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March 2023
NSB Seminar – Sally Temple
March 22, 2023, 4-5pm Morrill 2 room 222 Sally Temple Scientific Director Neural Stem Cell Institute "Investigating Tauopathy Mechanism and Interventions with 3D brain organoids"
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NSB Seminar – Gordon Berman
April 5, 2023, 4-5pm Morrill 2 room 222 Gordon Berman Associate Professor, Emory University Asst Professor, Georgia Tech Berman Lab Biology "Themes and variation in animal behavior"
Find out more »Kaulenas Lecture – Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner
April 10, 2023, 4-5pm Streaming in Morrill I room N375 Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner, 1997 Nobel Laureate Director, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Professor, Department of Neurology and of Biochemistry & Biophysics University of California, San Francisco "On the Expanding Cadre of Prions Causing Neurodegeneration" The Kaulenas Lecture honors Mindaugas (Steve) Kaulenas, whose contributions to UMass spanned thirty-five years, 1967-2002. As Chair first of the Zoology and later the Biology Department for thirteen years, he was an active researcher and enthusiastic…
Find out more »IONs Distinguished Lecture – Guo-Li Ming
April 19, 2023, 4-5pm Morrill 2 room 222 Guo-Li Ming Perelman Professor, UPenn Ming Lab Neuroscience
Find out more »May 2023
NSB Seminar – Ketema Paul
May 10, 2023, 4-5pm Morrill 2 room 222 Ketema Paul Professor, UCLA Integrative Biology and Physiology "Molecular manipulations in skeletal muscle alter the ability to recover from sleep loss"
Find out more »NSB Seminar – Paule Joseph
May 17, 2023, 4-5pm VIRTUAL - Zoom link will be provided Paule Joseph Sensory Science and Metabolism (SenSMet) Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, NIH SenSMet
Find out more »2023 Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Conference
2023 Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Conference This year the theme is the Neuroscience of Aging When: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 Where: Student Union Ballroom Who: Open to faculty, post-docs, graduate students, undergraduates, and research staff of UMass and nearby colleges and universities Registration and poster abstract submission. Deadline: May 1, 2023 Visit the conference website for schedule and updated information. https://sites.google.com/view/umassneuroscience2023/ Keynote Speakers Rebecca Thurston Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical and Translational Science, Epidemiology and Psychology, Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Women's Health and…
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