2020/21

Invited Speakers

All talks will take place virtually starting at 9:00 am.

All Neuroscience Graduate Program faculty and students will automatically be registered for these events. Anyone outside of the program wishing to register may do so by visiting our registration page.

Date Name Affiliation Seminar Title
Sept 15, 2020

Dr. Rafael Yuste
Professor of Biological Sciences;
Director, NeuroTechnology Center;
Co-Director, Kavli Institute of Brain Sciences;
Ikerbasque Research Professor, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)

Columbia University

Can you see a thought?
Holographic activation of neuronal ensembles control perceptual states

Feb 2, 2021

Dr. Bojana Stefanovic
Professor, 
Department of Medical Biophysics, 
University of Toronto;
Senior Scientist, 
Physical Sciences Platform Director, 
Sunnybrook Research Institute

 University of Toronto Imaging neurovascular unit dysfunction in preclinical models of ischemia and traumatic brain injury

April 6, 2021

Dr. Sarah Certel
Associate Professor,
Division of Biological Sciences

 University of Montana

Information transfer by dual-transmitting neurons
April 27, 2021

Dr. Numa Dancause
Professor,
Department of Neuroscience

 University of Montreal

Premotor cortex organization and reorganization after brain lesion

May 4, 2021

Treva Glazebrook Lecturer

 Dr. Anne Churchland
Professor,
David Geffen School of Medicine

University of California,
Los Angeles

 Single-trial neural dynamics are dominated by richly varied movements

June 1, 2021

Dr. Khaleel Razak
Professor, Psychology Department;
Director, Graduate Neuroscience Program

 University of California,
Riverside

Mechanisms and Biomarkers of Auditory Hypersensitivity in Fragile X Syndrome

June 22, 2021

CANCELLED

 Dr. Anne-Marie Guerguerian

Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Science, Medicine, Surgery, Anaesthesia, Paediatrics

 University of Toronto

“TBA”