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View Upcoming Events All EventsSeminarsWorks in ProgressClub SynOther Events 14 December Dec WIP: Basia Galinski, Abigail Carbonell Fri Dec 14 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Basia Galinski (Hebert Lab) Abigail Carbonell (Jordan Lab) 13 December Dec Internal Seminar: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah Thu Dec 13 2018, 12:00 PM 3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Cerebellar Modulation of the Reward Circuitry: Implications for Addictive & Social Behaviors Dr. Kamran Khodakhah Professor & Chair, Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Hosted by: Division of Biological Sciences 12 December Dec PRIME Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Vincent Breton-Provencher Wed Dec 12 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Active control of arousal by a locus coeruleus GABAergic circuit Dr. Vincent Breton-Provencher MIT Hosted by: Dr. Saleem Nicola Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 5 December Dec PRIME Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Rebecca Jones Wed Dec 05 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The Social Brain in Typical and Atypical Development Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Jones Weill Cornell Hosted by: Dr. Saleem Nicola Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 30 November Nov WIP: Pablo Lituma, Marta Gronska Fri Nov 30 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Pablo Lituma (Castillo Lab) Marta Gronska (Hebert Lab) 28 November Nov GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP for students and postdocs Wed Nov 28 2018, 2:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Hosts: Pablo Castillo Hayden Hatch Pablo Lituma Jose Luis Pena 26 November Nov Seminar: Dr. Shai Shaham Mon Nov 26 2018, 12:00 PM 5th Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More *Joint Seminar with Molecular Pharmacology* "C. elegans astroglia: illuminating underlying principles of nervous system development and function" Dr. Shai Shaham Rockefeller University Hosted by: Dr. Jiying Sze and Dr. Tiago Goncalves 19 November Nov Guest Speaker: Jake Jordan Mon Nov 19 2018, 10:00 AM 919, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Hemispheric lateralization in the rodent hippocampus Jake Jordan City University of New York/Queens College Hosted by: Dr. Tiago Goncalves 19 November Nov Machine Learning Reading Group Mon Nov 19 2018, 12:00 PM 451, Price Center/Block Pavilion jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Saad Kahn from the Kelly lab will discuss geometric deep learning ,a set of techniques for machine learning on graphs and manifolds,with applications to cheminformatics, gene regulatory networks, and phylogenetic trees. Saad will highlight the essential concepts following this review article and discuss this application to chemistry. Here is also a recent lecture at NIPS that gave an overview of geometric deep learning. It is recommended that you check out those references in advance. Everyone is welcome to join and interact! 16 November Nov WIP: Cindy Reyes, Mahfuzur Miah Fri Nov 16 2018, 12:15 PM K901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Cindy Reyes (Nicola Lab) Mahfuzur Miah (Aschner Lab) 14 November Nov Seminar: Dr. Cori Bargmann Wed Nov 14 2018, 12:00 PM 151, Price Center/Block Pavilion jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Neuroscience, technology, and collaboration: a personal view *STUDENT INVITED SPEAKER* Dr. Cori Bargmann Rockefeller University Hosted by: Joanna Krzyspiak Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 31 October Oct Seminar: Dr. Mary Kay Lobo Wed Oct 31 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Molecular and neuron subtype mechanisms in depression Dr. Mary Kay Lobo University of Maryland School of Medicine Hosted by: Dr. Anita Autry Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 26 October Oct WIP: Kyle Jensen, Nachiket Kamatkar Fri Oct 26 2018, 12:30 PM K901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Kyle Jensen (Castillo Lab) Nachiket Kamatkar (Hebert Lab) 24 October Oct Seminar: Dr. Esther Krook-Magnuson Wed Oct 24 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Thinking outside the hippocampus box: novel cells and hippobellum interactions Dr. Esther Krook-Magnuson University of