Tulane Brain Institute Seminar Info

Fall 2025 Seminar Series

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025

OPEN

Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025

OPEN

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025

Neuromodulatory control of basolateral amygdala inhibitory circuits controlling fear memory, dysregulation by traumatic stress
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Jeffrey Tasker, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Catherine & Hunter Pierson Chair in Neuroscience
Tulane University

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

The Parkinson's Disease protein LRRK2 regulates innate immune homeostasis in the brain and periphery
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Catherine Weindel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Tulane University

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025

Social and Neural Pathways to Adolescent Social Anxiety
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Selin Zeytinoglu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Tulane University

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025

Bile acids as pathogenic mediators during hepatic encephalopathy
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Sharon DeMorrow, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy
University of Texas at Austin

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

TBD
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Carie Boychuk, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
University of Missouri

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Charles Nichols, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology
LSUHSC New Orleans

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025

Contributions of hypertension to cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Monica Santisteban, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Genetic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025

Using aged mice to model vascular dementia induced by cerebral hypoperfusion
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Jose Felix Moruno-Manchon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
McGovern Medical School

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

OPEN

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025

Face distortions as a window into face perception
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Brad Duchaine, PhD
Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Dartmouth University

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Steffy Manjila, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience center of Excellence
LSUHSC New Orleans

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025

NO SEMINAR - SfN Annual Conference (11/15 - 11/19)

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Lawrence Reagan, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience 
University of South Carolina

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