FAU Neuroscience Seminar Series

SPRING 2023

Seminars are on Tuesdays, 4-5p.m.:  Boca Campus COM, BC71 Room 126, Jupiter MC17 Room 119; HBOI – LE 247; Davie – LA 455. For more information, contact Jan Holmes holmesj@fau.edu

Watch past seminars here.

Dates Seminars Locations Host
Jan. 10 Title: APOE Modulates Microglial Immunometabolism in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Lance Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Jupiter, MC-17 Room 119 Qi Zhang, Ph.D.
Jan. 24 Title: The Human Brainome: Genome, Transcriptome, Proteome and Phenome interaction in the Human Cortex

Amanda J. Myers, PhD.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Jupiter, MC-17 Room 119 Tanja Godenschwege, Ph.D.
Jan. 31 Title: Neurons Put Out the Trash: A Novel Facet of Proteostasis Involving Large Vesicle Extrusion and Handoff to the Neighbors

Monica Driscoll, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Boca, BC 71, Room 126 Kailiang Jia, Ph.D.
Feb. 21 Title: Toward a mechanistic understanding of subjective confidence in memory-based decisions in young and older adults

Kevin Darby, Ph.D.
Florida Atlantic University
Boca, BC 71, Room 126 Kevin Darby, Ph.D.
Feb. 28 Title: Convergent Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Damon Page, Ph.D.
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
Jupiter, MC-17 Room 119 Nicole Baganz, Ph.D.
Mar. 28 Title: Can Focused Ultrasound Change The Pain Game?

Julie Pilitsis, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Vice President for Medical Affairs Professor of Neurosurgery
Florida Atlantic University
Boca, BC 71, Room 126 Randy Blakely, Ph.D.
April 11 Title: Thalamic Neurons are a Basis of Behavioral Plasticity and Evolution of Brain Lateralization

Eric Horstick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology,
West Virginia University
Jupiter, MC-17 Room 119 Eric Duboue, Ph.D.
April 18 Title: TBD

Damaris N. Lorenzo, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator, Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology,
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Jupiter, MC-17 Room 119 Carmen Varela, Ph.D.
April 22 *Sat
11:30am-5pm

Registration Required to Attend!
NSO Annual Retreat
Title: Memory, Learning to Learn, and Control of Cognitive Representations
André Fenton, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Center for Neural Science,
New York University

Manatee Lagoon,
West Palm Beach, FL

Faculty & Guests:

NSO Student Members:

Neuroscience Student Organization NSO
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Last updated: 04/06/2023