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.
2025-2026 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 2nd | Faculty Membership | Yunsik Kang, PhD Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology | |
| September 9th | Faculty Membership | Jacob Basak, MD, PhD Dept. of Anesthesiology | |
| September 16th | Faculty Membership | Tahra Eissa, PhD Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics | |
| September 23rd | *Invited Guest | Azahara Oliva, PhD Cornell University | Host: Justin O’Hare, PhD |
| September 30th | Faculty Membership | Laurence Cathala, PhD Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics | |
| October 7th | Faculty Membership | Stephanie Bonney, PhD Dept. of Anesthesiology | |
| October 14th | Invited Guest | Chun Han, PhD Cornell University | Host: Emily Bates, PhD |
| October 21st | Faculty Membership | Christy Niemeyer, PhD Dept. of Neurology | |
| October 28th | Invited Guest | Stephan Lammel, PhD University of California - Berkeley | Host: Won Chan Oh, PhD |
| November 4th | Faculty Membership | Laureline Logiaco, PhD Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics | |
| November 11th | Student Thesis Update | Jackson Stocking & Kaylin Langer | |
| November 18th | Faculty Membership | Jeffrey Hebert, PhD, PT Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | |
| December 2nd | Student Thesis Update | Lisa Hirt & Jordan Hickman | |
| December 9th | Student Thesis Update | Crystal Minjarez & Elena Esch | |
| Thursday, December 11th | Faculty Membership | Rebecca Ihrie, PhD Dept. of Pediatrics - Neurology | Shared seminar with Cancer Biology Program |
| December 16th | Student Thesis Update | Ash Shinde & Aleezah Balolia | |
| January 13th | Invited Guest | Jesse Hanson, PhD Genentech | Host: Alberto Cruz-Martin, PhD |
| January 20th | Faculty Membership | Daphne Quang & Subash Lamichhane | |
| February 3rd | Student Thesis Update | Fan-Yi Chao & Matt Larsen | |
Monday, February 9th | *Invited Guest | Alex Kwan, PhD Cornell University | Host: Britton Barbee, PhD |
| February 17th | Student Thesis Update | Luis Gomez Wulschner & Paige Hoffman | |
| February 24th | *Invited Guest | Christine Grienberger, PhD Brandeis University | Host: Ben Scholl, PhD |
| March 3rd | Student Thesis Update | Victoria Chang & Kristen Schuster | |
| March 10th | Invited Guest | Sarah Kucenas, PhD University of Virginia | Host: Tessa Allen |
| March 17th | Faculty Membership | Available | |
| March 24th | Invited Guest | Kathleen Cullen, PhD Johns Hopkins University | Host: Zhen Yang, PhD |
| March 31st | Student Thesis Update | Graham Peet & Tessa Allen | |
| April 7th | Student Thesis Update | Sarah Wolfe & Mayra Bueno Guerrero | |
| April 14th | Invited Guest | Valeria Cavalli, PhD Washington University | Host: Alison Xiaoqiao Xie, PhD |
| April 21st | Student Thesis Update | Luke Blecker & Becca Roth | |
| April 28th | Faculty Membership | Available | |
| May 5th | Student Thesis Update | Joy Adler & Jose Riguero | |
| May 12th | Invited Guest | Hidehiko Inagaki, PhD Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience | Host: Jason Christie, PhD |
| May 19th | Student Thesis Update | Matthew Sergison & Kim Gagnon | |
| May 26th | *Invited Guest | Cristina Rodriguez, PhD Yale University | Host: Samantha Olah, PhD |
| June 2nd | Faculty Membership | Available | |
| June 9th | Faculty Membership | Available |
*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.