Tulane Brain Institute Seminar Info

Fall 2026 Seminar Series

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026

SARS-CoV-2 and the Brain: From Neuroinflammation to Cerebrovascular Injury in Mouse Models
4:00 p.m., SOM 4150
Salifudeen Ismael, PhD
Assistant Professor - Translational Neuroscience
Tulane School of Medicine

Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026

Illuminating Synapstic Function and Dysfunction with Super-Resolution Imaging
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Martin Hruska, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute - West Virginia University

Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2026

OPEN

Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2026

Organization and plasticity of brain circuits regulating the liver
4:00 p.m., SOM 6065
Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology
Tulane School of Medicine

Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2026

OPEN

Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2026

Novel role for EphB2 receptor signaling in spinal cord injury-induced neuropathic pain
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Angelo Lepore, PhD
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
Thomas Jefferson University

Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2026

NO SEMINAR - FALL BREAK

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026

OPEN

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., SOM 6065
Diana Cittelly, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026

OPEN

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026

Imaging pathology in Alzheimer's Disease: Tau PET's Transformational Role in Clinical Trials
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Ziad Saad, PhD
Senior Director, Biomarkers Signatures & Global Imaging
Johnson & Johnson

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., SOM 6065
James Peters, PhD
Associate Professor & Department Chair
Integrative Physiology & Neuroscience Program
Washington State University

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026

Birdsong Learning: From Synapses to Behavior
4:00 p.m., SOM 6065
Richard Mooney, PhD
George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology, Professor of Neurobiology, Cell Biology
Director of the T32 Neurobiology Training Program
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Ben Hall, PhD
Director of Circuit Biology
Copenhagen, Denmark

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2026

NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING BREAK

Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2026

Lost in translation: stress signaling and neuronal development
4:00 p.m., SOM 6065
Jason Yi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Washington University St. Louis

Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2026

TBD
4:00 p.m., Jones 102
Michael Bruchas, PhD
Professor, Center for Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and Department of Pharmacology
University of Washington

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