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Neuroscience Seminar Series

Seminars are presented August - April each academic year. NGP students select and host four guest speakers; other guest speakers are hosted by NGP faculty. The seminar series also features NGP faculty and students.

Except as noted in red, seminars are now in hybrid mode – in-person in MSB 4051 and also by Zoom:

Meeting ID 834 4830 9613 | Passcode 177782

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SpeakerAffiliationDateTypecTalk Title
Meranda Quijas, Kassidy Grover 28-Aug-25Students Meranda - Prolactin receptor modulates sex specific mechanisms of peripheral hypersensitivity after repetitive ischemia with reperfusion injury; Kassidy - Genetic activation of ERK2 produces a unique neurodevelopmental phenotype that recapitulates core clinical features of MAPK1-related Rasopathy
Nathan E. CroneThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine4-Sep-25External speaker-NRCRavi AryaTBD
Emily Devine, Kimaya Raje 11-Sep-25Students Emily - Investigating single prolonged stress effects on cognitive flexibility in rats; Kimaya - Effect of a DRD1-specific conditional knockout of the ADHD-risk gene, Latrophilin-3 (Lphn3).
Estefania AzevedoMedical University of South Carolina18-Sep-25External speaker-NGPAnna KruyerA Neurotensin Brake on Exploratory Drive under Persistent Threat
Ishita BasuUniversity of Cincinnati25-Sep-25Internal speaker A distributed frontotemporal cortical network underlying cognitive conflict processing - insights from stereotactic EEG
Judy Shih-Hwa LiuBrown University2-Oct-25External speaker-NRCNina GrossEpigenetic mechanisms in autism and epilepsy
Elizabeth GloverUniversity of Illinois - College of Medicine9-Oct-25External speaker-NGPNick TimmeCortical and subcortical regulation of aversive signaling 
Elizabeth WestRowan-Virtua SOM16-Oct-25External speaker-NGPYve Ulrich-LaiUnraveling the neural circuits mediating motivated behavior
Michael HildebrandCarleton University23-Oct-25External speaker-NGPSascha AllesInvestigating spinal mechanisms and treatment targets for pain: From rodent preclinical models to novel human tissue assays.
Angelique C PaulkMassachusetts General Hospital30-Oct-25External speaker-NGPIshita BasuNeural circuit modulation from micro to macro: The interacting roles of stimulation, pathology, and behavior
Allison BradburyThe Ohio State University6-Nov-25External speaker-NRCElliott RobinsonDevelopment of genetic therapies for inherited CNS and PNS disorders
David SmithCornell University13-Nov-25External speaker-NGPKimaya Raje (Student hosted)The hippocampus and the neural basis of contextual memory
Renu SahUniversity of Cincinnati COM4-Dec-25Internal Speaker - NRC How does airway inflammation impact fear memory?: Delineating cells, molecules, and brain circuits
Kaejaren Caldwell, Sarah Yaser 15-Jan-26Students KJ - Purines dynamically mediate reactive astrocytes in inflammation; Sarah - A Novel Mouse Model of Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type II Induced by Somatic mTOR Mutation in Cortical Neurons
Kristen Oshima, Lilian Jerow 22-Jan-26Students Kristen - Glial Activation and T Cell Infiltration Drive Neuroinflammation in a GRN Mouse Model of FTD; Lilian - Focal Postnatal Deletion of Tsc2 from Cortical Neurons
Fady Eid, Zoe Cappel 29-Jan-26Students Fady - Role of corticosterone signaling in neonatal pain and reduced somatostatin expression in immature sensory neurons following early life stress; Zoe - Circuits Contributing to ADHD-like phenotypes in NF1 model mice
Francesco ManganoCCHMC5-Feb-26Internal speaker - NRC TBD
Kelly Bosis, Jake Yazell 12-Feb-26Students Kelly - Stress-induced formation of neuronal DNA double strand breaks lead to molecular adaptations in the prefrontal cortex; Jake - Exploring the Role of Microglial TGF-B1 in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Lance Johnson, PhDUniversity of Kentucky19-Feb-26External speaker - NGPEric WohlebFlipping the switch on APOE: AD-relevant effects of E4 replacement with E2
Molly Winer, Gwen Sebring 26-Feb-26Students Molly - Impacts of Prenatal Substance Use on Neurodevelopment; Gwen - Developing an adeno-associated virus to ablate the choroid plexus and treat neonatal hydrocephalus
Andy ShihSeattle Children's Research Institute5-Mar-26External speaker-NRCHyacinth HyacinthIn vivo dissection of brain capillary function
Sascha AllesCCHMC12-Mar-26Internal Speaker Insights into treating pain from human DRG neurophysiology 
TBD - NRCNot available - NRC2-Apr-26External speaker-NRC TBD
Nathan Koorndyk, Shelby Dauterman 9-Apr-26Students Nate - Astrocytic Regulators of Addiction Behavior in the Nucleus Accumbens Core; Shelby - Neurovascular coupling in FXS: novel insights for targeted therapeutics
Cora Bisman, Kat Propsom 16-Apr-26Students Cora - Exploring the Impact of Ovariectomy on Spontaneous Neuropathic Pain; Kat - B cell contributions to pain behaviors and autoantibody accumulation following neuropathic injury
Jacquie FerlandIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai23-Apr-26External speaker-NGPJayme McReynoldsUnraveling Cannabis Use Disorder Etiology Across the Lifespan Using Translational Animal Models
      

Past Neuroscience Seminar Series

August 25, 2022
September 1, 2022
September 8, 2022
September 22, 2022
September 15, 2022 — Zoom only
October 13, 2022
September 29, 2022
October 20, 2022
November 3, 2022
October 27, 2022
December 1, 2022
January 12, 2023
January 19, 2023
January 26, 2023
February 2, 2023
February 9, 2023
February 16, 2023
February 23, 2023
March 2, 2023
March 9, 2023
March 23, 2023
April 6, 2023
April 13, 2023
April 20, 2023

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