School of Neuroscience Innovator Seminar Series
Innovator Seminar Series
All seminars take place on Wednesday at 11:00AM.
Please direct any questions you have to Annika Schmierer (schmiera@vt.edu) or Michelle Olsen (molsen1@vt.edu).
*Click the hyperlinked names of the speakers for more details about the seminar as the date aproaches.*
Join the seminar Zoom here.
To see the lists of prior Innovator Seminar speakers, click here.
Fall 2024 Speaker List
Date |
Speaker |
Position/Affiliation |
Aug 28 |
N. Waldo Harrison Professor, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation, Virginia Tech College of Engineering
Dr. VandeVord's research and educational platforms focus on the complex mechanisms of injury to the brain, with a thrust to understand the persistent neurobehavioral and neuropathological consequences of this traumatic event. |
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Sep 11 |
Director of Diversity Programs, Office for Inclusion and Diversity, Virginia Tech
Alicia provides leadership for diversity education for students and facilitates customized workshops on a variety of topics. She also serves on the Sexual Violence Culture and Climate Work Group and co-facilitates the community engagement subcommittee. |
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Sep 25 |
Fred W. Bull Professor of Chemical Engineering, Graduate Program Director, Virginia Tech
Dr. Lu’s research applies microfluidics to study molecular and genome-wide biology. His lab is interested in applying these technologies to study cancer and neuroscience involved in psychiatric disorders. |
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Oct 9 |
SFN |
No seminar |
Oct 23 |
Professor of Neuroscience, Tufts University
Dr. Rios's research focuses on defining BDNF modulated neural circuits and molecular mechanisms that control appetite and affective states. |
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Nov 6 |
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Golden’ s research focuses on cellular, circuit, and whole brain mechanisms underlying social motivation, with an emphasis on appetitive aggression and its interaction with neuropsychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression. His lab employs chemogenetics, optogenetics, calcium imaging, whole-mount light-sheet fluorescent microscopy and machine-learning approaches. |
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Nov 20 |
Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Dr. Suto is interested in studying the impact of neuronal ensembles on decision making during drug and alcohol dependence. |
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Dec 4 |
Director, University Program in Environmental Health
Dr. Meyer studies the effects of toxic agents and stressors on human and wildlife health. His lab is particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms by which environmental agents cause DNA damage, the molecular processes that organisms employ to protect prevent and repair DNA damage, and genetic differences that may lead to increased or decreased sensitivity to DNA damage. |