Oct 15 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave
Wenhui Qu, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Li Gan Lab, WCM
Talk Title: Humanized Tauopathy Chimeras Uncover Microglial and lncRNA Strategies for Neuroprotection
4-4:30pm
Sarah Naguib, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Li Gan Lab, WCM
Talk Tile: Investigating the role of progranulin-microglia replacement therapy across neurodegenerative diseases
4:30-5pm
Oct 9 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
"Cortical recruitment of descending pain control circuits"
Nicole Mercer Lindsay, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in Neurological Surgery and Anesthesiology, Department of Neurological Surgery, Department of Anesthesiology, WCM
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
Oct 2 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building
""The Molecular Logic of Neuronal Connectivity: Linking Human Genetics to Disease Mechanisms"
Erin Flaherty, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University
Oct 1 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Avenue
Anna Devor Ph.D. AIMBE Fellow
Chief Editor of Neurophotonics SPIE
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory
Associate Director, Neurophotonics Center
Boston University
Talk Titled: Neurovascular coupling and neuroenergetics across brain states
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