Seminars and Guest Lectures

Seminars and Guest Lectures

 
 
Neurobehavioral effects of early life opioid exposure
 
November 16, 2023
 
Shivon A. Robinson, Ph.D.
 

Ilenna Jones PhD

 

Quantifying the Impact of Dendritic Properties on Neuronal Computation

October 19, 2023

Ilenna Jones, Ph.D.

 

From Blood to Brain: Blood Cells Generate Neurons

April 25, 2023

Professor Barbara Beltz
 


Sensory experience engages brain-resident immune cells to coordinate neural development and function

April 11th, 2023

Dr. Lucas Martin Cheadle

Video of Dr. Cheadle's Lecture

 

 

 

The Klein Lecture: The (Mis)Measurement of Cognition in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Older Adults

April 6, 2022

Dr. Luis D. Medina

 

Video of Dr Medina's Lecture

 

The Patterson Lecture: Action Potential: A Neurologist's Perspective on Careers in Neuroscience After Wellesley
 
March 13th, 2023
 
Dr. Kiren Kresa-Reahl (Wellesley '87)
 
 
 
 

October 24, 2022
Troy Roepke, PhD
Simon(e) Sun, PhD
Krisha Aghi, PhD Candidate
 

 

Zoomed in drawing of the side of a face with text overlay 'Coming to Our Senses'

 

Susan Barry Lecture: Coming to Our Senses

April 25, 2022

 

Video of Susan Barry Lecture

 

The Klein Lecture: The (Mis)Measurement of Cognition in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Older Adults

 April 6, 2022

Dr. Luis D. Medina

 

Video of Dr Medina's Lecture

 


Panel Discussion on: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Neuroscience 

 December 7, 2021

Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez, PhD

Ann M. Etgen, PhD

Eyiyemsi Damisah, MD 

Angeline Dukes, PhD candidate

 

Video of Panel Discussion

 

 

Understanding Copper Regulation in Pediatric Neurodegeneration
December 2, 2021
 
Kaela Singleton, Ph.D. 


Emory University

 
 
 

Neuronal population effects of natural and pharmacological manipulations of visual perception

November 22, 2021
 
Amy Ni, Ph.D. 


The University of Pittsburgh

 

 

Applying Cortical interneuron development is disrupted in an NMDA Receptor Hypofunction Model of Schizophrenia
November 10, 2021
 
Oluwarotimi Folorunso, Ph.D. 


The McLean Hospital

 

 

 

 Circuit Mechanism for Associative Learning in the Cerebellum
 October 5, 2021
 
 Dominique Pritchett, Ph.D. 


 Howard University 

 

 

 

Applying to Graduate School in the Time of COVID

November 4, 2020

Robert Harper-Mangels, Ph.D.  


Yale University

 
 
 
 
 
 

Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Emotional and Social ProcessingSeptember 30, 2020

Kay Tye, Ph.D.  


The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

 
 

 

Consequences of early-life adversity: risk or resilience?
September 16, 2020

Erica R. Glasper, Ph.D.  


Associate Professor, Dept of Psychology, University of Maryland

 
 

 

 

A Colorful Research Journey
March 10, 2020

Rosa Lafer-Sousa ‘09, Ph.D.  


Unit on Neurons, Circuits, and Behavior at NIMH

 
 

 

 

How Neuroscience and Wellesley Shaped My Career in Emergency Medicine
February 18, 2020

Dana Im ‘10, M.D., MPP, MPhil  


Brigham and Women's Hospital & Massachusetts General Hospital

 
 

 

 

Neural ensemble mechanisms for memory-guided behavior
December 3, 2019

Shantanu Jadhav, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Brandeis University
 
 

 

 

The role of the intestinal microbiota in Multiple Sclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease
October 2, 2019

Laurie Cox, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
 
 

 

 

Understanding, facilitating and predicting aphasia recovery and after rehabilitation
October 2, 2019

Swathi Kiran, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Boston University
Director, Aphasia Research Laboratory
 

 

 

Kiren Kresa-ReahlNeuroscience After Wellesley: A Neurologists' Perspective on treating Mutiple SclerosisApril 29, 2019

Kiren Kresa-Reahl, M.D. (Wellesley '87)
Providence Multiple Sclerosis Center
Portland, OR.
 
