakers

Neural Correlates of Behavioral Sensitivity to Complex Sounds in the Budgerigar Midbrain

Kenneth Henry, Ph.D. - Laurel Carney Lab - Sponsor: SFN Chapter

Jan 14, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Communication Breakdown: Impairment in the Integration of the Senses and the Implications for Autism and Dyslexia

John Foxe, PhD - Director Del Monte Neuromedicine Institute
18th Annual Marvin J. Hoffman Lecture

Mar 28, 2016 @ 12:00 p.m.

Medical Center | Class of '62 Aud

6th Annual Donald and Virginia Insley Lecture: The Search for Endophenotypes in Schizophrenia

John Foxe, Ph.D. - Director, Ernest J. Del Monte Neuromedicine Institute Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Professorship in Neuroscience, Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center

Jun 10, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m.

Medical Center | Class of ‘62 Auditorium (G-9425)

Events

Seminars

Mary Notter Lectureship

Elizabeth Doty Lectureship

"The Internal Focus of Attention"

Visiting Neuroscience Speakers

The flashing spotlight: behavioral and electrophysiological evidence of rhythmic selective attention

A novel kinase pathway regulating axon morphogenesis and presynaptic release through regulation of mitochondria localization and function

New Dimensions of Attention Research

Neurophysiological mechanisms of working memory: plasticity during development and learning

Molecular Mechanisms that Organize Central Synapses in Drosophila

Identification of Progenitor Cells in the Cochlea: Regulation by Wnt Signaling

Thinking about motor planning and motor skill

Sex Hormone-Based Therapy for Schizophrenia: From the Clinic to the Bench and Back Again - Faculty Candidate

Faculty Candidate: The Role of RNA-Binding Proteins in Neurological Disorders

Faculty Candidate: Prefrontal Mechanism of Learning and Strategic Decision Making

CNS lymphatic drainage in health and disease

Faculty Candidate: Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Visual Attention and Working Memory

Faculty Candidate: Linking Fundamental Prefrontal Synaptic Mechanisms to Cognitive Disorders

The Functional Organization of Axons in Health & Disease

Traumatic injury to the developing brain: Identifying the acute “game changers” that adversely shape the trajectory of recovery

Faculty Candidate: Localization of Cognitive Functions in the Primate Brain: Is the Prefrontal Cortex Special?

Faculty Candidate: Micro- and Macro-Scale Cortical Dynamics Underlying Visual Attention

Faculty Candidate: Mechanism(s) of Striatal Vulnerability in Huntington Disease

Faculty Candidate: Exploring Vision and Attention at the level of Neuronal Circuits

Faculty Candidate: Parietal-Frontal Circuits in Action

A Genetic-First Approach to Parsing the Biology of Neurodevelopment Disorders

Faculty Candidate: Using Robotics to Advance Our Understanding of Sensorimotor Deficits After Stroke

Translational Control Mechanisms of VEGFA

Intramural Speakers

Neural Correlates of Behavioral Sensitivity to Complex Sounds in the Budgerigar Midbrain

Communication Breakdown: Impairment in the Integration of the Senses and the Implications for Autism and Dyslexia

6th Annual Donald and Virginia Insley Lecture: The Search for Endophenotypes in Schizophrenia

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