Posts Tagged ‘Brain Institute’

The OHSU Brain Institute is sponsoring its 14th annual Brain Awareness Season lecture series, one of the most popular neuroscience lecture series in the nation. This year’s series will include lectures on secrets to healthy aging, the subconscious mind, the cutting-edge science of how we see inside the brain, and a fascinating first-person look at nature versus nurture through the prism of neuroscience. All lectures will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Newmark … Read More

The Fourth Annual Jungers Center Symposium, “New Imaging Technologies, New Insights Into the Brain,” will be taking place from 9 a..m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in the Doernbecher Vey Auditorium. This year’s speakers include: Jeff Lichtman, M.D., professor of molecular and cellular biology from Harvard University on “Using Connectomics to Reveal Circuit Motifs” Tim Holy, Ph.D., associate professor of anatomy and neurobiology from Washington University in St. Louis on “Getting a … Read More

The OHSU Brain Institute will be hosting a forum focused on “Exploring the horizon of addiction research and treatment.” Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) will be presenting along with our very own Dennis McCarty, PhD, professor, Public Health & Preventative Medicine, and William Hoffman, MD, PhD, associate professor, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry. This forum will be held in the OHSU Auditorium on Thursday, April 26 at 3:30 p.m. … Read More

OHSU scientists: bring your research to the public at the popular Brain Fair at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) on March 3, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To host a table showcasing your research, contact Ashley Uchtman. To explore new ways of making your research riveting, join Sean Rooney, Senior Educator at OMSI, for a free workshop on “Tools and tips on how to make your science FUN!” It’s taking place February 16, 2012, from … Read More

The OHSU Brain Institute (OBI) announces the availability of two one-year fellowships (to include base stipend plus $2,000, partial tuition and fees) to support graduate students (PhD or MD/PhD) interested in research relevant to the study of the neurobiology of disease. Applications will be judged on the basis of scientific merit, novelty, relevance of the research to the neurobiology of disease, the commitment of the student to ongoing research on the neurobiology of disease, and … Read More

Learn about new findings and directions on the paradox of neuroablative approaches to pain—from the lab to the operating room and back—at the OHSU Brain Institute Quarterly Forum. Participants will include: Marc Sindou, MD, DSc, professor and chair of the department of neurosurgery at the University of Leon in France. Mary Heinricher, PhD, professor and vice-chair for research, and neurological surgery professor at OHSU. The event is free and open to anyone at OHSU interested … Read More

Best known for their popular Brain Awareness Lecture Series, the OHSU Brain Institute has a brand new website. The website includes a “Research & Training” section, which includes a list of disorders that OHSU researchers are currently investigating and a compilation of the Brain Institute’s most notable scientific breakthroughs. Visit the OHSU Brain Institute website.

This year’s 21st Annual John M. Brookhart Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, will feature Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D., Howard Hughes investigator in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The event is being held Tuesday, May 10 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the OHSU Auditorium. Immediately following his presentation on the “Genetic Analysis of Circadian Clocks in Mammals,” Dr. Takahashi will be joined by Alfred Lewy, … Read More

Come explore the cutting edge of neuroscience research, ask probing questions, and build on senior scientists’ insight in a novel, informal way at the OHSU Brain Institute Quarterly Forum. Participants include: Stephen Hauser, MD, neurology department chair at the University of California, San Francisco, and OHSU Brain Institute Lecturer. Dennis Bourdette, MD, professor and chair of the department of neurology at OHSU. Mary Stenzel-Poore, PhD, professor and chair of the department of molecular microbiology and … Read More