 

 

 

Phosphorylation of estrogen receptor alpha is required for mammary gland development and breast tumor response to estradiol and tamoxifenApril 10, 2019

Brian Rowan, Ph.D.
Gerald & Flora Jo Mansfield Piltz Endowed Professor of Cancer Research
Department of Structural and Cellular Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA.
 
 

 


It's brain surgery, not rocket science! Steps to becoming a neurosurgeonApril 8, 2019
Rosalind Lai, M.D. (Wellesley '11)

Department of Neurosurgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. 

Video of Rosalind Lai’s talk

 

 


Human Connectomics:New Frontiers In Mapping and Modeling Brain NetworksApril 4, 2019

Olaf Sporns, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 

Video of Olaf Sporn's talk

  
Astrocytes and Aquaporins: Relevance to Neurologic DiseaseNovember 29, 2018
 
Claudia Lucchinettii, M.D.

Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Professor of Neurosciences
Dept. of Neurology, Chair
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Video of Claudia Lucchinettii’s talk



Cancer associated with distinct microbial community and metabolic profilesOctober 26, 2018

Nicholas Chia, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Consultant
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
 
 
 

Sleeping on the FlyOctober 23, 2018

Christopher Vecsey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
 
 

Activity-dependent plasticity of electrical synapsesOctober 2, 2018

Julie Haas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
 
 

Emotion Regulation in Adulthood and Old Age: Hedonic and Utilitarian Considerations
April 26, 2018
 
Eric Allard, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychology
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
 

Arousal and Attention in Drosophila
March 15, 2018
 
Tim Lebestky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Williams College, Williamstown, MA.
 
 

Francisco J. Quintana
Regulation of CNS Inflammation in MS
February 6, 2018
 
Francisco J. Quintana, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
 
 
 

Mimi Kao
Mechanisms for variability and plasticity in vocalmotor performance in songbirds
December 7, 2017
 
Mimi Kao, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Tufts University, Medford, MA.
 
 
 

Piali SenguptaRunning hot and cold: Mechanisms of thermosensation and thermal acclimation in C. elegans
October 23, 2017
 
Piali Sengupta, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator, Professor of Neurobiology
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

Kiren Kresa-ReahlNeuroscience After Wellesley: A Neurologists' Perspective on Parkinson's Disease
October 20, 2017
 
Kiren Kresa-Reahl, M.D. (Wellesley '87)
Providence Multiple Sclerosis Center
Portland, OR.
 
 
 

Geoff Ganter
Wouldn't hurt a fly: novel pain drug targets from Drosophila
October 5, 2017
 
Geoff Ganter
Department of Biology
University of New England, Biddeford, ME.
 

Virginia MattisModeling the neuro-developmental origins of Huntington's Disease with induced pluripotent stem cells
April 4, 2017
 
Virginia Mattis, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cedar Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA.
 
 
 

Dr. Tepring PiquadoPatterson Symposium: Human-machine systems to aid in decision-making
March 23, 2017
 
Dr. Tepring Piquado
Associate Physical Scientist
Rand Corporation.
 

Laverne MelonGin and Tonic - What role does tonic inhibition play in the consequences of binge drinking?
March 9, 2017
Laverne Melon, Ph.D
Tufts University School of Medicine, Medford, MA.

Gina TurrigianoSelf-tuning neurons and brain stability
December 1, 2016
 
Gina Turrigiano, Ph.D
Principal Investigator, Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science,
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
 
 
 

Jeremy SullivanTRPV4 channelopathy in hereditary neuromuscular disease
November 8, 2016
 
Jeremy Sullivan
Department of Neurology,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
 
 

Weifeng XuExperience-dependent equilibration of AMPAR-mediated synaptic transmission during the critical period
November 3, 2016
 
Weifeng Xu
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Brian DuistermarsEthology and Emotion
October 24, 2016
 
Brian Duistermars, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology and Biological Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA.

Kiren Kresa-Reahl Neuroscience After Wellesley: A Neurologists' Perspective on Treating Multiple Sclerosis
October 21, 2016
 
Kiren Kresa-Reahl, M.D. (Wellesley '87)
Providence Multiple Sclerosis Center
Portland, OR.
 
