Mar 26 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Avenue

Michio Hirano, MD
Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology
Columbia University
Title of Talk: “Nucleoside Therapy for Thymidine Kinase 2 Deficiency: From Mouse Model to FDA Approval"
4-5pm
A-250 or https://weillcornell.zoom.us/j/93386316537
Mar 24 2026 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Belfer Research Building

The Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute Symposium highlights groundbreaking research discoveries by leading investigators and provides a platform for discussing the advances being made in the research of Alzheimer's disease and other related neurodegenerative disorders.
Mar 24 2026 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: Griffis Faculty Club

30 research posters in neuroscience and neurodegeneration
Mar 20 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building

"Modeling Tissue-Resident Macrophage Development from Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells"
Ann K. Baako, PhD candidate in Neuroscience (Vierbuchen/Perry labs), Developmental Biology and Immunology Programs, SKI and MSKCC
Mar 19 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave

Tim Ryan, PhD
Tri-Institutional Professor Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Weill Cornell Medicine
Talk Title: “Metabolic Vulnerabilities and Opportunities in Brain Function”
Mar 13 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: Feil Family Research Building

"Synaptic Subtype Identification: a high-content method for analyzing interneuron synapses in health and disease"
Edmund Au, PhD, Director of the Laboratory for Cortical Interneuron Systems Neuroscience, Burke Neurological Institute
Mar 12 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Avenue

Rajiv R. Ratan MD, PhD
Burke Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Brain and Mind Research Institute and Weill Cornell Medicine
CEO, Burke Neurological Institute
Title of Talk: Protective and Pathogenic: Forward Pharmacology Reveals the Janus Faces of Stress Signaling in Stroke and Cognitive Aging.
Mar 6 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"The Dopamine Pedal for Feasting and Friends"
Zhenggang Zhu, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, University of California San Diego
Mar 5 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Avenue

Kamran Khodakhah, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology & Psychiatry
Florence and Irving Rubenstein Chair in Neuroscience
Albert Einstein Medical College
Talk Title: Reciprocal Cerebello-Basal Ganglia Interactions
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
