The Neuroscience Center holds monthly seminars, hosting internationally renowned speakers from across the country. These seminars present students with the opportunity to learn about new research findings from some of the top researchers in Neuroscience.
To learn more about when seminars will be held, contact the Neuroscience Center through email at neuroscience@byu.edu.
2025
Jose Pons
Witnessing a wearables transition for rehabilitation of neurological conditions
Bruce Appel
The Many Layers of Myelin Plasticity
Jacob Hull
Modeling Complexity: The Interpretable Machine Learning Identifies an Emergent Absence Seizure Mechanism
Jon Trout
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis and the Frontier of Translational Neuroscience
Evangelos Christou
Deep brain stimulation in essential tremor: Benefits beyond upper limb tremor control?
Maci Jacobsen
The Cost of the Buzz: Sex Hormones, Alcohol, and the Blunted Brain
2024
Jeff Edwards
Applications for the study of brain synaptic plasticity: THC impact in adults vs. adolescence and a prophylactic treatment for PTSD in mice.
Jessica A. Turner
What 10,000 Brains Can Tell You: Tales From Enigma Schizophrenia
David Rossi
Opposing roles of the endocannabinoid and nicotinoid systems in cerebellar development, and implications for perinatal exposure to cannabis, nicotine and alcohol.
Tamar Gefen
An Introduction to the Neuropathology of Cognitive Aging
Marc Haut
A career of neuro-psychology and neuroimaging.
Va'a Tofaeono
Conducting Research in American Samoa
2023
Rodrigo Braga
Characterization of distributed brain networks in the individual using precision functional MRI
Francisco Valero-Cuevas
From Bio-mechanics to neuro-robotics
Rodrigo España
Impact of sleep on cocaine seeking and dopamine terminal adaptations following abstinence
Samuel McKenzie
Treating focal epilepsy through responsive neural stimulation of neuro-modulatory systems.
Michael Ferguson
From fundamentalism to mystical-type experience: the emerging forefront of neurospirituality.
2022
Rodrigo Braga
Insights into the brain network organization from individual-level fMRI
Trace Stay
Cerebellar Influence over learned adaptions in the oculomotor circuit
Cory Inman
Capturing and enhancing episodic memories made in the wild
Mark Ebbert
Improved understanding of Alzheimer's disease, ALS, FTD, and other neurodegenerative diseases using long-read sequencing technologies
Chris Davis
Cognitive rigidity: poor sleep, poor performance
Sarah Banks
Improving understanding of Alzheimer’s: sex specific risk and expression
2021
Abigail Polter
Sex-specific stress-induced adaptations of the VTA microcircuit
Ashley Ross
Developing tools to measure dynamic guanosine signaling during focal ischemia
Julian Thayer
Why Should We Care About the Vagus?: Implications for cognition, emotion, and health
Amanda Mitchell
Atlasting the mouse brain: Towards the identification of every cell type
2020
Stephanie Gantz
Opening delta
Brant P. Hasler
Rhythms and reward: Do sleep and circadian factors during adolescence contribute to risk for substance use?
Mikle South
Lights, Sirens, & Jumping Out of Trees: Multi-Level Approaches to Autism and Mental Health
David Vaillancourt
Free-water Imaging in Parkinsonism: From a Voxel to Clinical Application.
Ashok Jansari
The man who mistook his neuropsychologist for a popstar: The fascinating world of face-blindness, super-recognition, and everyday face-recognition.
Matthew Hutchison
Research and Early Development Biomarkers Group at Biogen Inc.
Beyond the Ivory Tower: Translating Academic Finding into Clinical Trial Biomarkers
Beyond the Ivory Tower: Translating Academic Finding into Clinical Trial Biomarkers
2019
Rita Guerreiro
Van Andel Research Institute for Neurodegenerative Science
Genetics of Neurological Diseases - A Focus on Dementia
Genetics of Neurological Diseases - A Focus on Dementia
Anna M. Lee
University of Minnesota
Oppositional regulation of alpha6-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in alcohol and nicotine co-addiction
Oppositional regulation of alpha6-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in alcohol and nicotine co-addiction
Jacob J. Michaelson
University of Iowa
Genetic Research at the Intersection of Mental Illness and High Ability
Genetic Research at the Intersection of Mental Illness and High Ability
Andrew A. George
Barrow Neurological Institutes
The Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (nAChRs) in Amyloid-Induced Alterations in Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Intrinsic Excitability
The Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (nAChRs) in Amyloid-Induced Alterations in Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Intrinsic Excitability
Christina McCrae
University of Missouri
Neuroplasticity in Chronic Pain: Impact of Improved Sleep on Central Sensitization
Neuroplasticity in Chronic Pain: Impact of Improved Sleep on Central Sensitization
Ryan Larsen
University of Illinois Beckham Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
The Use of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Investigate the Neurochemistry of Cognition
The Use of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Investigate the Neurochemistry of Cognition
2018
Robert Bilder
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
The Biology of Creativity: From Mighty Mice to Extraordinary Humans
The Biology of Creativity: From Mighty Mice to Extraordinary Humans
Mark J. Ferris
Wake Forrest School of Medicine
Diurnal Variation in Motivational Properties of Reward Predictive Cues and Corresponding Dopamine Signals
Diurnal Variation in Motivational Properties of Reward Predictive Cues and Corresponding Dopamine Signals
Marisa Roberto
Scripps Research Institute
Neuroadaptations Induced by Alcohol Dependence
Neuroadaptations Induced by Alcohol Dependence
Brian D. Burrell
Sanford School of Medicine
Endocannabinoids and Habituation of Nociceptive Circuits: A New Perspective on Pain Research
Endocannabinoids and Habituation of Nociceptive Circuits: A New Perspective on Pain Research
Nathan Okerlund
University of Utah
Eating Synapses - A Molecular View of Presynaptic Autophagy
Eating Synapses - A Molecular View of Presynaptic Autophagy
Lei Wang
Feinberg School of Medicine
Hippocampal-Prefrontal Network Dysfunction in Breast Cancer Survivors Undergoing Adjuvant Therapy
Hippocampal-Prefrontal Network Dysfunction in Breast Cancer Survivors Undergoing Adjuvant Therapy
2017
Louis Ptáček
University of California, San Francisco
Clinical, Genetic, and Biological Characterization of the Human Circadian System
Clinical, Genetic, and Biological Characterization of the Human Circadian System
Adrian Rothenfluh
University of Utah
Alcohol Use Disorders - Conserved Mechanisms from Flies to Humans
Alcohol Use Disorders - Conserved Mechanisms from Flies to Humans
Nalini M. Nadkarni
University of Utah
Fallen: A Transdisciplinary Tale of Disturbance and Recovery
Fallen: A Transdisciplinary Tale of Disturbance and Recovery
Jordan Yorgason
Brigham Young University
Neural Circuits Involved in Cocaine Addiction
Neural Circuits Involved in Cocaine Addiction
Chris J. Davis
Washington State University - Spokane
The Brain and Behavior: What Rodents Can Tell us about the Importance of Sleep
The Brain and Behavior: What Rodents Can Tell us about the Importance of Sleep
Stephen J. Glatt
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Risk Genes, Biomarkers, and Mechanisms of Major Psychiatric Disorders
Risk Genes, Biomarkers, and Mechanisms of Major Psychiatric Disorders