Laboratory Research
Research Seminars
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Seminars are held on Mondays from 12-1:00 PM in-person only in ALZ 101. For details please contact Victoria Donatiello.
FALL 2025
August 18 Jubao Duan, PhD - Charles R. Walgreen Research Chair, Director, Stem Cell and Functional Genomics in Psychiatry, Co-Director, Center for Psychiatric Genetics, Northshore Research Institute, Professor, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience University of Chicago September 22 Matt Scaglione, PhD - Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine
October 20 Benoit Giasson, PhD - Professor, Graduate Co-Coordinator, Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Florida November 10 Steven Estus, PhD - Professor of Physiology, University of Kentucky December 8 Wilfried Rossoll, PhD - Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic SPRING 2026
January 26 Erik Musiek, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Washington University February 9 Stephen Salloway, MD, MS - Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Department of Neurology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University March 9 Douglas Gould, PhD - Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Research, Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco April 6 Atul Chopra, MD, PhD - Investigator, Harrington Discovery Institute, Associate Director, Harrington Rare Disease Program, Senior Attending, Medical Genetics, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Genetics and Genomics, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University
May 4 Anusha Mishra, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research, Oregon Health & Science University -
NSI seminars are held from 11:30am-12:30pm in person in room 101 and also on Teams. Please email Victoria Donatiello to receive the Teams link.
FALL 2025 September 4 Dr. Brad E. Hoffman - Associate Professor, Department of Neurology September 11 Dr. Aryeh Sudwarts - Research Associate, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran's Lab September 18 Dr. Longlong Tu - Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences
September 25 Dr. Dani Gulick - Associate Professor, College of Medicine, Molecular Medicine October 2 Jacob Connolly, MD/PhD Student, Dr Nathan Schilaty's Lab (NOTE: Starts at 12:00pm)*This seminar has been cancelled*October 9 Chardane Logan - PhD Student, Dr. Paula Bickford's Lab October 16 Dr. Amy Nelson - PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology October 23 Marsilla Gray - PhD Student, Dr. Yao Yao's Lab October 30 Dr. Sarra Limam - Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Ashutosh Dharap's Lab November 6 Dr. Jinying Zhao - Professor & Bagnor Endowed Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health November 13 No Seminar - SFN Meeting November 20 Austin Fafjer - PhD Student, Dr. Brad Heckmann's Lab November 27 No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday December 4 Marilyn Ikhane - PhD Student, Dr. Angele Parent's Lab December 11 Dhanashri Satav - CQE, PhD Student, Dr. Ashutosh Dharap's Lab SPRING 2026 January 15 Kevin Nash, PhD January 22 Alex Leake - PhD Student, Dr. Danielle Gulick's lab January 29 Mehran Shaban Pour (CQE) - PhD Student, Dr. Yao Yao's lab
February 5 TBD February 12 Moorthi Ponnusamy, PhD - Research Associate, Dr. Gopal Thinakaran's lab February 19 Dr. Theresa Thomas - Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Brain & Spine February 26 Mubashir Ali, PhD March 5 Alejandra Juan Palencia - PhD student, Dr. Yao Yao's lab March 12 Baliqis Olukade (CQE) - PhD Student, Dr. Laura Blair's lab March 19 Spring Break - no seminar March 26 Jasenka Zubcevic, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair April 2 Lianchun Wang, PhD - Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology April 9 Jude Bayyat - PhD Student, Dr. Danielle Gulick's lab April 16 Brianna Ariza - PhD Student, Dr. Laura Blair's lab April 23 Elizabeth Sanchez Nelson (CQE) - PhD Student, Dr. Danielle Gulick's lab April 30 Hailan Liu, MD, PhD - Instructor, Center for Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences May 7 Subhra Mohapatra, PhD - Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine May 14 Allison E. Willing, PhD - Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Brain & Spine -
Bioscience Seminars are held in MDL 1003A or via Teams on Fridays at 11:30 AM. Please email Michele Gale for the link.
FALL 2025 September 19 Baptiste Lacoste, PhD - Senior Scientist & Director, Regenerative Medicine Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Associate Professor & Director, Electron Microscopy Core Facility, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Ottawa September 26 Keith Pennypacker, PhD - Professor and Director, Center of Advanced Translational Stroke Science, Depts of Neurosurgery, Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Kentucky October 3 Joachim Herz, PhD - Biophysics and Molecular Genetics, Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center October 10 Ke Yaun, PhD, FAHA - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston's Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School October 17 Nicole Liachko, PhD - Research Associate Professor, Division of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, University of Washington November 21 Fred Gorelick, PhD - Henry J. and Joan W. Binder Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Cell Biology, Yale University December 5 David M. Aronoff, MD - Chair, Department of Medicine, John B. Hickam Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine