2025-2026 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

Xiaolong Jiang, Ph.D.

Xiaolong Jiang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine

“Diverse Genes, Convergent Circuit? Decoding Cellular and Circuit Basis of Absence Seizures”
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.


Nagayama

Shin Nagayama, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

“The Possible Neural Basis of Mental Fog: Slow Oscillations from the Olfactory Bulb to Cortex”
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.


Luca Della Santina, Ph.D., Pharm.D.Luca Della Santina, Ph.D., Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor
Office of Vision Science, College of Optometry
University of Houston
“Large Scale Detection of Synaptic Markers in the Retina to Assess Patterns of Circuit Disassembly During Neurodegeneration”
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Ruth Heidelberger, M.D., Ph.D.


Roy Silltoe, Ph.D.Roy Sillitoe, Ph.D.
Professor
Duncan Neurological Research Institute (DNRI)
Baylor College of Medicine

“Cerebellar dysfunction as a source of multiple motor phenotypes: a series of in vivo studies using conditional genetics and optogenetics in mice”
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.


Yin Liu, Ph.D.Yin Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

 


Shigeki WatanabeShigeki Watanabe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

“Crafting neural messages: the symphony of form, force, and function”
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Shin Nagayama, Ph.D.

 


Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

 


Jessica Nelson, Ph.D.Jessica Nelson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cell & Developmental Biology
University of Colorado

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Andrea Stavoe, Ph.D.

 


Andrea KH Stavoe, Ph.D.Andrea Stavoe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

 


Yanjun Sun, Ph.D.Yanjun Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

 


Dr. Jeannie ChinJeannie Chin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Keran Ma, Ph.D.


Keran Ma, Ph.D. headshot photoKeran Ma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 @ 11:00 a.m.

 


Prior Speakers

Harel Shouval

Harel Shouval, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy
UTHealth McGovern Medical School

“Maintenance of Memory by Negative-Feedback of Synaptic Protein Elimination”
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

 


Julio Cordero Morales, Ph.D.

Julio F. Cordero-Morales, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UTHealth McGovern Medical School
“Unraveling the Functional and Structural Mechanisms of a Channelopathy-Driven Cerebellar Ataxia”
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Neal Waxham, Ph.D.


Pingping Zhao, Ph.D.

Pingping Zhao, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist
Brain Research Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m.
Host: Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy

 


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