UTSA NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE
Presented by the UTSA Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative Biology (NDRB) Dept & the Neurosciences InIstitute. Seminars are held Thursdays during the academic year, 12-1pm CST in the BSB Loeffler Rm, 3.03.02, or via zoom link (indicated below).
Spring 2022 Neuroscience Seminars
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/20 | Ken Hargreaves DDS PhD | UT Health | You are what you eat: The role of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids in pain | HG Lee |
| 1/27 | Roger Clem PhD | Mt Sinai | GABAergic mechanisms of emtotional memory in the prefrontal cortex | Muzzio |
| 2/3 | Reserved for Faculty Candidate | |||
| 2/10 | Dan Butts PhD | Univ MD | More than meets the eye: Visual processing in natural contexts | Troyer |
| 2/17 | Sarah Burke PhD | Univ FL Med | A systems level approach to understanding the neurobiology of cognitive aging | Savelli |
| 2/24 | Caitlin Orsini PhD | UT Austin | Amygdala-striatal circuitry during risk-based decision making | Wanat |
| 3/3 | Ben Novitch PhD | UCLA | Integrative modeling of human brain development & neurodevelopmental disorders | Hsieh |
| 3/10 | Fidel Santamaria PhD | UTSA | Fractional differentiation and long term intrinsic memory in neuromorphic and neuronal sensory systems | Wilson |
| 3/17 | Spring Break | |||
| 3/24 | Tom Finger PhD | Univ CO | Chemical Synapses Without Synaptic Vesicles: Mapping the Taste Bud Connectome | Macpherson |
| 3/31 | Aryn Gittis PhD | Carnegie Mellon | Circuit-based strategies for long-lasting motor recovery following dopamine depletion | Wilson |
| 4/7 | Marco Pagani PhD | IIT (Italy) | Clustering functional connectivity alterations in autism with cross-species fMRI | Bertero |
| 4/14 | Consuelo Walss-Bass PhD | UTH Houston | Patient-derived brain-based mechanistic studies of mental health disorders | Carless |
| 4/21 | Heidi Meyer PhD | BU | Mechanisms of fear regulation across the landscape of adolescence | Burgos-Robles |
| 4/28 | Hojoon Lee PhD | Northwestern | The sense of taste: The good, the bad, & the ugly | Macpherson |