DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
The 2024-2025 Distinguished Lecture Series will be either Virtual or In-person.
For in-person, the talks will be held in 124 Petit Science Center & also shown at the link below.
Click on each speaker to view info on the speaker’s research, selected papers & title.
Department Contact for Lecture Series: Liz Weaver
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2024-2025 Line-up
Title: The amygdala: A pain rheobase in the brain
Location: In person in 124 Petit Science Center
Host: Sarah Clark, Ph.D. B&B Neuro Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. The amygdala between sensation and affect. A role in pain
2. Dual and opposing functions of the central amygdala in the modulation of pain
Title: TBD
Location: In person in 124 Petit Science Center
Host: Anne Murphy, Ph.D. B&B Neuro Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Corticostriatal contributions to dysregulated motivated behaviors in stress, depression, and substance use disorders
3. Dendritic remodeling of D1 neurons by RhoA/Rho-kinase mediates depression-like behavior
Title: Pathophysiology of ME/CFS and Long -COVID: Overlapping or distinct entities?
Location: Virtual at Link Above
Host: Liz Weaver, M.S. B&B Neuro Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Deep Phenotyping of Neurologic Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
2. Neurovascular Injury with Complement Activation and Inflammation in COVID-19
3. Deep Phenotyping of Post-Infectious Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Title: TBD
Location: In person in 124 Petit Science Center
Host: Martin Norgaard, Ph.D. B&B Music Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Speech-in-noise perception in musicians and non-musicians: A multi-level meta-analysis
Title: TBD
Location: In person in 124 Petit Science Center
Host: Ashley Ware, Ph.D. B&B Psych Faculty
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Title: Shaping brain development through the interplay between the prenatal and postnatal environments
Location: In person in 124 Petit Science Center
Host: Jessica Bolton, Ph.D. B&B Neuro Faculty
Title: TBD
Location: In person in 124 Petit Science Center
Host: Michael Black, Ph.D. B&B Neuro Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Systems biology dissection of PTSD and MDD across brain regions, cell types, and blood
3. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Clinical and translational neuroscience from cells to circuits
Title: The neural mechanism of aggression.
Location: In person in 124 Petit Science Center
Host: Aras Petrulis, Ph.D. B&B Neuro Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Hypothalamic control of innate social behaviors.
2. A dedicated hypothalamic oxytocin circuit controls aversive social learning.
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