Upcoming Events!

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Mar 18
No Seminar - Finals Week
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm
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Apr 1
TBA
Location: Time: 4:00 pm

To schedule a seminar speaker, please contact James Murray and Jenna Penny

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Apr 8
Lavinia Sheets, PhD
Associate Professor | Ortolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery | Developmental, Regenerative and Stem Cell biology Neurosciences
Washington University in St. Louis
TBA
Host: Adam Miller
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm
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Apr 15
TBA
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm

To schedule a seminar speaker, please contact James Murray and Jenna Penny

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Apr 22
TBA
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm

To schedule a seminar speaker, please contact James Murray and Jenna Penny

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Apr 29
TBA
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm

To schedule a seminar speaker, please contact James Murray and Jenna Penny

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May 6
Ken Catania, PhD
Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences | Professor of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
TBA
Host: Angelique Allen - Niell Lab
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm
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May 13
Ed Boyden, PhD
Professor, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Media Arts adn Science and Biological Engineering | Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, McGovern Institute and HHMI
MIT McGovern Institute
TBA
Host: Angelique Allen - Niell Lab
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm
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May 20
Floris van Bruegel
Assistant Professor
University of Nevada, Reno
Takahashi Neuroethology Lecture
Host: Cris Niell, Kip Clifford, Avinash Singh
Location: TBA and remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm
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May 27
TBA
Location: Willamette 110, remote via Zoom Time: 4:00 pm

To schedule a seminar speaker, please contact James Murray and Jenna Penny

Past Events

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Feb 26
Dr. Colleen McLaughlin
Developmental Neuroscience Candidate
“Multi-omic interrogation of cell-surface protein dynamics in developing neurons”

Neural circuit formation and function via membrane proteome remodeling

Feb 24
Molly Shallow
ZIm inhibitory cells increase engagement in complex sensorimotor behaviors
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Feb 12
Dr. Marissa Co
Developmental Neuroscience Candidate
“Defining mechanisms of monogenic autism using diverse allelic variants”

Autism heterogeneity and master regulators of neural circuit development

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Feb 5
Dr. Franziska Auer
Developmental Neuroscience Candidate
"The Role of Myelin in the Maturation of Neural Circuits and Behavior"

Circuit specific effects of myelination during development

Feb 3
Issac Rhim
The visual cortex and its role in behavior
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Jan 29
Dr. Kelsey Tyssowski
Developmental Neuroscience Candidate
"The neural basis of the evolution of dexterity in deer mice"

Evolution and development of dexterous motor skills

Jan 27
Daniel Hulsey
Regulation of thalamocortical oscillations in mice
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Jan 22
Dr. Cody Call
Developmental Neuroscience Candidate
"Unraveling how oligodendrocytes generate and pattern myelin"

Oligodendrocyte development, cell biology, and disease

Jan 13
Rolf Skyberg
Visual Temporal Dynamics During Active Vision Throughout Development
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Jan 8
Dr. Harry Vong
Developmental Neuroscience Candidate
"Understanding neurodevelopment through genomic mosaicism"

Gut-brain communication development, genomic mosaicism, and disease