Minnesota Hosted by: Dr. Pablo Castillo Faculty Lunch Signup 22 October Oct Machine Learning Reading Group Mon Oct 22 2018, 12:00 PM 551, Price Center/Block Pavilion ruben.coen-cagli@einstein.yu.edu More Ruben Coen-Cagli will discuss generative adversarial networks, a technique that can produce synthetic data that look realistic (e.g. images or speech snippets) and can deceive high-performing deep networks. He will focus on a new extension that can deceive deep convolutional networks and human observers in the visual domain. Please find the main paper here. Also, the original paper that introduced adversarial networks is available here. Wikipedia has also a very brief overview. It is recommended that you check out those references in advance. Everyone is welcome to join and interact! 17 October Oct Seminar: Dr. Mike Michaelides Wed Oct 17 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Chemogenetics-based neurotheranostics for precision psychiatry Dr. Mike Michaelides NIH Hosted by: Dr. Luke Sjulson Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 3 October Oct Seminar: Dr. Allen M. Spiegel Wed Oct 03 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The Role of the G beta5/RGS7/R7AP complex in neuronal signaling and human disease Dr. Allen M. Spiegel Dean Emeritus - Einstein Hosted by: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 26 September Sep Seminar: Dr. Thomas Blanpied Wed Sep 26 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Functions and mechanisms of synaptic nanostructure Dr. Thomas Blanpied University of Maryland Hosted by: Dr. Pablo Castillo Faculty Lunch Signup 21 September Sep Thesis Seminar: Samantha Washburn Fri Sep 21 2018, 9:00 AM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Monosynaptic cerebellar modulation of substantia nigra Samantha Washburn Einstein Hosted by: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah 19 September Sep Seminar: Dr. Gina Turrigiano *CANCELLED* Wed Sep 19 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Regulation of firing rate homeostasis by sleep and wake states Dr. Gina Turrigiano Brandeis University Hosted by: Dr. Renata Batista-Brito 13 September Sep Seminar: Dr. Tom Sudhof Thu Sep 13 2018, 4:00 PM Lefrak Auditorium, Price Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation and synapse specification Dr. Tom Sudhof Stanford University Hosted by: Dr. Pablo Castillo 12 September Sep Seminar: Dr. Yunlei Yang Wed Sep 12 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Neuronal control of feeding and emotion Dr. Yunlei Yang Einstein Hosted by: Dr. Pablo Castillo Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 6 September Sep JINRA Seminar: Ali Zahalka Thu Sep 06 2018, 3:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Junior Investigator Neuroscience Research Award *Spring 2017 Awardee* “The roles of adrenergic nerves in aging and cancer” Ali Zahalka Frenette Lab Hosted by: NGSO Reception to Follow in Kennedy First Floor Lounge 5 September Sep Seminar: Dr. Mark Harnett Wed Sep 05 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Dendritic integration in cortical circuits Dr. Mark Harnett MIT Hosted by: Dr. Pablo Castillo Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 15 August Aug Guest Speaker: Dr. Matthew Shtrahman Wed Aug 15 2018, 12:30 PM K901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The Attenuation of Adult Neurogenesis by Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus and its Implications for Dentate Gyrus Function Dr. Matthew Shtrahman University of California San Diego Hosted by: Dr. Emad N. Eskandar 19 July Jul Guest Speaker: Dr. Ian Kimbrough Thu Jul 19 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Vascular amyloidosis and the gliovascular unit in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease Dr. Ian Kimbrough Virginia Tech, School of Neuroscience Hosted by: Dr. Dave Spray 22 June Jun Works in Progress: Hayden Hatch, Meera Trivedi, Garrett Lee Fri Jun 22 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Hayden Hatch (1st WIP- Secombe Lab) Meera Trivedi (1st WIP - TBD Lab) Garrett Lee (Buelow Lab) 21 June Jun Thesis Seminar: Renee Symonds Thu Jun 21 2018, 1:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Auditory attention is not a spotlight: Evidence for the representation of unattended sound sources in working memory and their impact on target processing during selective listening Speaker: Renee Symonda Einstein Hosted by: Dr. Elyse Sussman 18 June Jun Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Retreat Mon Jun 18 2018, 9:00 AM 550 Chappaqua Rd, 10510, Off-site kostantin.dobrenis@einstein.yu.edu More This year's retreat will be held on June 18th-19th, 2018 at the Edith Macy Conference Center. Registration is now open at the retreat website. 