Feb 27 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"β-Synuclein α-Synuclein Function to Maintain Synaptic Homeostasis"
Violetta Ivanova, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience (Burré lab), Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, BMRI, WCM
Feb 20 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"Brain metabolism-excitation relations"
Juan M. Pascual, MD, PhD, Division Chief of Child Neurology, Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Neuroscience, Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology and BMRI, WCM
Feb 19 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Maik Hüttemann, Ph.D.
Professor
Division Director for Research
Charles Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow
School of Medicine Distinguished Faculty
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Talk Title: Mitochondria-Targeted Noninvasive Infrared Light Treatment Protects the Brain from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Through Inhibition of Cytochrome c Oxidase
Feb 18 2026 - 8:30am to 9:30am
Location: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Lecture Topic: "The Tyrant is Tau"
Jeremy Koppel, MD
Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Feb 13 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"Sex-Specific Alterations in Brain Network Dynamics in Youth With a Family History of Substance Use Disorder"
Louisa Schilling, PhD candidate in Neuroscience (Kuceyeski lab), Department of Radiology, WCM
Feb 6 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
"Human iPSC models as a tool to dissect chromatin regulatory mechanisms in neurodevelopment and brain cancer"
Zuleka Qadeer, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Feb 5 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Lorenz Studer, MD
Founding Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology
Enid A. Haupt Chair in Developmental Biology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Talk Title: From developmental timing to developing human PSC-based cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
Jan 30 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"Exploring the function of type-I interferon-encompassing chromosome 9p21.3 deletion in glioblastoma"
Tao Wang, PhD candidate in Neuroscience (Parada lab), Sloan Kettering Institute, MSKCC
Jan 23 2026 - 12:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
Patient Presentation "Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's Disease"
Hwai Yin Ooi, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology, WCM
Jan 16 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"Circuit mechanisms underlying the behavioral symptoms in Cacna1c-related disorders"
Gülcan Akgül, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research in Neuroscience, BMRI, WCM