Past NSGP Speakers
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Date |
Speaker |
Title |
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| May 9, 2013 | Michael Shadlen University of Washington | Believing and Time: A Neural Mechanism for Decision Making | View Video |
| May 2, 2013 | Michael Long NYU | New Methods for Manipulating and Recording from Motor Circuits | View Video |
| Apr 25, 2013 | William Catterall Bench to Bedside | Insights into Epilepsy and Autism from a Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome | View Video |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Amy Arnsten Yale | Molecular Modulation of Prefrontal Cortex: Flexibility and Vulnerability in Mental Representations | View Video |
| Apr 4, 2013 | Jonathan Fritz University of Maryland | View Video | |
| Mar 21, 2013 | Sacha Nelson Brandeis University | Physiological genomics of cortical circuits | View Video |
| Mar 14, 2013 | Miriam Goodman Stanford University | Deconstructing Touch and Pain Sensation | View Video |
| Mar 7, 2013 | Richard Ivry - CANCELLED Berkeley | ||
| Feb 28, 2013 | Betsy Quinlan University of Maryland | What is critical about the critical period for ocular dominance plasticity? | View Video |
| Feb 14, 2013 | Brad Schlaggar Washington University School of Medicine | Development of the Brain's Functional Network Architecture | View Video |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Mustafa Sahin Harvard | Neuronal Connectivity in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | View Video |
| Jan 31, 2013 | David Bereiter Bench to Bedside | Painful Light | |
| Jan 24, 2013 | Ricardo Dolmetsch Stanford | View Video | |
| Jan 10, 2013 | Kim Huber UT Southwestern | Mechanisms of Synapse Elimination by Autism-linked genes | View Video |
| Dec 13, 2012 | Mark Bear MIT | Cortical Synaptic Plasticity: From Amblyopia to Autism | |
| Dec 6, 2012 | Serena Dudek NIH | New insights into regulating synaptic plasticity from an unexpected place: Hippocampal CA2 | View Video |
| Nov 29, 2012 | Wilson Truccolo and Rees Cosgrove | Epilepsy | |
| Nov 8, 2012 | Daniel Feldman Berkeley | Plasticity and processing in rodent somatosensory cortex | View Video |
| Oct 25, 2012 | Mary Carskadon & Katherine Sharkey Bench to Bedside | Narcolepsy | |
| Oct 4, 2012 | Donald Katz Brandeis University | Cortical taste processing: a systems-level view | View Video |
| Sep 27, 2012 | Andrew Blum & Barry Connors Bench to Bedside | Epilepsy | View Video |
| Sep 20, 2012 | Cori Bargmann The Rockefeller University | Genes, Circuits, and Decisions: Using Fixed Circuits to Build Flexible Behaviors | View Video |
| Sep 13, 2012 | John Donoghue Brown University | Neocortical function: A personal perspective viewed across the history of Neuroscience at Brown | View Video |
| May 3, 2012 | Dr. Gina Turrigiano Brandeis University | The Self-tuning Neuron: Homeostasis in Developing Cortical Networks | View Video |
| Apr 12, 2012 | Bench to Bedside - Dr. Daniel Dickstein Brown/Bradley Hospital | Bipolar Disorder | |
| Apr 5, 2012 | *CANCELLED* Dr. Marina Picciotto Yale | Distinct Mechanisms Underlying Behaviors Related to Nicotine Addiction: Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Contributions to Reinforcement, Feeding and Depression | |
| Mar 22, 2012 | Dr. Elizabeth Buffalo Emory University | Neural Codes for Memory and Space in the Monkey Medial Temporal Lobe | View Video |
| Mar 15, 2012 | Dr. Kerry Ressler Emory University | Translational Neurogenetic Approaches to Understanding PTSD and Fear-Related Disorders | View Video |
| Mar 14, 2012 | Miriam Goodman Stanford University | ||
| Mar 8, 2012 | Bench to Bedside - Dr. John Krakauer Johns Hopkins University | Stroke and Rehabilitation | |
| Mar 1, 2012 | Dr. Frances Jensen Harvard Medical School | Cognitive Consequences of Early Life Epilepsy: Exploring Shared Synaptic Mechanisms in Epilepsy and Autism | |
| Feb 16, 2012 | Dr. Kristin Scott UC Berkeley | Taste Recognition in Drosophila | |
| Feb 9, 2012 | Bench to Bedside - Dr. Stephen Salloway Brown/Butler Hospital | Alzheimers Disease | |
| Jan 26, 2012 | Dr. Deanna Benson Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Making, Breaking & Modifying Synapses | View Video |
| Jan 19, 2012 | Dr. Kamran Khodakhah Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Cerebello-basal Ganglia Interactions in Health & Disease | View Video |
| Jan 12, 2012 | Bench to Bedside - Dr. Albert Lo Brown/VA Hospital | Multiple Sclerosis | |
| Dec 15, 2011 | *CANCELLED*Bench to Bedside - Dr. Stephen Salloway Brown/Butler Hospital | Alzheimers Disease | |
| Dec 8, 2011 | Dr. Craig Montell Johns Hopkins University | TRP Channels: From Animal Behavior to Neurodegenerative Disease | |
| Dec 1, 2011 | Dr. Chiara Cirelli University of Wisconsin-Madison | Sleep and Synaptic Homeostasis | View Video |
| Nov 10, 2011 | Bench to Bedside - Dr. Donald Simone University of Minnesota | Tumor-nerve Interactions in a Model of Cancer Pain Note: Seminar held in Biomed Rm. 202 | View Video |
| Nov 3, 2011 | Dr. Aude Oliva MIT | Visual Scene Understanding | View Video |
| Oct 27, 2011 | Dr. Alberto Pereda Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Synaptic Transmission Mediated by Gap Junctions; Properties and Plasticity | View Video |
| Oct 20, 2011 | Dr. Gabriel Kreiman Harvard Medical School | Selectivity, Tolerance and Speed in Human Visual Cortex During Object Recognition | View Video |
| Oct 13, 2011 | Bench to Bedside-Dr. Barry Kosofsky Weill Cornell Medical Center | Mechanisms underlying persistent alterations in brain structure and function following prenatal cocaine exposure in mice and (wo)men | |
| Sep 29, 2011 | Noelle L'Etoile UC Davis | Spatial, Temporal and Small RNA-Mediated Control of Neuronal Adaptation | View Video |
| Sep 22, 2011 | Samer Hattar Johns Hopkins University | Atypical Mammalian Photoreceptors Influence Circadian Rhythms and Mood | View Video |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Gregory Petsko Brandeis University | New Insights into Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS) From Studies in a Model Organism | View Video |
| Sep 8, 2011 | Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer University of Rome | On-line control of movement in the parieto-frontal system | View Video |
| May 12, 2011 | Dr. Li-Huei Tsai Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Epigenetic Mechanisms in Memory | |
| May 5, 2011 | Dr. Mark Laubach Yale University | Medial Prefrontal Cortex: Executive or Coach? | |
| Apr 28, 2011 | Dr. Rita Balice-Gordon UPenn | Synaptic Plasticity | |
| Apr 21, 2011 | Dr. Joe Fetcho Cornell University | Motor Control in Zebrafish | |
| Apr 14, 2011 | Dr. Russ Poldrack University of Texas Austin | Toward a semantic infrastructure for cognitive neuroscience: The Cognitive Atlas | |
| Apr 7, 2011 | Dr. Nirao Shah University of California, San Francisco | Sexually Dimorphic Circuits in Mice | |
| Mar 24, 2011 | Dr. Michela Gallagher Johns Hopkins University | Neurocognitive Aging: Uncovering Functional Mechanisms for Memory Impairment | |
| Mar 17, 2011 | Dr. Takao Hensch Harvard University | Shaping Brain Function by Early Experience | |
| Mar 10, 2011 | Dr. Steve Waxman Yale University School of Medicine | Chasing Men on Fire: Sodium Channels and Disorders of the Nervous System | |
| Mar 3, 2011 | Dr. Gary Bassell Emory University | mRNA Traffic, Local Translation and Fragile x Syndrome | |
| Feb 17, 2011 | Dr. David Leopold National Institute of Mental Health | Probing the Thalamocortical Circuitry of Visual Perception Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vision Research | |
| Feb 10, 2011 | *CANCELED* Dr. Elba Serrano New Mexico State University | Probing Inner Ear Organogenesis with a Systems Approach | |
| Feb 3, 2011 | *CANCELED* Dr. Gina Turrigiano Brandeis University | The Self-tuning Neuron: Homeostatic Plasticity and Experience-Dependent Development | |
| Jan 27, 2011 | *CANCELED* Dr. Deanna Benson Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Protein Synthesis Dependent Regulation of Developing Synapses | |
| Jan 20, 2011 | Dr. Miguel Holmgren NINDS | Regulation of the Gating Mechanisms in Potassium Channels by RNA Editing Co-sponsored by Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology Dept. | |
| Jan 13, 2011 | *CANCELED* Dr. Gregory J. Bix Texas A&M University | Matrix Revolutions: Perlecan Domain V as a Novel Stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy | |
| Dec 2, 2010 | Dr. Kevin Currie Vanderbilt University | Regulation of Calcium Channels and Neuroendocrine Secretion | |
| Nov 4, 2010 | Dr. Carlos Aizenman Brown University | Functional Regulation of a Developing Neural Circuit | |
| Oct 28, 2010 | Dr. Valentin Dragoi University of Texas Medical School at Houston | Population Coding in Visual Cortical Networks | |
| Oct 14, 2010 | Symposium Brown Institute for Brain Science | The Future of the Brain: Celebrating 10 years of Brain Science at Brown Click Here to Register | |
