Vollum Seminars | 2022-23 Academic Year

2022 Seminars: September–December

September 2, 2022
How do Astrocytes Sculpt Synaptic Circuits?
Çagla Eroglu, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Hosts: Marc Freeman, Ph.D. and Kelly Monk, Ph.D.

September 29, 2022
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells engulf axons in the mouse neocortex
JoAnn Buchanan, Ph.D.
Scientist, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Host: Gail Mandel, Ph.D.

October 6, 2022
An adhesion signaling module regulates cortical scaffold formation
Martin M. Riccomagno, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside
Host: Kevin Wright, Ph.D.

October 13, 2022
Mechanistic studies of metabotropic glutamate receptors
Josh Levitz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine
Host: James Frank, Ph.D.

October 20, 2022
Intercellular synaptic plasticity mediated by Arc virus‐like signaling
Jason Shepherd, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology, Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Endowed Chair, University of Utah
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D.

November 10, 2022
Panglial gap junction coupling contributes to neuronal energy supply in the thalamus
Christian Steinhäuser, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Institute of Cellular Neurosciences, University of Bonn, Germany
Hosts: Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D. and Anusha Mishra, Ph.D.

November 17, 2022
When neurodevelopment goes awry: modeling disorders with human stem cells
Anita Bhattacharyya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Host: Gary Westbrook, M.D.