EVENTS
The Neuroscience Program has a multitude of meetings attended by a majority of faculty and students in addition to the many on-campus seminars.
2026-2027 Neuroscience Program Seminar Schedule
If you would like to meet with an invited guest speaker, please contact the indicated host.
| Date | Talk Type | Speaker | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 1st | Faculty Membership | Julio Aguado Perez, PhD School of Pharmacy | |
| September 8th | Invited Guest | Steven Gray, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Host: Alison Xie, PhD |
| September 15th | Faculty Membership | AVAILABLE | |
| September 22nd | NRSC Seminar | ACE Presentation | |
| September 29th | Faculty Membership | Michalina Janiszewska, PhD Dept. of Neurosurgery | |
| October 6th | Faculty Membership | Lisandra Flores Aldama, PhD Dept. of Physiology | |
| October 13th | Faculty Membership | Jackson Stocking Sal Guerra | |
| October 20th | Invited Guest | Anirban Paul, PhD Penn State College of Medicine | Host: Santos Franco, PhD |
| November 3rd | Student Thesis Update | Grant Huges Subash Lamichhane | |
| November 10th | Invited Guest | Rui Peixoto, PhD University of Pittsburgh | Host: Won Chan Oh, PhD |
| December 1st | Student Thesis Update | Ariana Crary Morgaine Gyebison | |
| December 8th | *Invited Guest | Christine Grienberger, PhD Brandeis University | Host: Ben Scholl, PhD |
| December 15th | Student Thesis Update | Paige Hoffman Lauren Sarabia | |
| January 12th | Student Thesis Update | Danae Mitchell Elena Esch | |
| January 19th | Student Thesis Update | Ashwini Shinde Crystal Minjarez | |
| February 2nd | Faculty Membership | Peter Fecci, PhD Chair of Dept. Neurosurgery | |
| February 9th | Faculty Membership | AVAILABLE | |
| February 16th | Invited Guest | Jesse Goldberg, PhD Cornell University | Host: Abigail Person, PhD |
| February 23rd | Student Thesis Update | Fan Yi Chao Kaylin Langer | |
| March 9th | Student Thesis Update | Kiara Bahamonde Cassidy De Anda Gamboa | |
| March 16th | Student Thesis Update | Kaitlyn Letourneau Anna Buteau | |
| March 23rd | Invited Guest | John Huguenard, PhD Standford University | Host: Slobodan Todorovic, PhD |
| March 30th | Student Thesis Update | Joy Alder Jose Riguero | |
| April 6th | *Invited Guest | Lin Tian, PhD Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience | Host: Tori Hoelscher |
| April 13th | Student Thesis Update | Kristen Schuester Victoria Chang | |
| April 20th | Invited Guest | Robert Carrillo, PhD University of Chicago | Host: Tania Reis, PhD |
| April 27th | Invited Guest | Carlos Portera-Cailliau, PhD University of California, Los Angeles | Host: Alberto Cruz Martin, PhD |
| May 4th | Invited Guest | Quingguang Zhang, PhD Michigan State University | Host: Fabrice Dabertrand, PhD |
| May 11th | Student Thesis Update | Joy Alder Jose Riguero | |
| May 18th | Invited Guest | Hedy Kobert, PhD University of California Berkeley | Host: Joshua Gowin, PhD |
| May 25th | Faculty Membership | AVAILABLE | |
| June 1st | Student Thesis Update | Daphne Quang Michelle Hemm | |
| June 8th | Student Thesis Update | Miguel Yague Quinn Asbell |
*Sponsored by the NeuroTechnology Center
Annual Retreat
One of the many highlights of the Neuroscience program has been the yearly NSP retreat in early fall. The event highlights Student, Post-Doc, Faculty talks and poster presentations along with Faculty Data Blitzes and an evening keynote speaker.
Please contact us for more information.