Christopher Harvey, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard University will be giving a PBS Colloquium Talk at 4:00 today with a Q&A to follow! Cortical circuits for spatial navigation My lab seeks to understand how the mammalian brain performs the computations that underlie cognitive functions, with a focus on spatial navigation, decision-making, and short-term memory. […]
Dmitriy Aronov, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Columbia University will be giving a Colloquium talk at 4:00 pm with a Q&A to follow! Using food-caching birds to study the neuroscience of episodic memory Throughout each day the brain captures snapshots of distinct experiences, forming episodic memories that often last a lifetime. This function depends on […]
Annegret Falkner, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Princeton University will be giving a Colloquium talk at 4:00 pm with a Q&A to follow! Mapping the neural dynamics of social dominance and defeat Social experiences can have lasting changes on behavior and affective state. In particular, repeated wins and losses during fighting can facilitate and suppress […]
Maria J. Olvera Caltzontzin, PhD from the Laboratory of Integrative Neural Circuits and Behaviors at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience will be giving an early career colloquium seminar at 4:00 pm today in Krieger 205! Q&A to follow Insular Cortex Nos1 Neurons Regulate Non-Homeostatic Feeding Behavior Although homeostatic feeding is vital for survival, humans […]