15 June Jun Club Syn: Hosted by Sulagna Das Fri Jun 15 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Club Syn: Hosted by Sulagna Das who will be presenting two Cell papers " Retrovirus-like Gag Protein Arc1 Binds RNA and Traffics across Synaptic Boutons ", Cell, Volume 172, Issues 1–2, 11 January 2018, Pages 262-274.e11 and " The Neuronal Gene Arc Encodes a Repurposed Retrotransposon Gag Protein that Mediates Intercellular RNA Transfer", Cell, Volume 172, Issues 1–2, 11 January 2018, Pages 275-288.e18 from the Budnik/Thomson labs and Shepherd labs. 13 June Jun Seminar: Dr. Steven Silverstein Wed Jun 13 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Eye to brain: What changes in vision tell us about pathophysiology and symptom formation in schizophrenia Dr. Steven Silverstein Rutgers University Hosted by: Dr. Jonathan Alpert & Dr. Kamran Khodakhah Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 13 June Jun Guest Speaker: Dr. Maureen McFadden Wed Jun 13 2018, 3:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Role of the actomyosin cytoskeleton in the synaptic effects of the CB1 receptor Dr. Maureen McFadden ESPCI-ParisTech Paris,France Hosted by: Dr. Tiago Goncalves 8 June Jun Works in Progress: Kelsey McDermott, Seydanur Tikir, Rayna Birnbaum Fri Jun 08 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Kelsey McDermott (1st WIP- Goncalves Lab) Seydanur Tikir (1st WIP- Molholm Lab) Rayna Birnbaum (1st WIP- Sharp Lab) 7 June Jun Seminar: Dr. Deborah Denno Thu Jun 07 2018, 4:00 PM 151, Price Center/Block Pavilion jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The impact of neuroscience on criminal law cases Dr. Deborah Denno Fordham University School of Law Hosted by: Dr. Saleem Nicola 7 June Jun Pasta Night: Dr. Deborah Denno Thu Jun 07 2018, 6:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Dinner, wine and informal discussion on neuroscience and the law Dr. Deborah Denno Fordham University School of Law Hosted by: Dr. Saleem Nicola 1 June Jun Club Syn: Hosted by Anita Autry Fri Jun 01 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Club Syn: Hosted by Anita Autry will be presenting back to back Nature papers "Ketamine blocks bursting in the lateral habenula to rapidly relieve depression", Nature. 554, 317–322 (15 February 2018) and "Astroglial Kir4.1 in the lateral habenula drives neuronal bursts in depression", Nature. 554, 323–327 (15 February 2018) from the Hu lab. p> 25 May May Works in Progress: TBD, Maria Agustina Frechou Fri May 25 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More TBD (Post doc Cai Lab) Maria Agustina Frechou (1st WIP- Goncalves Lab) 24 May May Guest Speaker: Ehsan Sabri Thu May 24 2018, 9:00 AM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More How do correlations in the neuronal population determine a neuron’s capacity to convey sensory information Speaker: Ehsan Sabri How do correlations in the neuronal population determine a neuron’s capacity to convey sensory information Hosted by: Dr. Renata Batista Brito 23 May May Seminar: Dr. Vilma Gabbay Wed May 23 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The neuroimmunology of anhedonia in youth Dr. Vilma Gabbay Mount Sinai Hosted by:Dr. Jonathan Alpert & Kamran Khodakhah Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 23 May May Thesis Seminar: Christopher DeJesus Wed May 23 2018, 2:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The role of the REST-Corepressor 2 (Rcor2) in cortical neurogenesis and callosal development Christopher DeJesus EInstein Hosted by: Dr. Mark Mehler 18 May May Seminar: Dr. Jens Hjerling-Leffler Fri May 18 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Single-cell transcriptomics in the brain: implications for schizophrenia Dr. Jens Hjerling-Leffler Karolinska Institutet Hosted by: Dr. Renata Batista-Brito Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 16 May May Seminar: Dr. Zachary Knight Wed May 16 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The