 

Alison Barth Neocortical circuits for transforming information and plasticity
October 19, 2016
 
Alison Barth, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA.
 
 

Dr. Bevil ConwayKeeping Color in Mind
April 7, 2016
 
Dr. Bevil Conway
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Investigator and chief of the Unit on Sensation, Cognition and Action Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, Bethesda, MD.
Video of Bevil Conway's Lecture

Dr. Bevil ConwayOrigins of the Mind and Development of the Brain
April 5, 2016
 
Rebecca Saxe, Ph.D.
Professor of Cognitive Science,
Department of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
Massachusetts Instutitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
 

Dr. Bevil ConwayQuantitative Adventures in Behavior
March 10, 2016
 
Dr. Robert Huber, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences,
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
 
 

Dr. Bevil ConwaySex Differences in Depression
December 7, 2015
 
Marianne Seney
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
 
 
 

Dr. Bevil ConwayLosing Your Inhibition: GABAergic Plasticity in Emotional Learning
December 2, 2015
 
Elizabeth K. Lucas, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Neuroscience
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Manhattan, NY.

Sara Wasserman, Ph.D.Multi-modal sensory integration underlying decision-making
November 30, 2015
 
Sara Wasserman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience,
Department of Neuroscience,
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
 

Dr. Bevil ConwayLessons from the Lamprey on Nervous System Regeneration
November 23, 2015
 
Jennifer Morgan, Ph.D.
Director of the Eugene Bell Center,
Associate Scientist,
Marine Biological Laboratory.
Principal Investigator,
Morgan Lab, Woods Hole, MA.

Dr. Bevil ConwayA career at the interface of science, public health, and international development
November 20, 2015
 
Kayla Laserson, Sc.D.
Director,
Centers for Disease Control India, New Delhi Area, India.

Dr. Bevil ConwayHow does the brain generate behavioral sequences?
November 19, 2015
 
Mike Long
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology,
NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY.
 

Dr. Bevil ConwayTools for Analyzing and Repairing Biological Systems
November 2, 2015
 
Ed Boyden, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Professor of Biological Engineering & Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
MIT Media Lab and MIT McGovern Institute,
Massachusetts Instutitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Dr. Bevil ConwayMechanisms of General Anesthesia
October 15, 2015
 
Patrick Purdon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesia,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA.
 
 
 

Dr. Bevil ConwayUnfolding the Orthogonal Brain
September 29, 2015
 
Dr. Van Wedeen
Associate Professor in Radiology,
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.
Director of Connectomics,
Martinos Center, Charlestown, MA.
 

Dr. Barbara Beltz Neuro Nite with Barbara Beltz
February 17, 2015
 
Dr. Barbara Beltz
Wellesley College
Allene Lummis Russell Professor of Neuroscience
Dr. Bevil ConwayEngineering Stem Cell Differentiation
February 5, 2015
 
Krystyn Van Vliet, Ph.D.
Michael (1949) and Sonja Koerner Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Instutitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Bevil Conway Black and blue or gold and white? Analysis of social media's color controversy
March 3, 2015
 
Dr. Bevil Conway
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Investigator and chief of the Unit on Sensation, Cognition and Action Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, Bethesda, MD.

Dr. Fred Gage Regulation and Function of Neurogenesis in the Adult Hippocampus
November 20, 2014
 
Dr. Fred Gage
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA.
 
 

Shari Wiseman Regulation of protein synthesis in long-term memory formation and disease
October 30, 2014
 
Shari Wiseman
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
 
 
 

Dr. Geoffrey Ling What's new and cool in Neuroscience
October 9, 2014
 
Dr. Geoffrey Ling
Defense Advances Research Projects Agency
 
 
 

Video of Geoffrey Ling's Lecture


James FallonIt's Never Too Late to Find Your True Self
April 17, 2014
 
James Fallon
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior,
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA.
 

Video of James Fallon's Lecture


Nancy Kanwisher Functional Specificity in the Human Brain: A Window into the Functional Architecture of the Mind
April 4, 2014
 
Nancy Kanwisher
Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Cambridge, MA.

