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
Jan 15 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave

Claire Le Pichon, PhD.,
Senior Investigator,
National Institutes of Health, NICHD
Talk Titled: "Mechanisms of Neuronal Degeneration, Resilience and Repair."
Jan 9 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Flexible ensheathment of axons optimizes myelination of complex CNS networks"
Cody Call, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Oregon Health and Science University
Jan 8 2026 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1300 York Ave

Christine Constantinople, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neural Science
NYU
Talk titled: "Neural circuit mechanisms of value-based decision-making."
