This fall, the NBIO Seminar Series was launched. The first talk in the series was given by Professor Rachel Wong, former chair of Biological Structure. (NBIO was formed when the Departments of Physiology and Biophysics and Biological Structure joined forces. Learn more here!) You can listen to Rachel Wong’s lecture on Circuit Assembly and Reassembly of the Vertebrate Retina on the featured lectures page.
Just last week, NBIO had the pleasure of hosting Christine Constantinople, Assistant Professor at the NYU Center for Neural Science, for a talk on “Neural circuit mechanisms of value-based decision-making.”
Seminars at the forefront of Neuroscience and Innovation
The remainder of the Fall Seminar Series offers an equally impressive lineup of seminar speakers and experts from the fields of neuroscience, physiology, and biophysics. Here’s a glimpse of what to expect in 2024:
- October 24: Marcos Sotomayor (The University of Chicago), “Deep Dreaming of Hearing Proteins: Integrating Experiments, AlphaFold Predictions, and Simulations to Investigate the Vertebrate Inner-Ear Transduction Apparatus”
- October 29: Einar Hille Memorial Lecture in Neurosciences given by Richard Tsien (New York University), “Channels, Signaling Lipids and Neuronal Information Flow”
- November 14: Yi Gu (National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke), “The cognitive map in medial entorhinal cortex represents nonspatial information”
- November 21: Talmo Pereira (Salk Institute for Biological Studies), “Quantifying behavior using deep learning”
A detailed schedule of NBIO’s seminar series can be found on the Events page.
Where to find us
The majority of the seminars will take place at 9:30 am on Thursday in Room G328 of the Health Sciences Building. Zoom will be available for some lectures.
Why Attend?
NBIO Seminars provide a unique opportunity to expand your knowledge and engage in meaningful conversations about neuroscience and biophysics. The event is open to trainees, faculty, staff, as well as anyone interested. The atmosphere is collegial, inquisitive, and welcoming. For attendees in person, cookies, coffee, and tea are available.
Please visit our department’s website or follow us on social media for more information. Looking forward to seeing you there!