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2026-2027 Calendar of Events and Seminars
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Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover—or a Cerebellum by Its Circuitry , homeNov. 6, 2026, 11 a.m. | Meike van der Heijden, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC | Center for Neurobiology Research Faculty Seminar
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2026 Cancer Research Center Symposium , redirectNov. 9-10, 2026 | Academic Building One, Alexandria, Virginia |
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Special Seminar: Recent Developments in Hierarchical Gaussian Filtering , homeNov. 11, 2026, 10 a.m. | Chris Mathys, Ph.D., Professor of Cognitive Science, Aaarhus University | Special Seminar
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Special Seminar: Sex-specific Effects of Endothelial Pannexin1 in the Cerebral Vasculature in Health and Disease , homeNov. 19, 2026, 11 a.m. | Miranda Good, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Investigator, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts University School of Medicine | Special Seminar
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Presenting Therapeutic Peptides Using Synthetic Polymers , homeNov. 20, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Rachel A. Letteri, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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Three Lessons About the Brain from the Neuroscience of Emotion , homeDec. 10, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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The Bitter Truth: Alcohol Use and Its Effects on Chemosensory Function , homeDec. 11, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Paule V. Joseph, Ph.D., MBA, M.S., Senior Investigator, Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Acting Chief, Section of Sensory Science and Metabolism Unit, NIDCD; Co-Director, National Smell and Taste Center; Attending Nurse Practitioner, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Health Behaviors Research
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Learning and Memory in the Infant Brain , homeJan. 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Nicholas B. Turk-Browne, Ph.D., Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Professor of Psychology; Director, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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How Sleep Shapes the Infant Brain , homeFeb. 12, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Mark Blumberg, Ph.D., University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, Department Chair, Psychological & Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Neurobiology Research
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The Science of Individuality: What Makes Us Who We Are? , homeFeb. 26, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Terry Jernigan, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, and Radiology; Director, UCSD Center for Human Development, University of California, San Diego | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Health Behaviors Research
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Latent Cause Inference and Mental Health , homeMarch 12, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Yael Niv, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton Neuroscience Institute & Psychology Department, Princeton University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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The New ERA in Alzheimer Diagnosis and Treatment , homeMarch 25, 2027, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | John C. Morris, M.D., Harvey A and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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Molecular, Anatomic, and Functional Diversity of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons , homeMarch 26, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Raj Awatramani, Ph.D., Sir John Eccles Professor, Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Neurobiology Research
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Inception of Human Neural Circuits: From Stem Cells to Assembloids and Toward Integrated Living Systems , homeApril 1, 2027, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Uytengsu Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Center, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B Inhibition Rescues Metabolic Dysfunction-Induced Cardiomyopathy and HFpEF , homeApril 9, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Maria Kontaridis, Ph.D., Gordon K. Moe Professor; Chair, Biomedical Research and Translational Medicine; Executive Director and Director of Research, Masonic Medical Research Institute | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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AMPK, Ancient Energy Sensing Kinase That Restores Metabolic Homeostasis During Bad Times , homeApril 23, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Reuben Shaw, Ph.D., William R. Brody Chair, Professor, Salk Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Director of the NCI-designated Salk Cancer Center | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Exercise Medicine Research
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Exploring Cell-Cell Interactions in The Tumor Ecosystem: Insights from Computational Modeling , homeMay 7, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Stacey Finley, Ph.D., Nicole A. and Thuan Q. Pham Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Quantitative and Computational Biology; Founding Director, Center for Computational Modeling of Cancer, University of Southern California | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Cancer Research Center — Roanoke
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The Role of Catecholamine Systems in Cognitive Aging , homeMay 21, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Anne Berry, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Neuroscience Program, Brandeis University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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Lysine Acetylation as a Critical Regulator of Glut4-Mediated Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle , homeJune 4, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Simon Schenk, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Exercise Medicine Research