Events

Oct 8 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Madeline Andrews, PhD, Assistant Professor Arizona State University Talk Title: Using human stem cell models to study metabolic regulation of brain development and disease
Sep 24 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Avenue
Matthew Greenblatt, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Weill Cornell Medicine Talk Title: A calvarial skeletal stem cell governing calvarial marrow formation and neuroinflammation
Sep 17 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Avenue
Derek Narendra, MD, PhD Senior Investigator and Chief of the Mitochondrial Biology and Neurodegeneration Section, NGB, NINDS, NIH Acting Chief of the Neurogenetics Branch (NGB), NINDS, NIH Talk Title: Curbing Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegeneration: Lessons from Neurogenetics
Jun 12 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"Innate Immunity Protein IFITM3 Promotes Tau Seeding and Aggregation in Neurons" Abigail Cross, PhD Candidate in Neuroscience (Yueming Li Lab), Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jun 5 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"Virtual Reality for Lab Animal Visual Neuroscience" Matthew Isaacson, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
May 29 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"The Role of Cell-Type-Specific Senescence in the Development of Parkinson’s Disease" Markus Riessland, PhD, Assistant Professor, SUNY Empire Innovation Program (EIP), Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
May 15 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
“Neuroprotection in Aortic Arch Surgery” Eilon Ram, MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Assistant Attending Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, WCM
May 8 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
Patient Presentation: "Disease mechanisms in Relapsing Vs Progressive MS" Jai S. Perumal, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology, WCM
May 7 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Catherine Jensen Peña, PhDAssistant ProfessorPrinceton Neuroscience InstituteNew York Stem Cell Foundation — Robertson Investigator
May 1 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
"Transcriptional regulation of microglial activation programs" Amanda McQuade, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, University of California, San Francisco

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