Spring Semester
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 22, 2024 | Patrick J. Drew, PhD, Professor, Neuroscience Inst., Professor, Departments of Engineering Sciences and Mechanics, Neurosurgery, Biology, and Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University | "Every breath you take, every move you make: Neurovascular coupling in the behaving brain" |
| March 21, 2024 | Susan Wray, PhD, Professor, Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK | "How understanding the physiology of uterine smooth muscle can lead to better births" |
| June 27, 2024 | Henry Colecraft, PhD, John C. Dalton Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons | "Hacking the ubiquitin code to control ion channel expression for therapy" |
Fall Semester
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 15, 2024 | Colin Nichols, PhD, Carl Cori Professor, Dir. Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO | "Cantu syndrome: a whole body KATP experience" |
| Sept. 19, 2024 | Molly Stanley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Associate Director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program, Department of Biology, University of Vermont | "Cutting-edge tools in Drosophila reveal novel features of gustatory neural circuits" |
| Oct. 3, 2024 | Jeffrey Holt, PhD, Professor of Otolaryngology & Neurology, Dir. of Research Otolaryngology, Department of Neurology & Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | "Mechanotransduction of Auditory Hair Cells: A Tale of Two Channels" |
Nov. 6, 2024 Retreat | Gary Yellen, PhD, George Packer Berry Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA | "Brain cell metabolism and excitability: A two-way street" |