Our student seminars are an integral part of the course requirements for our Graduate program. In each presentation, the student will present an annual update on their graduate research.
A component of the seminar course is the Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series. Distinguished experts within the field of Neuroscience will be invited to speak throughout the year.
Please visit our events page for the location of our student seminars. All seminars begin at 9:30 am.
Please visit our events page for the location of the Invited Speaker seminar.
| Date | Name | Affiliation | Seminar Title |
| September 27 | Dr. Marc Schieber Professor, Department of Neuroscience |
Rochester University | "Reaching and grasping are separated more in time than in space" |
| October 4 | Dr. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic Professor of Biological Sciences and Showalter Faculty Scholar |
Purdue University | "Predator-prey interactions: the avian visual sensory perspective" |
| November 29 | Dr. Rosie Cowell Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences |
University of Massachusetts Amherst | "Recollection without Hippocampal Engagement" |
| January 17 | Dr. Michael Salter Chief of Research at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Senior Scientist in the Program of Neurosciences & Mental Health, and Professor of Physiology |
University of Toronto | "From receptors to pain: the molecular dynamics of pain" |
| February 28 |
Dr. Beverley Orser |
University of Toronto | "Targeting astrocytes-neuron crosstalk to reverse cognitive deficits" |
| March 7 | Dr. Marie-Ève Tremblay Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine |
Laval University | "Targeting microglia to rescue brain circuits from elimination in chronic stress, aging, and Alzheimer's disease" |
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April 18 Treva Glazebrook Lecture |
Dr. Stan Floresco Professor, Department of Psychology |
University of British Columbia |
"Prefrontal GABA regulation of cognition: Implication for psychiatric disorders" |
| June 13 | Dr. Abigail Marsh Associate Professor, Department of Psychology |
Georgetown University | "The Altruistic Brain" |
