Tulane Brain Institute Seminar Info

Fall 2025 Seminar Series

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, FAASLD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy
University of Texas at Austin

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025

Autonomic consequences of high fat diet: when the wander is lost
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Carie Boychuk, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences
University of Missouri

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025

The neuropharmacology of psychedelics to treat psychiatric disorders
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Charles Nichols, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 - CANCELLED

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

Making synapses with psychedelics
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Alex Kwan, PhD
Professor
Meining School of Biomedical Engineering
Cornell University

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

Neuroanatomical Organization and Functional Roles of the Oxytocin System
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Steffy Manjila, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center of Excellence
LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025

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

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

Insulin and leptin resistance at the intersection of metabolic stress, cognitive dysfunction and neuropsychiatric disorders
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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Spring 2026 Seminar Series

Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026

OPEN

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026

OPEN

Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026

Retrotransposon activation in nerodegenerative tauopathy
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Bess Frost, PhD
Salame-Feraud Director, Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research
Brown University

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026

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

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026

OPEN

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026

NO SEMINAR - MARDI GRAS WEEK

Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026

Brain Matters: The Importance of Neuroscience Education & Outreach for All
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Eric Chudler, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Bioengineering and Center for Neurotechnology
University of Washington

Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
andrew Liu, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology and Aging
College of Medicine, University of Florida

Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Norbert Hajos, PhD
Professor and Gill Chair in Neuroscience, The Linda and Jack Gill Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences
Indiana University at Bloomington

Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Ziad Saad, PhD
Senior Director, Biomarker Signatures & Global Imaging
Johnson & Johnson

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026

NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK

Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Zack Lewis, PhD
Senior Scientist
Allen Institute for Brain Science

Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Dianne Langford, PhD
Associate Vice President, Virtua Health College of Medicine & Life Sciences
Rowan University

Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Laibaik Park, PhD
Associate Professor of Research in Neuroscience, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medicine

Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2026

Molecular and Structural Adaptations of Brain Energy Supply
4:00 p.m., SOM 6065
Vidya Rangaraju, PhD
Research Group Leader
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience