Neuroscience Distinguished Lectureship Series

The CPIN program hosts the Neuroscience Distinguished Lectureship Series for visiting scientists, featuring the CPIN Distinguished Lectures, the CPIN Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Lectures, the Julius Axelrod Distinguished Visiting Neuroscientist Lectures, and the keynote lectures at the annual CPIN Research Day.

These lectures are an integral part of the program requirements for CPIN students, providing them with valuable opportunities to engage with leading experts in neuroscience and enrich their academic journey.

Call for 2024-2025 Distinguished Lecturer Nominations

CPIN trainee & faculty members are welcome to nominate potential speakers for the 2022-2023 Distinguished Lectureship Series. Because of physical distancing efforts due to COVID-19, online lecture options from international and local scientists are welcome. The nominations will be reviewed by the CPIN Academic/Executive Committees for approval. Your participation is important and would be greatly appreciated.

Online Lecture Report & Evaluation Form

CPIN Trainees: please fill in the form as a record of your attendance to the Distinguished Lectureship Series within one week of attending the talk.

New Lectures

New lectures will be added as they are confirmed throughout the term. Confirmed lectures will also be announced via email to all CPIN members.

May 20, 2025

Dr. Deborah Kurrasch - "The identification of new therapies for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: A translational journey”

Oct 25, 2024

Dr. Adrian W. Moore - "Regulatory Control of Neuron Differentiation: From Chromatin to Connectivity"

Oct 23, 2024

Dr. Giorgio Ascoli - "From Neuron Classification to Spiking Neural Network Simulations: Testing the textbook hypotheses of neuroscience with data-driven computational models"

Oct 17, 2024

Neuroscience Distinguished Lectureship Series

Call for 2024-2025 Distinguished Lecturer Nominations

Online Lecture Report & Evaluation Form

Dr. Marija Kundakovic - "Epigenomic programming of brain plasticity and disease risk by ovarian hormones"

Dr. Li - "Spying on Neuromodulator Dynamics In Vivo by Constructing Multi-Color Genetically-Encoded Sensors"

Dr. Ji - "Role of the PD-L1/PD-1 immune checkpoint pathway in pain and cognition"

Dr. Blackshaw - "Developmental Mechanisms Shaping Cortical Interhemispheric Connectivity and Function"

Dr. Geoffrey Goodhill - "A fundamental energy rule for animal movement selection"

Dr. Richards - "Developmental Mechanisms Shaping Cortical Interhemispheric Connectivity and Function"

Dr. Rony Paz - "Dynamic modulation of valence and memory in the primate amygdala"

Dr. Grant Gordon - "On the Regulation of the Cerebral Circulation by Astrocytes"

Dr. Arlette Kolta - "Role of astrocytes in sensorimotor integration in cortical and brainstem circuits"

Dr. Daniel Minor - "Electrosome assembly: a first structural view of ion channel biogenesis"

Dr. Christopher Eccleston - "An Embodied Approach to Chronic Pain"

Dr. Kei Igarashi - "Circuit mechanisms of item memory and its disruption in Alzheimer’s disease"

Dr. Mazen Kheirbek - "Learning about Reward and Aversion in the Hippocampus"

Dr. Jiami Guo - "Primary cilia, underappreciated signaling sensors in the brain"

Dr. Deborah Kurrasch - "The identification of new therapies for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: A translational journey”

Dr. Adrian W. Moore - "Regulatory Control of Neuron Differentiation: From Chromatin to Connectivity"

Dr. Giorgio Ascoli - "From Neuron Classification to Spiking Neural Network Simulations: Testing the textbook hypotheses of neuroscience with data-driven computational models"

Dr. Fabienne Poulain - "Destroy to build: trans‐axonal degenerative signaling shapes neural circuits during development"