neurobiology of homeostasis Speaker: Dr. Zachary Knight UCSF Hosted by: Dr. Luke Sjulson Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 11 May May Works in Progress: Stacy Roudabush, Kristin Palarz Fri May 11 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Stacy Roudabush (Zukin Lab) Kristin Palarz (Khodakhah Lab) 9 May May Seminar: Dr. Kim Green Wed May 09 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Exploring and harnessing the power of microglia in the aged and Alzheimer’s disease brain Kim Green University of California, Irvine Hosted by: Dr. Jean Hebert Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 8 May May Thesis Seminar: Ariel Vitenzon Tue May 08 2018, 2:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Mechanisms underlying trigger-induced motor attacks in the episodic ataxia type 2 mouse model tottering Ariel Vitenzon Einstein Hosted by: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah 7 May May Guest Speaker: Dr. Yale Cohen Mon May 07 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Neural substrates for perception and decision-making in the auditory cortex Dr. Yale Cohen University of Pennsylvania Hosted by: Dr. Yonatan Fishman 3 May May Speaker: Dr. Hyungbae Kwon Thu May 03 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Imaging learning at synapses and circuits Dr. Hyungbae Kwon Max Planck Hosted by: Dr. Pablo Castillo Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 2 May May Seminar: Dr. Peyman Golshani Wed May 02 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More New tools to image network dynamics in health and models of disease Speaker: Dr. Peyman Golshani UCLA Hosted by: Dr. Tiago Goncalves Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 27 April Apr Works in Progress: Todd Rubin, Kelin Brace Fri Apr 27 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Todd Rubin (Lipton Lab) Kelin Brace (Sussman Lab) 25 April Apr Seminar: Dr. Rosa Cossart Wed Apr 25 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More A developmental scaffold for hippocampal function Speaker: Dr. Rosa Cossart Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée Hosted by: Dr. Renata Batista-Brito Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 21 April Apr STEAM Day 2018 Sat Apr 21 2018, 11:00 AM Scarsdale High School, Off-site neuroscidept@mail.einstein.yu.edu More Fresh off the success of our outreach program for Brain Awareness Week: Graduate students from the Dominick P. Purpura Neuroscience department will be at the Scarsdale High School on Saturday, April 21, 2018, teaching and discussing the walk-through Mega Inflatable Brain - a unique opportunity to see our most important organ from the inside out! Join us! 20 April Apr Club Syn: Hosted by Agustina Frechou Fri Apr 20 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Club Syn: Hosted by Agustina Frechou who discusses "Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging", Cell Stem Cell. Volume 22, Issue 4, p589–599.e5, 5 April 2018 and "Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults Neuron. Volume 555, pages 377–381 (15 March 2018) from the Alvarez-Buylla and Hen labs. 19 April Apr Seminar: Dr. Chiara Cirelli Thu Apr 19 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The price of being awake and the function of sleep: synaptic homeostasis Speaker: Dr. Chiara Cirelli University of Wisconsin - Madison Hosted by: Dr. Hannah Monday Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 13 April Apr Works in Progress: Christopher Henry, Charles Crouse Fri Apr 13 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Christopher Henry (Post doc Kohn Lab) Charles Crouse (Nicola Lab) 12 April Apr Guest Speaker: Dr. Chia-Yi Kuan Thu Apr 12 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Inflammation-sensitized neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury Dr. Chia-Yi Kuan University of Virginia Hosted by: Dr. Praveen Ballabh 9 April Apr Guest Speaker: Eric B. Emmons Mon Apr 09 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The role of frontostriatal circuits in temporal processing Eric B. Emmons University of Iowa Hosted by: Dr. Luke Sjulson Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup 6 April Apr Club Syn: Hosted by Ruben Coen-Cagli Fri Apr 06 2018, 12:00 PM K901, Rose F Kennedy Center kevin.fisher@einstein.yu.edu More Club Syn: Hosted by Ruben Coen-Cagli who discusses "Synaptic transmission optimization predicts expression loci of long-term plasticity", Neuron. 