Department Seminars
You are here
Fall 2018:
Department Seminars held in A106 Morison Room; 12:30PM-1:30PM, unless otherwise noted.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| August 23, 2018 | Sarah Brosnan, Georgia State University; Host: Kern Reeve - Using experimental economics to explore primate decision-making | |
| August 30, 2018 | Robert Burgess, The Jackson Laboratory; Host: David Deitcher - Mechanisms of axon degeneration and preclinical studies in mouse models of inherited peripheral neuropathy | |
| September 6, 2018 | Asaf Keller, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Host: Christiane Linster - The Parabrachial Complex: A Nexus of Ascending and Descending Pain Systems | |
| September 13, 2018 | Marcelo Dietrich; Yale School of Medicine; Host: Nilay Yapici - The function of homeostatic systems during mamalian development | |
| September 20, 2018 | Michael Long; NYU School of Medicine; Host: Jesse Goldberg - Neural mechanisms of vocal communication: A comparative approach | |
|
September 21, 2018 (Friday) Biology without Borders |
Adrian Krainer, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Hosts: Eric Alani (MBG) and Praveen Sethupathy (BMS) - Antisense Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Harnessing the Power of Backup Gene | |
| September 27, 2018 | Drs. Dokter, Horton and Nilsson, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Host: Charlie Walcott - Dark ecology: studying night-time bird migration with radar | |
| October 4, 2018 | Vanessa Ruta, Rockefeller University; Host: Nilay Yapici | |
| October 11, 2018 | Brendon Watson, University of Michigan; Host: David Deitcher - Neocortical firing rate dynamics across brain states | |
| October 18, 2018 | Lisa Stower, The Scripps Research Institute; Host: Mike Sheehan- Leveraging olfaction to study innate behavior in the mouse | |
| October 25, 2018 | Laurel Symes, Cornell University; Mike Webster - Social dynamics of communication in birds, frogs, and insects | |
|
October 29, 2018 (Monday) Biology without Borders |
Kay Holekamp, Michigan State University; Hosts: Kelly Zamudio (EEB), Mike Sheehan (NBB) and Mike Webster (NBB) - Selective Forces shaping the Evolution of Intelligence | |
| November 1, 2018 | ||
| November 8, 2018 | Irene Pepperberg, Harvard University; Host: Ron Hoy | |
| November 15, 2018 | Paul Katz, UMass Amherst; Host: Ronald Harris-Warrick | |
| November 22, 2018 | THANKSGIVING | |
| November 29, 2018 | Adam Kepecs, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Host: Graduate Students (Perry Gilbert Lecturer) |