The NIH Systems Neuroscience Seminar Series aims to increase the exposure of NIH Neuroscience community to broad topics in Systems Neuroscience, which is focused on understanding the function and structure of neural circuit and systems. We have invited worldwide scientists to present their research on various aspects of Systems Neuroscience, such as neural circuit, computational neuroscience, and neurotechnology.
The NIH Systems Neuroscience seminars are open to the entire NIH Community.
Committee Chairs
- Yi Gu, Ph.D. (Primary Chair) yi.gu@nih.gov
- Arash Afraz, Ph.D. arash.afraz@nih.gov
Credit: Nikhil Mummanemi;
Dr. Prashant Chittiboina's lab.
The planning committee is currently developing a schedule for the 2024-2025 season. For more information please contact MaryCatherine Hellmuth at hellmuthm@ninds.nih.gov.
2023 - 2024 Schedule
Seminars start at 10:00 a.m.
| Date | Speaker | Host | Seminar Title/Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/5/2023 | Hillel Adesnik, Ph.D., UC Berkeley | Yi Gu, Ph.D. | Visual Cortical Circuits for Segmentation, Inference, and Experience |
| 11/2/2023 | Solange Brown, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medicine | Soohyun Lee, Ph.D. | Insights from Cortical Subcortical Interactions |
| 2/8/2024 | Christopher I. Moore, Ph.D., Brown University | Michael J. Krashes, Ph.D. | Rapid and Focal BBB Permeability: Brain-Body Coupling During Motivated Behavior Driven* by VTA Activity Location: Bldg 35 Room GG640 and on ZOOM |
| 4/16/2024 | Ron Yu, Ph.D., Stowers Institute | Lorna Role, Ph.D. | Selective Sensory Gating by non-Selective Attention Signal Location: ** Update ** Building 49, room 1A51/1A59 |
| 6/6/2024 | Alexander Harris, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University | Michelle Antoine, Ph.D. | A Systems Neuroscience Approach to Stress and Reward Seeking Location: Building 35A, room G640 |
Special Acknowledgement
The NINDS Office of the Scientific Director (OSD) acknowledges the Porter’s User Group for sponsoring the Series. We also thank the NIH Systems Neuroscience Seminar Series Planning Committee for all their efforts organizing the seminar series.
| Porter's User Group | Systems Neuroscience Series Planning Committee |
|---|---|
| Dr. Alex Chesler (Chair), NCCIH Dr. Yarimar Carrasquillo, NCCIH Dr. Mark Cookson, NIA Dr. Rita Devine, NINDS Dr. Zayd Khaliq, NINDS Dr. Claire Le Pichon, NICHD Dr. Wei Li, NEI Dr. Dietmar Plenz, Ph.D., NIMH Dr. Nick Ryba, PhD, NIDCR Dr. Ellen Sidransky, M.D., NHGR Dr. Cat Weisz, Ph.D., NIDCD Dr. Claro Yu, NIMH | Dr. Yi Gu (Primary Chair), NINDS Dr. Arash Afraz (Co-Chair), NIMH Dr. Michelle Antoine, NIAAA Dr. Huaibin Cai, NIA Dr. Yogita Chudasama, NIMH Dr. Mark Histed, NIMH Dr. Soohyun Lee, NIMH Dr. Yuanyuan Liu, NIDCR Dr. Lorna Role, NINDS Dr. Hendrikje Nienborg, NEI Dr. Barry Richmond, NIMH Dr. Catherine Weisz, NIDCD Dr. Kareem Zaghloul, NINDS Dr. Hugo Tejeda, NIMH |
Archive Information on Past Seminars
The seminars start at 10:00 a.m.
| Date | Speaker | Host | Seminar Title/Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/6/2022 | Guohong Cui, M.D., Ph.D., NIEHS, NIH | Huaibin Cai, Ph.D. | Exploring new strategies for diagnosing and treating Parkinson’s disease |
| 10/20/2022 | Surya Ganguli, Ph.D., Stanford University | Mark Histed, Ph.D. & Barry Richmond, Ph.D. | Understanding neural dynamics in high dimensions across multiple timescales; from perception to motor control and learning |
| 11/3/2022 | Hui Lu, Ph.D., GW School of Medicine | Michelle Antoine, Ph.D. | Effects of MeCP2 loss at the level of neural circuits: an approach to understanding Rett syndrome |
| 12/13/2022 | John Reynolds, Ph.D., Salk Institute | Mark Histed, Ph.D. | Intrinsic traveling waves of neural activity in Area MT of the awake, behaving monkey regulate the gain of stimulus-evoked responses and perceptual sensitivity |
| 1/12/2023 | Ila Fiete, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Virtual Visit) | Yi Gu, Ph.D. | Computing with attractors in the brain |
| 2/2/2023 | Ann Graybiel, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Huaibin Cai, Ph.D. | The Basal Ganglia and the Motivation to Act |
| 2/9/2023 | Adrienne Fairhall, Ph.D., University of Washington (Virtual Visit) | Lorna Role, Ph.D. | Variability and robustness in birdsong |
| 3/2/2023 | Alison Barth, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University | Catherine Weisz, Ph.D. | Area of Interest: Expectation, surprise, and somatostatin neuron plasticity during learning Location: Bldg. 35 in room 610. |
| 5/4/2023 | Steffen Hage, Ph.D., University of Tubingen | Yogita Chudasama, Ph.D. | Vocal motor control mechanisms in non-human primates: new insights into the evolution of human speech |
| 6/1/2023 | Aryn Gittis, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University | Huaibin Cai, Ph.D. | Area of Interest: Our research seeks to understand how neural circuits in the basal ganglia are organized and function to shape movement in health and disease |