Vollum Seminars | 2022-23 Academic Year

2022 Seminars: September–December

September 2, 2022

How do Astrocytes Sculpt Synaptic Circuits?

Çagla Eroglu, Ph.D.

Professor of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Hosts: Marc Freeman, Ph.D. and Kelly Monk, Ph.D.

September 29, 2022

Oligodendrocyte precursor cells engulf axons in the mouse neocortex

JoAnn Buchanan, Ph.D.

Scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science

Host: Gail Mandel, Ph.D.

October 6, 2022

An adhesion signaling module regulates cortical scaffold formation

Martin M. Riccomagno, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside

Host: Kevin Wright, Ph.D.

October 13, 2022

Mechanistic studies of metabotropic glutamate receptors

Josh Levitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine

Host: James Frank, Ph.D.

October 20, 2022

Intercellular synaptic plasticity mediated by Arc virus‐like signaling

Jason Shepherd, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Neurobiology, Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Utah

Host: Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D.

November 10, 2022

Panglial gap junction coupling contributes to neuronal energy supply in the thalamus

Christian Steinhäuser, Ph.D.

Professor and Director, Institute of Cellular Neurosciences, University of Bonn, Germany

Hosts: Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D. and Anusha Mishra, Ph.D.

November 17, 2022

When neurodevelopment goes awry: modeling disorders with human stem cells

Anita Bhattacharyya, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Host: Gary Westbrook, M.D.