Measuring Neural Health: An Energetic Signature of the Living Brain
Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Engineering (BME), Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), Neurobiology, and Pratt School of Engineering
Monday, March 09, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sridevi Varma
Neurobiology Seminar with Candie Paulsen: "It’s complicated: Mapping the calcium regulation mechanism of a critical pain receptor"
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Candie Paulsen
Dissertation Defense: Federica Mosti: Human Specific Genomic Changes in Brain Development and Disease
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Friday, March 13, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Federica Mosti
Are We Misinterpreting Plant Single-Cell Data? Rethinking Analysis Strategies for Non-Model Plant Species
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, March 16, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Song Li, PhD
Neurobiology Seminar: Steve Chang: Behavioral and neural mechanisms of cooperative decision-making in marmoset dyads
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Steve Chang
Research in Progress: Runbo Gao & Shuoyi Li
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Runbo Gao & Shuoyi Li
Dissertation Defense: Fernando Santos Valencia: Climbing fibers selectively recruit disinhibitory interneurons to enhance dendritic calcium signaling in cerebellar Purkinje cells
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Friday, March 20, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fernando Santos Valencia
Ruth K Broad Foundation Seminar: David Sulzer:
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
David Sulzer:
Research in Progress: Katherine Kaplan & Ned Kan
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Katherine Kaplan & Ned Kan
“Genome Editing the Future: Transforming Human and Planet Health with CRISPR”
Sponsor(s):
School of Medicine (SOM), Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cell Biology, Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI), Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Neurobiology, and Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm
Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Innovative Genomics Institute University of California Berkeley and UCSF/Gladstone Institutes
Dissertation Defense: S. Monroe
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Friday, March 27, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
S. Monroe
Dissertation Defense: Shaolin Ruan
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Monday, March 30, 2026
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Shaolin Ruan
Neurobiology Seminar: Eric Huang
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Eric Huang
Research in Progress: Sara Gannon & Emmanuel Medrano
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sara Gannon & Emmanuel Medrano
Neurobiology Seminar: Alex Kwan: Making synapses with psychedelics
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Alex Kwan
Research in Progress: Hermione Xu & Bingzhen Zhao
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Hermione Xu & Bingzhen Zhao
Ruth K Broad Foundation Seminar: Clifford Woolf
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Clifford Woolf
Research in Progress: Kaitlyn Fouke & Catherine Wang
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Kaitlyn Fouke & Catherine Wang
Neurobiology Seminar: Troy Margrie:
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Troy Margrie
CANCELLED: Neurobiology Seminar: Yishi Jin
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 05, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Yishi Jin
Neurobiology Seminar: Xin Jin
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Xin Jin
Neurobiology Seminar: Lauren Orefice
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Lauren Orefice
Neurobiology Seminar: Stephanie Koch
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Stephanie Koch
Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Katz Lecture: Sonja Hofer
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, June 02, 2026
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Sonja Hofer
