September 10

Vollum-NGP Special Seminar: Microglia, microbes, and the developing brain

Staci D. Bilbo, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University

Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program Students

September 24

Preserving inhibition with a disinhibitory microcircuit in the retina

Wei Wei, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, The University of Chicago

Host: Tianyi Mao

October 1

Microglia-dependent mechanisms governing brain wiring and plasticity

Dorothy Schafer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Hosts: Marc Freeman and Kelly Monk

October 8

Differential resilience to perturbations of circuits with similar performance

Eve Marder, Ph.D.

Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Biology, Volen Center, Brandeis University

Hosts: Vollum Institute Postdoctoral Fellows

October 15

Visualizing remodeling of excitatory and inhibitory circuits in vivo

Elly Nedivi, Ph.D.

William R. and Linda R. Young Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Host: Gary Westbrook

October 29

Spinal cord injury: From regenerative mechanisms to repair strategies

Mayssa Mokalled, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis

Host: Kelly Monk

November 5

SARM1: The journey from a novel genetic discovery towards a neuroprotective therapeutic

Shilpa Sambashivan, Ph.D.

Vice President, Biology, Nura Bio Inc.

Host: Marc Freeman

November 12

Microglial P2Y12R in brain physiology and pathology

Ukpong Eyo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, University of Virginia

Host: Kelly Monk

November 19

Meningeal lymphatic vasculature as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease

Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D.

BJC Investigator, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, Washington University in St. Louis

Host: Marc Freeman

December 3

Heterogeneity in the dopamine system

Ilana Witten, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University

Host: Skyler Jackman

December 10

Spatial and temporal control of oligodendrocyte fate specification

Santos Franco, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus

Host: Kelly Monk

December 17

Wearing many hats: Roles for RNA factors in brain development

Debra Silver, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center

Host: Kevin Wright

March 18

Neurons and the art of brain maintenance

Mohanish Deshmukh, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Host: Kevin Wright

March 25

Dopamine acetylcholine interactions in the striatum

Chris Ford, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Host: John Williams

April 1

State-dependent cortical circuits

Jess Cardin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University

Host: Marc Freeman

April 8

Illuminating circadian circuits

Tiffany Schmidt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University

Host: Kevin Wright

April 15

Multiple maps for navigation

Lisa Giocomo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Host: Swetha Murthy

April 22

Wiring specificity of neural circuits

Liqun Luo, Ph.D.

HHMI Investigator; Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University

Student-Invited Seminar: Hosted by Neuroscience Graduate Program Students

April 29

The vagus nerve and the physiology of reward

Ivan E. de Araujo, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Host: Henrique von Gersdorff

May 6

The stars at night: Astrocytic control of sleep

Kira Poskanzer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco

Host: Kelly Monk

May 13

Multicellular circuit designs

Michael Elowitz, Ph.D.

Professor, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Host: Gail Mandel

May 20

Non-canonical utilization of mechanical energy in the inner ear

Ebenezer N. Yamoah, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno

Host: Henrique von Gersdorff

June 3

Gamma oscillations: Mechanisms, function and human diseases

Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D.

Director, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT

Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

Senior Associate Member, Broad Institute

Host: Isabelle Baconguis