96(1):177-89, 2017 from Rui Ponte Costa et al. 4 April Apr Seminar: Dr. Paul Frenette Wed Apr 04 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Nerves at forefront of hematopoietic aging and cancer Dr. Paul Frenette Einstein Hosted by: Dr. Kamran Khodakhah 29 March Mar Guest Speaker: Dr. Antonio Frigeri Thu Mar 29 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Physiopathological relevance of the new astrocyte AQP4 isoforms generated by translational readthrough Dr. Antonio Frigeri University of Bari College of Medicine Hosted by: Dr. Dave Spray 28 March Mar Distinguished Neuroscientist Seminar: Dr. Rob Malenka Wed Mar 28 2018, 4:00 PM 151, Price Center/Block Pavilion jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Neural mechanisms of social reward Speaker: Dr. Rob Malenka Stanford University *Reception to Follow* Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Hosted by: Dr. Tiago Goncalves 23 March Mar Club Syn: Hosted by Kaoutsar Nasrallah Fri Mar 23 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center kevin.fisher@einstein.yu.edu More Club Syn: Hosted by Kaoutsar Nasrallah who discusses "Dentate gyrus mossy cells control spontaneous convulsive seizures and spatial memory", Science. 359(6377):787-90, 2018 from the Soltesz lab. 22 March Mar Seminar: Dr. Yingxi Lin Thu Mar 22 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Transcribing memories: Encoding of contextual memories by transcriptionally-defined active neuronal ensembles" Dr. Yingxi Lin MIT Hosted by: Dr. Pablo Castillo Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 21 March Mar Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Adam Bisaga Wed Mar 21 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More XR-naltrexone for Opioid Use Disorder: improving treatment initiation and the place in OUD care algorithm Dr. Adam Bisaga Columbia Hosted by: Dr. Jonathan Alpert & Kamran Khodakhah Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 16 March Mar Works in Progress: Abigail Carbonell, Maisha Rahman Fri Mar 16 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Abigail Carbonell (Jordan Lab) Maisha Rahman (Buelow Lab) 14 March Mar MSTP Translational Medicine Lecture - Dr. Robert Darnell Wed Mar 14 2018, 10:30 AM 151, Price Center/Block Pavilion jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More “Merging Next Generation Genomics and Medicine” Speaker: Dr. Robert Darnell The Rockefeller University 14 March Mar Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Nii Addy Wed Mar 14 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Dopaminergic and Cholinergic Regulation of Motivated Behavior: Insight in the Neurobiological Bases of Substance Abuse and Mood Disorders Dr. Nii Addy Yale University Hosted by: Dr. Jonathan Alpert & Kamran Khodakhah Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 8 March Mar **CANCELLED** Guest Speaker: Dr. Sean Redmond Thu Mar 08 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "The clinical markers, boundaries,and comorbidities of developmental language disorder" Dr. Sean Redmond University of Utah Hosted by: Dr. Elyse Sussman 7 March Mar **CANCELLED** Seminar: Dr. Steven Silverstein Wed Mar 07 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Eye to Brain: What Changes in Vision Tell us About Pathophysiology and Symptom Formation in Schizophrenia" Dr. Steven Silverstein Rutgers University Hosted by: Dr. Jonathan Alpert & Dr. Kamran Khodakhah Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 2 March Mar Works in Progress: Basia Galinski, Mallory Kerner Fri Mar 02 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Basia Galinski (Hebert/Weiser Labs) Mallory Kerner (Walkley Lab) 1 March Mar Internal Faculty Seminar: Myles Akabas Thu Mar 01 2018, 12:00 PM Fifth Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Malaria Purine transporter: Novel Target for Development of New Antimalarial Drugs" Speaker: Dr. Myles Akabas Einstein 28 February Feb IDDRC hosts Rare Disease Day Wed Feb 28 2018, 2:00 PM LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center steve.walkley@einstein.yu.edu More This year, Einstein’s celebration of Rare Disease Day will focus on the stories of four families who have experienced having a child diagnosed with a rare disease and discover what they’ve learned on their journey from diagnosis to the present, and consider how partnerships between family, clinician & scientist at academic medical centers like Einstein-Montefiore can benefit all. Please join us on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 from 2 to 4 p.m. on LeFrak Auditorium and from 4-5:30 on Einstein’s “Main Street” in Forchheimer. 