Seminars and Events | Center of Excellence in Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion

4/4,11:00 AM – ‘NAPE Distinguished Speaker Series’ Seminar by Dr. Tianyi Mao, Professor and Senior Scientist at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Mao will present “Neural Circuits and Their Modulation Underlying Sensori-motor Function.”

4/7, 1:00 – 3:00 PM – GPN Dissertation Defense by Lydia Gordon-Fennell from the Phillips Lab. Lydia will be presenting “Neuropeptidergic Modulation of Canonical Reward Circuitry Underlying Escalation of Cocaine Consumption”.

4/7, 3:30 PM – GPN Seminar by Dr. Jonathan Ting, Associate Investigator at the Allen Institute. Dr. Ting will present “Leveraging single cell genomics for discovery, application, and comparison of brain cell type targeting tools across mammalian species”

4/8, 4:30 PM – 2025 Crill Lecture by Dr. Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia. Dr. Abdus-Saboor will be presenting “Skin-Brain Axis for Tactile Sensations”

4/11, 11:00 AM – ‘NAPE Distinguished Speaker Series’ by Dr. Matt Gardner, Assistant Professor of Psychology. Dr. Gardner will be presenting “Involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex in integrating offer features during decision-making”.

4/14, 11:30 AM – Seminar by Dr. Jan Seimans, Professor at the Pharmacological Institute, Heidelberg University, will be presenting “Heat & Pain – From Spinal Cord to Hypothalamus”

4/24, 2:00 – 4:00 PM – GPN Dissertation Defense by Jordan Shaker from the Steinmetz lab. Jordan will be presenting “The midbrain reticular formation in flexible visual decision-making”

4/25, 11:00 AM – ‘NAPE Distinguished Speaker Series’ Seminar by Dr. Mark Andermann, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Talk title TBA

4/28, 1:00 PM – Department of Bioengineering Dissertation Defense by Avi Matarasso from the Bruchas Lab. Avi will be presenting “LC-Mediated DA Dynamics in Appetitive and Aversive Stimuli”.

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