Events

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Neuroscience Seminars & Journal Clubs

2024-2025

Upcoming Events

Vivian & Judge -- Neurobiology Journal Club

November 10, 2025

Monday, 11/10/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Mike Vivian (Grienberger Lab)
"Distinct synaptic plasticity rules operate across dendritic compartments in vivo during learning"
Kirsten Judge (Sengupta Lab)
"Glia detect and transiently protect against dendrite substructure disruption in C. elegans"

Amal -- Unmasking the Multi-Layered Molecular Mechanisms Orchestrating Autism Spectrum Disorder

November 11, 2025

Tuesday, 11/11/2025 12:45 pm-1:45 pm Gerstenzang 123
Joint Biology/Neuroscience Colloquium
Haitham Amal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Visiting Professor, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard)
"Unmasking the Multi-Layered Molecular Mechanisms Orchestrating Autism Spectrum Disorder" See: https://www.amal-lab.com/haitham-amal
Host: Avital Rodal.

Stone -- Quantitative Biology Lunch

November 19, 2025

Wednesday, 11/19/2025 12:15 pm-1:15 pm Shapiro Campus Center Room 236
Quantitative Biology Lunch
Andrew Stone (Brandeis Light Microscopy)
Contact lstclair@brandeis.edu for more information.

Melendez & Gomez -- Neurobiology Journal Club

November 24, 2025

Monday, 11/24/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Edward Rivera Melendez (Jadhav Lab)
Eric Gomez (Rodal Lab)

Wilmerding & Davis -- Neurobiology Journal Club

December 1, 2025

Monday, 12/1/2025 11:15 am-12:05 pm Gerstenzang 124
Neurobiology Journal Club
Kelton Wilmerding, PhD (Grienberger Lab)
Diana Davis (Griffith Lab)

Colaiacovo -- How genetic factors and exposure to environmental toxicants affect the germline leading to aneuploidy: insights from C. elegans

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.

Wang -- Psilocybin action on learning mechanisms and neuronal growth

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.

Maigler -- title TBA

December 15, 2025

Monday, 12/15/2025 10 am-11 am Gerstenzang 122/Online
Thesis Seminar: Neuroscience PhD Program
Kathleen Maigler (Katz Lab)
"title TBA"