School of Neuroscience Innovators Seminar Series
Archived Innovator Seminar Series
Archived from Spring of 2021 - Fall of 2022.
Fall 2022 Speaker List
Date |
Seminar Speaker |
Position/Affiliation |
September 21
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Associate Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Matt Weston’s research seeks to understand how and why these genetic variants cause such an extreme imbalance of excitation and inhibition in the brain. |
October 5 |
Professor, Neuroscience and Director, Center for Affective Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Dr. Russo’s research focuses on the neural and immunological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety. |
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October 12 |
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Chronobiology and Sleep, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School Dr. Gooley’s research interest is to understand the role of the circadian system and sleep in modulating human health, physiology and cognitive performance. |
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November 2 |
Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Ohio State University Dr. Leuner’s research seeks to identify the neurobiological mechanisms underlying changes in emotional, cognitive, parental and motivational functioning during motherhood. |
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November 9 |
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Dr. Sekine’s research addresses the question ‘Can human health be improved by modulating the mitochondrial stress response?’ |
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November 30 |
Professor, Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Dr. Araujo’s research focuses on modern neurobiological tools to unveil the large-scale networks linking body parts to molecularly identified neurons in the brain. |
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December 07 |
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dr. Manzini’s research focuses on how deficits in brain development affect cognitive function |
Fall 2021 Speaker List
Date |
Seminar Speaker |
Position/Affiliation |
September 15
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*Virtual* |
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology University of Alabama at Birmingham |
October 20 |
Colleen McClung, PhD |
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Translational Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh |
November 3 |
Pavak Shah, PhD |
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology University of California, Los Angeles |
November 10 |
Marianne Seney, PhD |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Translational Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh |
December 1 |
Laurie Sanders, PhD |
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine |
Spring 2021 Speaker List
Date |
Seminar Speaker |
Position/Affiliation |
February 24 |
Professor and Director Center for Neurobiology Research Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech |
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April 7
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*Virtual* |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
April 14
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*Virtual* |
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology & Physiology George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences |
April 21
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*Virtual* |
Associate Professor, Vollum Institute Oregon Health and Science University |
May 5
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*Virtual* |
Assistant Professor, Center for Neurobiology Research Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech |
May 19
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*Virtual* |
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology University of Massachusetts Medical School |