
Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Baljit Khakh: Astrocytes: Form, Function and Failure in Neural Circuits
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Baljit Khahk

Research in Progress: Drew Schreiner & Minel Arinel
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Drew Schreiner & Minel Arinel

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Amber Alhadeff: The power of hunger
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Amber Alhadeff

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER: Research in Progress: Junli Zhao & Miles Martinez
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Junli Zhao & Miles Martinez

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER: Ruth K. Broad Seminar: Michelle Monje: Neuron-glial interactions in health and disease: from cognition to cancer
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Thursday, February 20, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Michelle Monje

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Dayu Lin: The neural plasticity supporting the motherhood
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Dayu Lin

Research in Progress: Michael Sindoni & Russell Ravenel
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Michael Sindoni & Russell Ravenel

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Asya Rolls: Using the brain to control immunity
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 04, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Asya Rolls

Neurobiology Recruitment Seminar: Nicole Calakos & Nuo Li
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Friday, March 07, 2025
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Nicole Calakos & Nuo Li

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Tony Zador: Brain Wiring, the Genomic Bottleneck and Artificial Intelligence
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Tony Zador

Dissertation Seminar: Plant dietary diversity promotes early-life microbiome maturation
Sponsor(s):
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM)
Monday, March 17, 2025
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Teresa McDonald

From Complete Genomes to Pangenomes: Expanding Our Understanding of Human Haplotype Variation
Sponsor(s):
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies, Computer Science, Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB), Precision Genomics Collaboratory, School of Medicine (SOM), and University Program in Genetics & Genomics (UPGG)
Monday, March 17, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Karen Miga, PhD

Dissertation Defense: Wenxi Xiao: Peri-Head Distance Coding in the Mouse Brainstem
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Monday, March 17, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Wenxi Xiao

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Ethan Goldberg (rescheduled): "Spike generation and propagation in GABAergic interneurons in health and disease"
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Ethan Goldberg

Research in Progress: Karim Abdelaal
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Karim Abdelaal & Jeff RussKarim Abdelaal

Dissertation Defense: Tiffany Ko: “Regulation of olfactory epithelial cell fate by Polycomb Repressive Complex 2”
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tiffany Ko

Ruth K. Broad Seminar: Rod MacKinnon: Higher Order Transient structures and the principle of dynamic connectivity in membrane signaling
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Rod MacKinnon
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Integrative Immunobiology Dissertation Defense: Estefany Reyes
Sponsor(s):
Duke Integrative Immunobiology
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Estefany Reyes

Research in Progress: Zijian 'Zack' Zhang
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zack Zhang & John AmodeoZack Zhang

Ruth K. Broad Seminar: Doris Tsao: Representing the visual world
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 01, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Doris Tsao

Research in Progress: Junli Zhao & Miles Martinez
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Junli Zhao & Miles Martinez

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Isaac Chiu: Role of pain and sensory neurons in host defense and immunity
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 08, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Isaac Chiu

CANCELLED: Ruth K. Broad Seminar: Sabine Kastner
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Sabine Kastner

Neurobiology Seminar: Annegret Falkner: Mapping the neural dynamics of social dominance and defeat
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Annegret Falkner

PCB | Tabach: From the 2024 Nobel of Prof. Ruvkun on Small RNA to Three Startups: Unleashing Genetic Superpowers, Drug Repurposing for Genetic Diseases, and Advancing Precision Oncology
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Yuval Tabach, PhD, Professor of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research, Professor of Computational Medicine, Head, The Deep Genomic Lab, The Institute for Medical Research-Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School

Research in Progress: Jeff Russ & Fernando Santos Valencia
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Jeff Russ & Fernando Santos ValenciaJeff Russ & Fernando Santos Valencia

Ruth K. Broad Seminar: Mazen Kheirbek: Learning about reward and aversion in the hippocampus
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Mazen Kheirbek

CTN Seminar: Marcus Triplett: Computational methods for large-scale optical control and mapping of neural circuits
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Thursday, April 24, 2025
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Marcus Triplett

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Bilal Haider: Control of visual perception by cortical lateral inhibition
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Bilal Haider

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Jie Shen: Pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutics of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 06, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Jie Shen

Dissertation Defense: Elana Lockshin
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 06, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Elana Lockshin

Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Christina Gremel: Cortical Regulation of Goal-directed Control
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Christina Gremel

Ruth K. Broad Seminar: Lily Jan: What we are learning about ion channels
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Lily Jan

Ruth K. Broad Seminar: YN Jan: The molecular basis of acute wound sensing
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
YN Jan

Duke Neurobiology Invited Seminar: Katz Lecture: Fan Wang
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fan Wang

Dissertation Defense: Marie Cronin
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, June 03, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Marie Cronin

Dissertation Defense: Marie Cronin
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Tuesday, June 03, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Marie Cronin

Dissertation Defense: Whit Jacobs
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Whit Jacobs

Dissertation Defense: Liz O'Gorman
Sponsor(s):
Neurobiology
Monday, June 30, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Liz O'Gorman