Fall 2026 Neuroscience Seminars

Presented by the UT San Antonio NDRB Dept .  

All seminars are held Thursdays, 12-1pm  in the BSB Loeffler Rm, 3.03.02.

Date Speaker Affiliation Title Host
8/27 Anthony Burgos-Robles, PhD UTSA Necessity of the prefrontal cortex for survival in a dangerous world Apicella
9/03 Matt Wanat, PhD UTSA How learning is regulated by the estrous cycle and astrocytes Apicella
9/10 Melissa Caras, PhD Univ. Maryland Orbitofrontal-auditory signaling during perceptual learning Apicella
9/17 Michele Giugliano PhD University of Modena and Reggio Emilia TBD Hsieh
9/24 Wenicios Chaves, PhD UT San Antonio TBD Bertero
10/01 Yi Zhu, PhD UT San Antonio TBD Lee
10/08 Camillo Padoa-Shioppa Washington Univ TBD Bertero
10/15 Edward Bartlett,PhD Purdue Univ Silveira
10/22 Jason Pugh, PhD UT San Antonio Synaptic disfunction in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Wanat
10/29 Tiffany Schmidt, PhD Northwestern Univ TBD Kanke/ Camacho
11/05 INDARB-Invited Speaker
11/12 Steven R Pliszka, MD UT San Antonio TBD Wicha
11/19 Lena Smirnova, PhD Johns Hopkins Univ TBD Moler/Santamaria
11/26 Thanksgiving
12/03 Jin Zhang, PhD UMass Chan Med. School A Molecular Mechanism for Internal State-Dependent Sodium Taste and Ingestion Macpherson
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