26 February Feb Thesis Seminar: Kelly Burke Mon Feb 26 2018, 9:00 AM 451, Price Center/Block Pavilion jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Dissociable neural circuits underlie competition during task-switching, with a novel role for the posterior cingulate cortex Kelly Burke Einstein 26 February Feb Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Bulent Ataman Mon Feb 26 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Evolution of experience-dependent brain plasticity" Speaker: Dr. Bulent Ataman Harvard University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 16 February Feb Works in Progress: Renee Symonds, Stefano Lutzu Fri Feb 16 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Renee Symonds (Sussman Lab) Stefano Lutzu (Castillo Lab) Admissions Interview Students Attending 14 February Feb Recruitment Seminar: Dr. David Simon Wed Feb 14 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Balancing survival and death to sculpt the developing nervous system" Speaker: Dr. David Simon Stanford University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 9 February Feb Works in Progress: Cindy Reyes, Samantha Kee Fri Feb 09 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Cindy Reyes (Nicola Lab) Samantha Kee (Khodakhah Lab)Admissions Interview Students Attending 7 February Feb Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Swathi Yadlapalli Wed Feb 07 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Circadian regulation of sleep and metabolism" Speaker: Dr. Swathi Yadlapalli University of Michigan Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 1 February Feb Internal Faculty Seminar: Scott Emmons Thu Feb 01 2018, 12:00 PM 5th Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Gina.Vessecchia@einstein.yu.edu More "Wiring the Nervous System" Speaker: Dr. Scott Emmons Einstein 31 January Jan Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Daisuke Hattori Wed Jan 31 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More “Representations of novelty and familiarity in a mushroom body compartment” Speaker: Dr. Daisuke Hattori Columbia University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 26 January Jan Works in Progress: Hannah Monday, Amir Aschner Fri Jan 26 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Hannah Monday (Castillo Lab) Amir Aschner (Kohn Lab)Admissions Interview Students Attending 24 January Jan Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Frank Soldner Wed Jan 24 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More “In vitro modeling of complex neurological diseases: Functional analysis of Parkinson’s disease-associated risk variants” Speaker: Dr. Frank Soldner MIT Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 23 January Jan Thesis Seminar: Kevin Caref Tue Jan 23 2018, 11:00 AM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Nucleus accumbens opioids promote approach to high-fat reward in the absence of caloric need" Speaker: Kevin Caref Einstein 22 January Jan Seminar: Dr. Josh Johansen Mon Jan 22 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More “Brain circuits for triggering and reversing emotional memories” Speaker: Dr. Josh Johansen Riken Brain Science Institute Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 17 January Jan Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Qili Liu Wed Jan 17 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More “Neural plasticity and motivational drive: how sleepiness and hunger persist in time” Speaker: Dr. Qili Liu Johns Hopkins University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 12 January Jan Works in Progress: Joanna Krzyspiak, Kaoutsar Nasrallah Fri Jan 12 2018, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Joanna Krzyspiak (Khodakhah Lab) presents "Neovascularization for optimal survival of neural transplants." Kaoutsar Nasrallah (Post doc Castillo Lab) presents "Theta-burst firing of a single dentate granule cell induces presynaptic LTP at mossy cell to granule cell synapse." 