Upcoming Seminars
2021-2022 Neuroscience Seminar Series: Neuro 510
Mondays, 3:30pm – 4:50pm (Unless stated otherwise)
Seminars will be hosted in Health science D-209 or via the livestream link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91561927660
Spring Quarter 2022
March 28, 2022
Dr. Larry S. Zweifel,
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pharmacology
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Neuropeptide contributions to the complexity the midbrain dopamine system”
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April 4, 2022
Dr. Ania Majewska,
Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Center for Visual Science
University of Rochester
Seminar Title: “Microglia shape synaptic function in health and disease”
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April 11, 2022
Dr. Elizabeth Buffalo,
Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Neural Dynamics for Memory Formation in the Primate Hippocampus”
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April 18, 2022
Dr. Franck Kalume,
Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
School of Medicine, University of Washington
Principle Investigator, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Seminar Title: “Disentangling Epilepsy From Other Symptoms of Mitochondrial Disease: The Leigh Syndrome Case”
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April 25, 2022
Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta,
Professor of Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School
Seminar Title: “defining the neural basis for spontaneous behavior”
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May 2, 2022
Dr. Abigail Schindler
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Polytrauma Clinical Triad and substance use disorder risk: bench to bedside and beyond”
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May 9, 2022
Dr. John Krakauer (Virtual)
John C. Malone Professor
Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Co-director, Brain, Learning, Animation, & Movement Lab.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
External Professor, The Santa Fe Institute
Seminar Title: “The challenge of training the injured brain”
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May 16, 2022
Dr. Ramkumar Sabesan
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Opthalmology
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Mechanisms and applications of human cone optoretinography”
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May 23, 2022
BE BOUNDLESS RESEARCH SEMINAR:
Showcasing senior scientists, acting instructors, and postdocs
Dr. David Ottenheimer
Post-doctoral fellow, Steinmetz & Stuber Lab
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Parsing cue-reward coding across mouse prefrontal, motor, and olfactory cortex”
&
Dr. Kasey Girven
Post-doctoral fellow, Bruchas Lab
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Decoding Neuropeptide S Modulation of Reward Seeking Behavior”
Autumn Quarter 2021
October 4, 2021
BE BOUNDLESS RESEARCH SEMINAR:
Showcasing senior scientists, acting instructors, and postdocs
Dr. Sean Piantadosi
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Bruchas Lab)
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Neuromodulation of Amygdala Ensembles in Aversion”
&
Dr. Nicholas Bush
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ramirez Lab
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Seminar Title “Large scale neural population dynamics for the control of breathing”
October 11, 2021
Dr. David Olson
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine; Center for Neuroscience, Memory and Plasticity Group
University of California – Davis
Seminar Title: “Psychedelics and Related Plasticity-Promoting Neurotherapeutics”
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October 18, 2021
Dr. Anne Churchland
Professor, Department of Neurobiology
UCLA
Seminar Title: “Pyramidal cell types drive functionally distinct cortical activity patterns during decision-making”
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October 25, 2021
Dr. Horacio de la Iglesia
Professor, Department of Biology
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “A Fear-Entrained Circadian Clock in the Mouse”
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November 1, 2021
Dr. Sarah Woolley
Professor, Department of Psychology
Columbia University
Seminar Title: “Tuning the brain for social communication: auditory mechanisms that drive vocal learning and perception”
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November 8, 2021
BE BOUNDLESS RESEARCH SEMINAR:
Showcasing senior scientists, acting instructors, and postdocs
Dr. Alison Weber
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology,
University of Washington
Seminar Title “Biological and Bio-Inspired Sensing for Flight”
&
Dr. Katie Stanchak
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology,
University of Washington
Seminar Title “The Avian Lumbosacral Organ”
November 15, 2021
Dr. Andrea Stocco
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Predicting Individual Differences in Forgetting With Computational Models, EEG, and fMRI”
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November 22, 2021
Dr. Andy Shih
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Seminar Title: “Optical dissection of brain capillary function”
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November 29, 2021
Dr. Christine Merlin
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Texas A&M University
Seminar Title: “Molecular neurobiology of monarch butterfly seasonal migration”
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December 6, 2021
BE BOUNDLESS RESEARCH SEMINAR:
Showcasing senior scientists, acting instructors, and postdocs
Dr. Andrea McQuate
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Structure (Raible Lab)
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Spaghetti and Beans: Hair Cell Development and Activity Shape a Unique Mitochondrial Phenotype”
&
Dr. Maria Purice
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Singhvi Lab
Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center
Seminar Title “The molecular atlas of C. elegans glia across sex and age”
Winter Quarter 2022
January 3, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Dr. Susan Ferguson
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW
Director, Addictions, Drug and Alcohol Institute
Principal Investigator, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Seminar Title: “Drugs and rats and cells, oh my! Dissecting the contribution of corticostriatal circuits in addiction behaviors”
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January 10, 2022 (Virtual)
Dr. Mario Penzo
Principal Investigator, Unit on the Neurobiology of Affective Memory
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Seminar Title: “The paraventricular thalamus and the control of active avoidance behavior”
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January 24, 2022 (Virtual)
Dr. Ysabel Giraldo
Assistant Professor, Entomology
University of California – Riverside
Seminar Title: “Flies flying straight: Vision and memory in Drosophila navigation”
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January 31, 2022
Dr. Ian Peikon & Dr. Julie Harris
CSO & VP of Preclinical Biology Respectively
Cajal Neuroscience
Seminar Title: “Cajal Neuroscience – Developing new drugs for neurodegeneration”
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February 14, 2022
Dr. Carlos Campos
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
University of Washington
Seminar Title: “Valence assignment in the thalamus”
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February 28, 2022 (Virtual)
Dr. Naoshige Uchida
Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
Seminar Title: “Diversity of dopamine neurons: toward a normative understanding”
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March 7, 2022
Dr. David Schoppik
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine;
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York University – Langone
Seminar Title: “Functional development of a sensorimotor circuit in space and time”
HSB T-639
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