Dr. Irene Soderhall Crustacean Immunity and Hematopoiesis
April 3, 2014
 
Dr. Irene Soderhall
Uppsala University, Sweden.
 
 

Margaret M. McCarthy Patterson Symposium
Sex Differences in the Brain: Separating Fact from Fiction
April 11, 2013
 
Margaret M. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pharmacology
University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore City, MD.

Luke Remage-Healey This is your brain on steroids: What songbirds teach us about the neural mechanisms of behavior
December 2, 2013
 
Luke Remage-Healey
Assistant Professor, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, Neuroscience and Behavior Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

Jeffrey D. Blaustein How to be (and not to be) a Scientist: Some thoughts on scholarship, science conduct and misconduct
November 21, 2013
 
Jeffrey D. Blaustein
Professor, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies
Director, Neuroscience and Behavior Program, University of Masachusetts, Amherst, MA.

 


Dr. Leslie Griffith Sleep in Drosophila Melanogaster
October 17, 2013
 
Dr. Leslie Griffith, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Volen National center for Complex Systems
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

Tracy L. BaleStressed parents: maternal and paternal epigenetic reprogramming of the developing brain
March 28, 2013
 
Tracy L. Bale, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Neuroscience Center
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Video of Tracy Bale's Lecture

 


Dr. Bevil ConwayNeurogenesis
February 12, 2013
 
Carolyn Pytte
Associate Professor of Psychology,
Queens College, Flushing, NY.

Video of Carolyn Pytte's Lecture

 


Matt Wilson Hippocampal Memory of Time and Space
November 29, 2012
 
Matt Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
 

Ian Davison Neural Circuits for Odor Recognition in Piriform Cortex
November 13, 2012
 
Ian Davison, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA.
 

David Eagleman The Brain on Trial: How Neuroscience will Navigate Social Policy
October 18, 2012
 
David Eagleman, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Video of David Eagleman's Lecture


Dr. Bevil ConwayHeavy Metal Toxicity
September 20, 2012
 
Katarzyna Kordas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health,
School of Public Health and Health Professions,
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
 
 

Video of Katarzyna Kordas' Lecture


Jesse Goldberg Basal Ganglia, Reward and Disease
April 13, 2012
 
Jesse Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
 

Robert Harper-Mangels Applying to Graduate School: How to Prepare a Quality Application
April 4, 2012
 
Robert Harper-Mangels, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
April 17, 2008; April 5, 2007
 

Jeff Blaustein Can You Teach an Old Dogma New Tricks?
December 2, 2011
 
Jeff Blaustein, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
December 2, 2011; November 13, 2009; April 27, 2007

John Greene Beyond point-and-shoot morality
November 29, 2011
 
Josh Greene, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Justin Slawson The genetics of motor control in drosophila melanogaster
November 8, 2011
 
Justin Slawson
Graduate Student, Department of Life Sciences, Brandeis University, Boston, MA.

 


Leon Reijmers Genetic dissection of memory storage
October 28, 2011
 
Leon Reijmers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University, Boston, MA.

David Hubel Brain and Visual Perception
October 27, 2011
 
David Hubel, M.D.
Previous Talks: Essays on Thinking; Critical Periods and Cortical Development; Brain and Visual Perception; Organization of the Visual cortex
October 27, 2011; March 10, 2011; November 1, 2010; March 3 and 9, April 10, October 9, November 13, 2009; November 4, 2008; October 4 and 11, 2007

Timithy Otchy Neural mechanisms underlying motor learning in the song bird
October 18, 2011
 
Timithy Otchy
Graduate Student, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.

 


Sara Wasserman Drosophila in-flight olfactory orientation
September 22, 2011
 
Sara Wasserman, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Michael Gazzaniga Neuroscience Patterson Symposium: Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain
April 28, 2011
 
Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and the Director for the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.
Director of the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience. President of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute. Director of the MacArthur Law and Neuroscience Project.

Robert Harper-Mangels Applying to Graduate School: How to Prepare a Quality Application
April 4, 2012
 
Robert Harper-Mangels, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
April 17, 2008; April 5, 2007
 

Anne Blood Understanding the puzzle of motor control: A systems level approach
December 2, 2010
 
Anne Blood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.; Research Scientist, Psychiatry and the Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Martinos faculty, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA.

