Presented by the UTSA Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative Biology (NDRB) Dept & UTSA Neuroscience.  Seminars are held Thursdays during the academic year, 12-1pm CST in the BSB Loeffler Rm, 3.03.02.

Fall 2024 Neuroscience Seminars

Date Speaker Affiliation Title Host
8/29 Melanie Carless, PhD UTSA From Strands to Stars: Cracking the Epigenetic Code in Complex Disorders Apicella
9/05 Timothy Balmer, PhD Arizona State Univ. Top-down modulation in the auditory system Silveria
9/12 Alfonso Apicella, PhD UTSA The role of cortical long-range GABAergic inhibition on emotional learning and decision-makingWilson
9/19 Brian Lundstrom, MD, PhD Mayo Clinic Rochester Neural Adaptation, Fractional Dynamics, and Brain Stimulation Santamaria
9/26 Jones Parker, PhD Northwestern Univ. Nigrostriatal Circuit Dysfunction in Neuropsychiatric Disease Wanat
10/03 Massimo Pasqualetti, PhD Univ. Pisa Development and plasticity of the serotonergic circuitry Apicella
10/10 Ranmal Samarasinghe MD, PhD UCLA TBD Estevez
10/17 Eric Fortune, PhD NJIT Closed-loop control of refuge tracking in midbrain neurons Savelli
10/24 Charles Anderson, PhD West Virginia University Synapse and cell-type specific effects of synaptically released zinc on neural circuits in mouse auditory cortex Apicella
10/31 Raju Metherate, PhD UCI TBD Apicella
11/07 Carlos Bassetto, PhD UTSA TBD Santamaria
11/14 Claudio Punzo, PhD UMass TBD Camacho
11/21 Jonathan Fadok, PhD Tulane Univ. From Freezing to Flight: How Distributed Brain Circuits Regulate Defensive Behavior Burgos-Robles
12/5 Ching-Kang Chen, PhD UT Health San Antonio TBD Camacho
12/12 Annual Neuroscience Symposium

Neuroscientists Talk Shop Podcast

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