| Oct 13, 2010 | Symposium Brown Institute for Brain Science | The Future of the Brain: Celebrating 10 years of Brain Science at Brown Click Here to Register | |
| Oct 7, 2010 | Dr. Marla Feller University of California, Berkeley | The Development of Functional Circuits in the Retina Co-sponsored by the Center For Vision Research | |
| Sep 30, 2010 | Special Lecture: John M. K. Mislow Memorial LEC Brown Institute for Brain Science | Dr. Andres Lozano, Toronto Western Hospital BIBS/Brigham & Women's Hospital Neurosurgery Dept. | |
| Apr 29, 2010 | Dr. Gregory Quirk University of Puerto Rico | Overcoming Our Fears: Neural Circuits of Fear Extinction | |
| Apr 22, 2010 | Dr. Randy Buckner Harvard University | Explorations of the Large-Scale Architecture of the Human Brain Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vision Research | |
| Apr 15, 2010 | Dr. Piali Sengupta Brandeis University | Pheromone Signaling in C. elegans: Mechanisms and Consequences | |
| Apr 8, 2010 | Dr. Richard Horn Thomas Jefferson University | Exploring Block and Gating with Unnatural Amino Acids | |
| Mar 25, 2010 | Dr. Pat Levitt University of Southern California | Neurodevelopmental Implications of the Autism Risk Gene, MET Receptor Tyrosine Kinase | |
| Mar 18, 2010 | Dr. Richard Andersen Grass Traveling Scientist | Cognitive Neural Prosthetics Co-Sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience | |
| Mar 11, 2010 | Dr. Sabine Kastner Princeton University | Representation of Object Information in Human and Monkey Visual Cortex Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vision Research | |
| Mar 4, 2010 | Dr. Amy Bastian Johns Hopkins University | Does our Current Understanding of Motor Learning and Memory actually Help Patients? | |
| Feb 18, 2010 | Dr. Angelique Bordey Yale University | Homeostatic Regulation of Postnatal Neurogenesis | |
| Feb 11, 2010 | Dr. Jeffrey Macklis Harvard University | Molecular Logic of Neocortical Projection Neuron Development and Repair | |
| Feb 4, 2010 | Dr. Venkatesh Murthy Harvard University | Synaptic Circuits and Odor Processing in the Mouse Olfactory System | |
| Jan 21, 2010 | Dr. Eve Marder Brandeis University | Beyond Optimality to Individual Variability | |
| Dec 10, 2009 | Dr. Dawn Taylor The Cleveland Clinic Learner Research Institute | Adaptive Control of Neural Prosthetics | |
| Dec 3, 2009 | Dr. Maria Karayiorgou Columbia University | Dissecting the Genetic Complexity of Schizophrenia | |
| Nov 19, 2009 | Dr. Lisa Stowers Scripps Research Institute | Molecular Biology of Innate Behavior | |
| Nov 12, 2009 | Feng Zhang, Ph.D Center for Regenerative Medicine, Harvard University | Neuroengineering: Molecular and Optical Axis of Control | |
| Oct 28, 2009 | Doug Black, Ph.D. UCLA | 12:00 PM MCB Graduate Program Seminar | |
| Oct 1, 2009 | Dr. Ching Hwa-Sung Cornell University | Membrane trafficking and morphogenesis of mammalian photoreceptors Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vision Research | |
| Sep 24, 2009 | Dr. David Linden Johns Hopkins University | Molecular substrates of cerebellar motor learning | |
| Sep 17, 2009 | Dr. Moshe Bar Harvard University | Predictions in the Cognitive Brain Co-Sponsored by the Center for Vision Research | |
| May 14, 2009 | Dr. Alcino J. Silva University of California - Los Angeles | Molecular Addresses for Memory Storage in Neurocircuits | |
| May 7, 2009 | Dr. Benjamin Philpot University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | Synaptic Plasticity in Development and Disease | |
| Apr 30, 2009 | Dr. Peter Crino University of Pennsylvania | Developmental Pathogenesis of Focal Cortical Dysplasias | |
| Apr 23, 2009 | Dr. Lisa Monteggia University of Texas - South West | Role of MeCP2 and HDACs in Regulating Synapse Function and Behavior | |
| Apr 9, 2009 | Dr. Leslie B. Vosshall Rockefeller University | Body Odor and Insect Repellents: The Genetics of Smell | |
| Apr 2, 2009 | Dr. Reza Shadmehr Johns Hopkins University | Computational Motor Control and the Timescales of Memory | |
| Mar 19, 2009 | Dr. Emery Neal Brown Harvard University | Solving the Mystery of General Anesthesia | |
| Mar 12, 2009 | Dr. Karl Kandler Pittsburgh University | Organizing Inhibition: Lessons from the Auditory System | |
| Mar 5, 2009 | Dr. Susanne J. Sterbing - D'Angelo University of Connecticut | Neuronal Control of bat flight: role of sensory hairs on the wing membrane |



