NACS Seminars
The NACS Seminar Series brings NACS faculty and students together on a weekly basis. The speakers are world class neuroscientists and cognitive scientists who are working at the cutting edge of their discipline. Seminars are held on Fridays from 10:15-11:30am in room 1103 in the Bioscience Research Building. For additional information, please contact Jasmine Washington at jazzw13@umd.edu. SPRING 2018 SEMINARS January 26: Dr. Arash Afraz, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH. (Faculty Host: Dr. Jonathan Fritz) February 2: No NACS Seminar February 9: Dr. Venkatesh Murthy, Harvard University. (Faculty Host: Dr. Quentin Gaudry) February 16: Dr. Lucas Butler, University of Maryland. (Faculty Host: Dr. DJ Bolger) Using functional genomics to understand hearing regeneration March 2: Dr. Douglas Bayliss, University of Virginia. (Faculty Host: Dr. Joshua Singer) March 9: Dr. Cynthia Moss, Johns Hopkins University. (Faculty Host: Dr. Jens Herberholz) March 30: Dr. Thomas Park, University of Illinois at Chicago. (Faculty Host: Dr. Bob Dooling). Cosponsored by the Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI). April 6: Dr. James Heaton, Harvard Medical School. (Faculty Host: Dr. Steven Brauth). Cosponsored by the Brain and Behavior Initiative (BBI). April 13: Dr. Larry Trussell, Oregon Health and Science University. (Faculty Host: Dr. Joshua Singer) April 20: Dr. Eiling Yee, University of Connecticut. (Faculty Host: Dr. Jared Novick) May 4: Dr. Maria Geffen, University of Pennsylvania. (Faculty Host: Dr. Dan Butts)
FALL 2017 SEMINARS September 15: Dr. Marlene Behrmann, Carnegie Mellon University. (Hosts: Dr. Rochelle Newman and Amritha Mallikarjun) Rhythm and the brain: The role of the motor system in auditory sequence perception September 29: Dr. Rebecca Spencer, University of Massachusetts Amherst. (Faculty Host: Dr. Tracy Riggins) A computational logic for olfaction October 13: Dr. Ed Lalor, University of Rochester. (Faculty Host: Dr. Jonathan Simon) I am because we are: Dynamic and Embodied Brain-to-Brain coupling as a new framework for social interaction between people October 27: Dr. Gavin Bidelman, University of Memphis. (Faculty Host: Dr. Bob Slevc) Neural circuits underlying operant learning in larval zebrafish November 17: Dr. Claude Alain, University of Toronto. (Faculty Host: Dr. Jonathan Simon) December 1: Dr. Brian Knutson, Stanford University. (Faculty Host: Dr. Alex Shackman)
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