8 January Jan Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Ioana Carcea Mon Jan 08 2018, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Cortical modulation by behavioral and social context" Speaker: Dr. Ioana Carcea New York University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 20 December Dec Seminar: Dr. Claudia Bagni Wed Dec 20 2017, 12:00 PM 151, Price Center/Block Pavilion jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More "Molecular control of brain wiring: insights into intellectual disabilities and social behavior" Dr. Claudia Bagni University of Lausanne Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 18 December Dec Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Erica Korb Mon Dec 18 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center chelsea.pegues2@einstein.yu.edu More "Epigenetic Regulation in Neuronal Function and Neurodevelopmental Disorders." Speaker: Dr. Erica Korb The Rockefeller University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 15 December Dec Works In Progress: Nachiket Kamatkar, Jingqi Yan Fri Dec 15 2017, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center bryen.jordan@einstein.yu.edu More Nachiket Kamatkar (Hebert Lab) Jingqi Yan (Zukin Lab) 13 December Dec Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Emily Sylwestrak Wed Dec 13 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center chelsea.pegues2@einstein.yu.edu More From RNA to reward: dissecting habenular circuit activity during motivated behavior Speaker: Dr. Emily Sylwestrak Stanford University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 11 December Dec Thesis Seminar: Michael Beckert Mon Dec 11 2017, 12:30 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center chelsea.pegues2@einstein.yu.edu More Neural correlations in the sound localization system of the barn owl and their relevance for coding Speaker: Michael Beckert Einstein 6 December Dec Seminar: Dr. Bo Li Wed Dec 06 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More The central amygdala circuits in fear learning and anxiety. Speaker: Dr. Bo Li Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 5 December Dec Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Esther Serrano Saiz Tue Dec 05 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center chelsea.pegues2@einstein.yu.edu More "Transcriptional control of glutamatergic system development." Speaker: Dr. Esther Serrano Saiz Colombia University Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 1 December Dec Works In Progress: Pablo Lituma, Jae Hoon Jeong Fri Dec 01 2017, 12:15 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center bryen.jordan@einstein.yu.edu More Pablo Lituma (Castillo Lab) Jae Hoon Jeong (Young-Hwan Jo Lab) 29 November Nov Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Catherine Jensen Pena Wed Nov 29 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center chelsea.pegues2@einstein.yu.edu More "Early life stress increases lifelong risk for depression via transcriptional and epigenetic alterations in reward circuitry." Speaker: Dr. Catherine Jensen Pena Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Student & Postdoc Lunch Signup Faculty Lunch Signup 17 November Nov Seminar: Dr. Csaba Foldy Fri Nov 17 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Next-generation single-cell approaches in synapse research Speaker: Dr. Csaba Földy Brain Research Institute - UZH 6 November Nov Seminar: Ambika Tewari Mon Nov 06 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Cerebellar output can predict the severity of cerebellar-induced motor disordersSpeaker: Ambika TewariEinstein 3 November Nov WIP: Mahfuzur Miah / Kyle Jensen Fri Nov 03 2017, 12:15 PM Speaker: Mahfuzur Miah Speaker: Kyle Jensen 901, Rose F Kennedy Center bryen.jordan@einstein.yu.edu 2 November Nov Club Syn: Amir Aschner Thu Nov 02 2017, 12:30 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Dulcis D et al. Neurotransmitter Switching Regulated by miRNAs Controls Changes in Social Preference. Neuron, 95(6):1319-33, 2017. 1 November Nov Seminar: Dr. Claudio Da Cunha Wed Nov 01 2017, 12:00 PM 901, Rose F Kennedy Center jennifer.hardina@einstein.yu.edu More Modulation of dopamine release by benzodiazepines: implications for drug addictionSpeaker: Dr. Claudio Da CunhaFederal University of Parana Next