Stephanie Jones From neurons to perception: MEG imaging and neural modeling of somatosensory attention and the effects of meditation
November 11, 2010
 
Stephanie Jones, Ph.D.
Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Assistant in Neuroscience, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Martinos faculty, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA.

Don Katz Neurophysiology of Bad Taste
October 28, 2010
 
Don Katz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, Psychology Department and Neuroscience Program, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

 


Kiersten Smith GABA Receptor Subtypes and Emotional Behavior
October 18, 2010
 
Kiersten Smith, Ph.D.
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Assistant Neuroscientist, McLean Hospital, Boston, MA.

Ed Kravitz Genetic Manipulations in the fruit flight club: Sex and war in a single gene and other stories
September 30, 2010
 
Ed Kravitz, Ph.D.
George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Jamshed Bharucha Music and the Brain
April 13, 2010
 
Jamshed Bharucha, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President, Tufts, University, Medford, MA.

David Corey Mechanisms of Hearing and Deafness
March 16, 2010
 
David Corey, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology and Investigator, HHMI, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Ann Graybiel Our habitual lives: How the brain makes and breaks habits
February 26, 2010
 
Ann Graybiel, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Science and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Dr. Bevil ConwayThe Self-Tuning Neuron: Synaptic Scaling of Excitatory Synapses
February 25, 2010
 
Gina Turrigiano, Ph.D.
Joseph Levitan Professor of Vision Science,
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

Marlene Cohen Brain Mechanisms of Decision Making
December 4, 2009
 
Marlene Cohen, Ph.D.
Post Doc, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

John Swain Technologies to Read the Mind: Detecting Lies and Beyond
November 5, 2009
 
John Swain, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
 

Kathy Siwicki Neural Mechanisms of Courtship and Memory in Drosophila
April 7, 2009
 
Kathy Siwicki, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Biology Department, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

 


Sue Barry Fixing my Gaze: Gaining stereovision in adult life
March 12, 2009
 
Sue Barry, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.

 


Dan Barry Sensations of Space Flight
March 12, 2009
 
Dan Barry, M.D., Ph.D.
NASA Astronaut (former); President and Founder, Denbar Robotics, South Hadley, MA.
 

Kaushik Ghose Bat Beams: Sonar beam direction and flight control in an echolocating bat
October 21, 2008
 
Kaushik Ghose, Ph.D.
Post Doc, Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
 

Eve Marder Variability, Homeostasis, and Neuromodulation in Neuronal Networks
September 24, 2008
 
Eve Marder, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
 

Eileen Lafer Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis
September 18, 2008
 
Eileen Lafer, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, TX.; Director, UTHSCSA Center for Surface Plasmon Resonance; Co-Director, UTHSCSA Center for Macromolecular Interactions

Sarah L. Berga Stress-Induced Anovulation: Mind over Matter?
April 24, 2008
 
Sarah L. Berga, M.D.
James Robert McCord Professor and Chair, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
April 24, 2008; April 12, 2007

Vision and Art" The Biology of Seeing Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
April 8, 2008
 
Margaret S. Livingstone, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
 

Teresa Woodruff Oncofertility: Preservation of Fertility for Women and Girls with Cancer
November 15, 2007
 
Teresa Woodruff, Ph.D.
Director of Institute for Women's Health Research, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Dennis Selkoe Deciphering the molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease predicts novel therapies
May 1, 2007
 
Dennis Selkoe, M.D.
Professor of Neurologic Diseases, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Co-Director, Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Alice Flaherty All in Your Head: The Neurology of Psychosomatic Illness
April 24, 2007
 
Alice Flaherty, M.D, Ph.D.
Director, Brain Stimulator Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Bonnie Wong Pathways in Psychology: Clinical Neuropsychology
April 12, 2007
 
Bonnie Wong '96, Ph.D.
Behavioral Neurology Unit, Beth Israel Medical Center
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Andrew Nierenberg Major Depressive Disorder: A Chronic and Recurrent Serious Mental Illness with Gaps in Knowledge and Practice
February 27, 2007
 
Andrew Nierenberg, M.D.
Associate Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Medical Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.