2024-2025 Seminars and Colloquia
Seminar and Colloquia dates are subject to change. Seminars are held in MSB 2.135.
Seminar and Colloquia Series Coordinator: Yin Liu, Ph.D., Tel 713.500.5362
Upcoming Speakers
Yulong Li, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
School of Life Sciences
Peking University Life Sciences
Spying on Neuromodulator Dynamics In Vivo by Constructing Multi-Color Genetically-Encoded Sensor
Wed., February 26, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Qingchun Tong, Ph.D.
Hemanth Mohan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Neurobiology & Anatomy
University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Wed., March 19, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Mohammed Milad, Ph.D.
Professor
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Decoding threat and safety in the human brain
Wed., March 26, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, DVM, Ph.D.
Anna K. Gillespie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
University of Washington Medicine
Wed., April 16, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Keran Ma, Ph.D.
Christina Tringides, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Rice University
Wed., May 14, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, DVM, Ph.D.
Past Speakers
Michael Mauk, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
College of Natural Science, The University of Texas at Austin
“What makes associative learning associative?”
Wed., September 11, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Harel Shouval, Ph.D.
Xuefang Ren, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
McGovern Medical School
“Mitochondria and the blood-brain barrier in stroke”
Wed., October 23, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Yin Liu, Ph.D.
Longjun Wu, Ph.D.
Professor
Center for Neuroimmunology and Glial Biology
Institute of Molecular Medicine at McGovern Medical School
“Neuroimmune interactions: harnessing the power to brain immunity.”
Wed., November 20, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.
Anna Matynia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Optometry
University of Houston
“A timeline of structural and functional consequences to intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Wed., December 4, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Ruth Heidelberger, M.D., Ph.D.
Kelly Bijanki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
“Unlocking affective neurobiology through intracranial recording and stimulation”
Wed., December 11, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Harel Shouval, Ph.D.
Vidhya Rangaraju, Ph.D.
Research Group Leader
Max Planck Florida
Institute For Neuroscience
Molecular and Structural Adaptations of Brain Energy Supply
Wed., January 15, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Neal Waxham, Ph.D.
Solange Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The synaptic organization of corticothalamic neurons
Wed., February 19, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.
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