Rutgers Brain Health Institute 2019 - 2020 Plenary Seminar Series

Rutgers Brain Health Institute 2019 - 2020 Plenary Seminar Series

Rutgers Brain Health Institute 2019 - 2020 Plenary Seminar Series Patricia Janak Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Department of Neuroscience, Jan 23, 2020 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The Janak Lab studies behavioral and neural mechanisms of associative learning and behavioral and neural mechanisms for the acquisition of reward-based associations as it relates to drug and alcohol addiction and overeating. Garret Stuber Professor, Center for Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Department of Pharmacology Mar 12, 2020 University of Washington. The major goal of Stuber Lab research is to delineate the neural circuits involved in the manifestation of neuropsychiatric disorders including addiction, maladaptive eating behaviors, and anxiety. Rutgers Brain Health Institute 2019 - 2020 Plenary Seminar Series Carol Mason Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmic Sciences, Columbia University. Mar 26, 2020 The Mason Lab studies axon guidance in the visual pathways, analyzing the behaviors, cellular interactions and molecular directives of retinal axon growth cones during avoidance and crossing of the midline at the optic chiasm. Randy Bruno Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain April 2, 2020 Behavior Institute, Columbia University. The Bruno Lab studies neural pathways and circuit elements that contribute to sensory perception, learning, remembering and reasoning. Larry Young William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, & April 16, 2020 Chief, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatric Disorders. Emory University, GA Dr. Young studies how genetic, cellular and neurobiological mechanisms regulate complex social behavior, including social cognition and social bonding. Rutgers Brain Health Institute 2019 - 2020 Plenary Seminar Series Susan Amara Scientific Director of the Intramural Research Program at NIMH, Chief, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, NIH. May 7, 2020 Dr. Amara’s Lab studies the structure, function, and cellular physiology of neurotransmitter transporters, including glutamate transporters as well as the biogenic amine transporters, major targets for psychostimulant drugs and antidepressants. Mirganka Sur Newton Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Simons Center for the Social May 21, 2020 Brain, MIT. Dr. Sur studies the organization, plasticity and dynamics of the cerebral cortex of the brain using experimental and theoretical approaches. Visit http://brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/ for more information .

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