Events
Student presenting at Computational Neuroscience Journal Club.
Neuroscience Seminars & Journal Clubs
2024-2025
- Neurobiology Journal Club (Mondays @ 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. in Gerstenzang 124)
- Biology & Neuroscience Joint Seminar (Tuesdays @ 12:45 to 1:45 p.m.)
- Computational/Systems Neuroscience Journal Club (Thursdays @ 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. in Volen 201)
- MCB & Neuroscience Student Seminars/Pizza Talks (Fridays @ 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. in Gerstenzang 123)
Upcoming Events
October 14, 2025
Tuesday, 10/14/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Scott Waddell, PhD (University of Oxford)
"Visceral signaling of post-ingestive malaise directs memory updating in Drosophila"
See: https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/scott-waddell
Host: Leslie Griffith.
October 20, 2025
Monday, 10/20/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Martin Raymond, PhD (Katz Lab)
"Contribution of Rat Insular Cortex to Stimulus-Guided Action"
Tedy Markova (Berry Lab)
"REM sleep quality is associated with balanced tonic activity of the locus coeruleus during wakefulness"
October 21, 2025
Tuesday, 10/21/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Rebecca Yang, PhD (Duke University School of Medicine)
See: https://www.neuro.duke.edu/research/faculty-labs/yang-lab
Host: Don Katz.
October 22, 2025
Wednesday, 10/22/2025 12:15 pm-1:15 pm Shapiro Campus Center, Room 236
Quantitative Biology Lunch
Nida Farheen (Gelles Lab)
Contact lstclair@brandeis.edu for more information.
October 27, 2025
Monday, 10/27/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Marie Doyle (Winder Lab, Dept. of Neurobiology, UMass Chan Medical School)
"Alcohol abstinence precipitates increased alcohol seeking and compulsive intake in association with phenotypic BNST dynamics"
Host: IRPC.
October 28, 2025
Tuesday, 10/28/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Binyam Mogessie, PhD (Yale University)
"Synthetic oocyte aging uncovers cytoskeletal and centromeric safeguards of chromosome segregation"
See: https://eggsnchromosomes.org/
Host: Bruce Goode.
November 3, 2025
Monday, 11/3/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Michael Canori (Kadener Lab)
"GPCR signaling gates astrocyte responsiveness to neurotransmitters and control of neuronal activity"
Natalie D'Ambra (Griffith Lab)
"Central clock drives foraging rhythm through modulating food odor attraction in Drosophila"
November 4, 2025
Tuesday, 11/4/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
David K. Breslow, PhD (Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology, Yale University)
"Understanding Primary Cilia through Functional Genomics"
See: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/david-breslow/
Host: Piali Sengupta.
December 2, 2025
Tuesday, 12/2/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Monica Colaiacovo, PhD (Department of Genetics, Harvard University)
"How genetic factors and exposure to environmental toxicants
affect the germline leading to aneuploidy: insights from C. elegans"
See: https://genepath.med.harvard.edu/colaiacovo/index.html
Host: Sue Lovett.
December 9, 2025
Tuesday, 12/9/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Sam Wang, PhD (Princeton University)
"Psilocybin action on learning mechanisms and neuronal growth"
See: https://wanglab.scholar.princeton.edu/people/samuel-s-h-wang
Host: Leslie Griffith.