Seminar and Colloquia
Seminar and Colloquia dates subject to change. Seminars are held in MSB 2.135. WebEx Information will be updated upon availability.
Seminar Series Coordinator: Yin Liu, Ph.D., Tel 713.500.5362
Colloquium Coordinator: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., Tel 713.500.5710
2022-2023 Seminar and Colloquia Season
Curtis Neveu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow – CV
Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth Houston
“Role and mechanisms of neuronal bursting activity in motor patterns”
Wed., February 8, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
John Wolf, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Neurosurgery
University of Pennsylvania
Wed., February 22, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m. (WebEx Presentation)
Host: John Broussard, Ph.D.
Ofer Yizhar, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Brain Sciences
Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv
Wed., March 1, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Fernanda Laezza, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Program Director and Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Wed., March 22, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Zayd M. Khaliq, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Cellular Neurophysiology Section
NINDS – N.I.H.
Wed., March 29, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.
Ling-Gang Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Synaptic Transmission Section
NINDS – N.I.H.
Wed., April 12, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Ruth Heidelberger, M.D., Ph.D.
Sung-Yon Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Seoul National University
Wed., May 10, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Previous Speakers in 2022-2023
Jerzy Szablowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Department of Bioengineering
Rice University
“Noninvasive Neuroengineering”
Wed., October 5, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.
Vijay Mohan K. Namboodiri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
“Prospective and retrospective associative learning in the brain.”
Wed., October 26, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Harel Shouval, Ph.D.
Keran Ma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School
“Mechanisms Underlying Network Abnormalities in Alzheimer’s Disease”
Wed., November 2, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.
Yves Fregnac, Ph.D.
Director
Institute Of Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS-UNIC)
SPECIAL DATE/TIME – Thursday, November 17, 2022 @ 4:00 p.m.
“Neuropsychogony”: the impact of the myth of digital consciousness on global neuroscience.
Host: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.
Andrea Stavoe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School
“Restoring Age-Related Decreases in Neuronal Autophagy”
Wed., December 14, 2022 @ 11:00 a.m.