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Speaker: Courtney Buchanan - Dr. Jeff Twiss LabTitle: Molecular Brakes on the Regenerative Drive: How an Axon-Intrinsic Loop Limits Regenerative Capacity by Altering the Translational Landscape
8/20/2025 - Bierkeller Brewing Company
Speaker: Courtney Wright - Pocivavsek Lab Title: Inflammation, Tryptophan Metabolism, and Disrupted Sleep during Pregnancy Impact Fetal Brain Kynurenic Acid – Important Implications for Psychotic Disorders
Speaker: Speaker: Jacob Watson - Vento Lab Title: Functional role of rostromedial tegmental efferents to ventral tegmental area in aversive learning and avoidance
5/21/2025 - Hunter Gatherer Brewery
Speaker: Irene Dalla Costa -Twiss Lab Title: Can we accelerate nerve regeneration?
Speaker: Dr. Sasha Sikirzhytskaya -Shtutman Lab Title: Engineering Human Cerebral Organoids with Resident Microglia to Investigate Dementia Pathogenesis
4/16/2025 - Hunter Gatherer Brewery
Speaker:Dr. Rose Booze - Booze Lab Title: Modulation of neural circuits and cognition by HIV-1
Speaker: Lexi Blas - Fadel Lab Title: Activation of basal forebrain afferents following systemic LPS administration
3/19/2025 - Hunter Gatherer Brewery
Speaker: Dr. Desh Deepak Ratna - Francis Lab Title: Control of Stress Relapse by Nucleus Accumbens Substance P
Speaker: Alexia Crockett - Hollis Lab Title: Sex-dependent effects of chronic stress on HPA axis mitochondrial function
Date 2/19/2025 - Hunter Gatherer Brewery
Speaker: Dr. Pablo Bonilla - Porcu Lab Title:Evening blue light exposure during adolescence induces avoidance behavior and rewires medial amygdala circuit
Speaker: Daniel Joyner - Foster Lab Title:Effects of Pharmacological Modulation of Muscarinic M4 Receptors on Striatal Acetylcholine and Dopamine