DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
The 2022-2023 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
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2022-2023 Line-up
Title: Innate and adaptive immunity in vascular cognitive impairment and neurodegeneration
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Javier Stern, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Dietary salt promotes cognitive impairment through tau phosphorylation
Title: Neural mechanisms that promote nicotine use in vulnerable populations
Location: Zoom Link Above
Host: Kyle Frantz, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Female rats display greater nicotine withdrawal-induced cellular...
2. Converging vulnerability factors for compulsive food and drug use
3. The emergence of insulin resistance following a chronic high-fat diet...
Title: The making of a specialist fly: investigating the neurobiology of ecological niche adaptations
Location: Virtual
Host: Dan Cox, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Drosophila sechellia: A Genetic Model for Behavioral Evolution and Neuroecology
2. Evolution of Acid-Sensing Olfactory Circuits in Drosophilids
3. Olfactory Receptor and Circuit Evolution Promote Host Specialization
Title: Oxytocin, synaptic plasticity, and maternal behavior
Location: TBD
Host: Michael Black, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
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4.Mesoscopic Imaging: Shining a Wide Light on Large-Scale Neural Dynamics
Title: Auditory imagery in the mind and the brain
Location: TBD
Host: Martin Norgaard, Ph.D. B&B Music Faculty
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Location: TBD
Host: Aras Petrulis, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
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Title: The comparative neurobiology of social bonds
Location: TBD
Host: Sarah Brosnan, Ph.D. B&B Psychology Faculty
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Title: How do astrocytes sculpt synaptic circuits?
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Jessica Bolton & Anne Murphy, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
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