Vollum Seminars | 2020-21 Academic Year
2020 Seminars: September–December
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