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 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)
"Neural correlates of individual variability in Alcohol Use Disorder"
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.
October 29, 2025
Wednesday, 10/29/2025 12:10 pm-1:10 pm Shapiro Science Center GL14
Mathematical Biology Seminar
Paul Miller (Professor of Biology and Program Chair of Neuroscience at Brandeis University)
"Stability versus instability when multiple homeostatic mechanisms combine in neurons"
See: https://www.brandeis.edu/biology/faculty/millerp-research/index.html
Host: Nate Sutton. Contact nsutton@brandeis.edu for more information.
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.
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"
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.
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.