2022-2023 Seminars 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


Jerzy SzablowskiJerzy 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 Namboodiri, 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. headshot photoKeran 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 FregnacYves 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.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.


Curtis Neveu, Ph.D.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.John Wolf, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Neurosurgery
University of Pennsylvania
“Limbic disruption underlying cognitive deficits following TBI”
Wed., February 22, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.  (Zoom Presentation Link)

Host: John Broussard, Ph.D.


Dr. Ofer YizharOfer Yizhar, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Brain Sciences
Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv
“New optogenetic approaches for selective control of long-range neuronal projections”
Wed., March 1, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, D.V.M., Ph.D.


Dr. Zayd M. KhaliqZayd M. Khaliq, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Cellular Neurophysiology Section
NINDS – N.I.H.
“Local Receptor Control of Axonal Excitability and Striatal Dopamine Release”
Wed., March 29, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Michael Beierlein, Ph.D.


Ling-Gang Wu, M.D., Ph.D.Ling-Gang Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Synaptic Transmission Section
NINDS – N.I.H.
“Visualizing exo- and endocytosis membrane transformation in live cells.”
Wed., April 12, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

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


Fernanda Laezza Head Shot PhotoFernanda Laezza, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Program Director and Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
“Targeting Ion Channel Modulators for Neurotherapeutic Discovery and Development”
Wed., May 3, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, D.V.M., Ph.D.


Sung-Yon Kim, Ph.D.Sung-Yon Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Seoul National University
“Warm and full: neural circuits for behavioral regulation of homeostasis”
Wed., May 10, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Fabricio H. Do Monte, D.V.M., Ph.D.


Faculty Headshot of Dr. Adam KohnAdam Kohn, Ph.D.
Professor
Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Corticocortical communication”
Wed., May 17, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m.

Host: Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D.