DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
The 2021-2022 Distinguished Lecture Series will be a Virtual / In-person Hybrid
Click on each speaker to view info on the speaker’s research, selected papers & title. Also, be sure to check out previous lectures and exclusive interviews with the speaker. Click here to check out exclusive interviews with our speakers in this podcast series facilitated by B&B Fellow Greg Suess.
Department Contact for Lecture Series: Liz Weaver
See Below for 2021-2022 Line-up
Title: Cortical basis of speech and handwriting in humans for neural interfaces
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Andrey Shilnikov, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Brain- Computer Interfaces
2. Neural interface translates thoughts into type
3. Hand knob area of premotor cortex represents the whole body in a compositional way
4. Neural ensemble dynamics in dorsal motor cortex during speech in people with paralysis
Title: Bidirectional links between the circadian clock and homeostatic circuits maintaining body hydration
Location: TBD
Host: Javier Stern, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Central and peripheral roles of vasopressin in the circadian defense of body hydration.
2. Clock-driven vasopressin neurotransmission mediates anticipatory thirst prior to sleep
3. Sodium regulates clock time and output via an excitatory GABAergic pathway
Title: Drosophila receptors controlling chemical and textural taste sensation
Location: Virtual
Host: Dan Cox, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Peripheral coding of taste
2. Calcium Taste Avoidance in Drosophila
Title: State-dependent cortical circuits
Location: TBD
Host: Michael Black, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
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Title: Gut Instincts: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Across the Lifespan
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Marise Parent, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
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Title: Neural circuits for decision-making: does excitatory cell class matter?
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Jordan Hamm, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
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Title: Control of neuron activity by microglia
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Jessica Bolton, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
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Title: Flow, effort and feeling of effort
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Neil Van Leeuwen, Ph.D. B&B Philosophy Faculty
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