Brain Awareness Week: Brain School
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Brain School Lecture: Electricity is Life - Fire in the Brain! , homeMarch 13, 2023, 6 - 6:20 p.m. | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D., Executive Director, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and Vice President, Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech
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Brain School Lecture: When Things Go Haywire , homeMarch 13, 2023, 6:20 - 6:40 p.m. | Matt Weston, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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Brain School Lecture: Changing Brain Activity Non-invasively , homeMarch 13, 2023, 6:40 - 7 p.m. | Wynn Legon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
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Brain School Lecture: Dreamscapes and Nightmares , homeMarch 13, 2023, 7 - 7:20 p.m. | Sujith Vijayan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Emotional Synchrony - Learning from the Mouse Brain , homeMarch 14, 2022, 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. | Alexei Morozov, Ph.D. | Brain School Lecture
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Children and Neuromotor Diagnoses - Maximizing Development , homeMarch 14, 2022, 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Stephanie DeLuca, Ph.D. | Brain School Lecture
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Neurobehavioral Processes in the Prevention and Treatment of Lifestyle-Related Diseases , homeMarch 14, 2022, 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. | Jeff Stein, Ph.D. | Brain School Lecture
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Healthy Moms, Healthy Infants: Maternal Influences of Brain DevelopmentMar. 16 at 5:30 p.m. | Brittany Howell, Ph.D. | 2021 Brain School Lecture
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Fishing for Insights: What Zebrafish Tell Us About How The Brain WorksMar. 16 at 6 p.m. | Albert Pan, Ph.D. | 2021 Brain School Lecture
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Building Baby's BrainMar. 18 at 5:30 p.m. | Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D. | 2021 Brain School Lecture
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Why Do We Eat What We Eat?Mar. 18 at 6 p.m. | Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D. | 2021 Brain School Lecture
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brain School events planned for March, 2020 were cancelled.
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Archived Brain School Lecture: How Different Brains Construct Different Views of the WorldMar. 11 2019, 5:30 p.m. | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Insights from Animal Brains that are Shaping Our FutureMar. 11 2019, 5:30 p.m. | Audra Van Wart Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: What Frogs Have Taught Us About Our Rhythms and BluesMar. 12, 2019, 5:30 p.m. | Michael Fox, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Shedding Some Light into Sleep Problems in Modern TimesMar. 12, 2019, 6:00 p.m. | Edmundo Rubio, M.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Animal Farm: Influences of Animal Research on Advancing Treatment for Human Brain InjuriesMar. 13, 2019, 5:30 p.m. | Pamela VandeVord, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Ringing the Bell on Getting Your Bell RungMar. 13, 2019, 6:00 p.m. | Melanie Prusakowski, M.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: The Aging Brain: Targeting Synapses to Prevent Cognitive DeclineMar. 14, 2019, 5:30 p.m. | Gregorio Valdez, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Normal Aging vs. Dementia: What's Happening to Me?Mar. 14, 2019, 6:00 p.m. | Brian Unwin, M.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: The Nature of AddictionMar. 13, 2018, 6:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion on Addiction | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Brain Invasion: How Small Things Have Big ConsequencesMar. 14, 2018, 6:00 p.m. | Michael Fox, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Kids' Night: Digital Devices and DevelopmentMar. 15, 2018, 6:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion on Digital Devices and Development | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Your Brain is Not Wireless (Yet): How Do You Change Connectivity Between Your Neuronal Landlines?Mar. 13, 2017, 5:30 p.m. | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: From Brains to Bytes to Brain-Computer-InterfacesMar. 14, 2017, 5:30 p.m. | Stephen LaConte, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Shaping Children's Brains and Behavior: New FindingsMar. 15, 2017, 5:30 p.m. | Sharon Landesman Ramey, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Early Childhood Education: What Works and What Doesn'tMar. 16, 2017, 5:30 p.m. | Greg J. Duncan, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: What Our Brains Don't 'See'Mar. 14, 2016, 5:30 p.m. | Michael Fox, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: The Epileptic BrainMar. 15, 2016, 5:30 p.m. | Susan Campbell, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Learning, Memory, & The Aging BrainMar. 16, 2016, 5:30 p.m. | Rosalyn Moran, Ph.D. | Brain School
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Archived Brain School Lecture: Pain, It’s Not Just In Your Mind: Can You Make It Go Away?Mar. 17, 2016, 5:30 p.m. | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. | Brain School
2015
- Understanding the Cerebral Cortex: The Legacy of Roanoke's Vernon Mountcastle
Mar. 16, 2015 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. - Food for Thought: Chefs Celebrate Brain Awareness Week
Mar. 16, 2015 | Restaurants and Specialty Stores throughout Roanoke
- At the Crossroads: Art, Science, Research
Mar. 17, 2015 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. and Liz Lerman
- Development of the Social Brain
Mar. 18, 2015 | Pearl Chiu, Ph.D. - The Developing Brain: Conception to Birth
Mar. 23, 2015 | Michael Fox, Ph.D. - How the Earliest Experiences in Life Affect a Baby's Brain and Behavior
Mar. 25, 2015 | Craig Ramey, Ph.D.
2014
- Mapping Depression Circuits: Foundation for New Treatment Strategies Using Deep Brain Stimulation
Mar. 6, 2014 | Helen Mayberg, M.D. - Your Brain on Advertising
Mar. 12, 2014 | Ann Harvey Tanner, Ph.D. - Brain Assembly: Making the Right Connections Through Genes and Experience
Mar. 13, 2014 | Michael Fox, Ph.D. - How Social Relationships Help Build (and Rehabilitate) Our Brains
Mar. 20, 2014 | Sharon Ramey, Ph.D. - The Biological Basis of How We Learn, Remember, and Use Information
Mar. 27, 2014 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
2013
- Food for Thought: Chefs Celebrate Brain Awareness Week
Mar. 11, 2013 | Restaurants and Specialty Stores throughout Roanoke - Mythbusters: The Truth About Your Brain
Mar. 11, 2013 | Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.
- The Stuff of Brains and How They Process Information
Mar. 11, 2013 | Michael Fox, Ph.D. and Rosalyn Moran, Ph.D.
- How Brains Make Sense of the World
Mar. 12, 2013 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. and Jamie Tyler, Ph.D. - Brain Power: The Role of Exercise and Diet in Maintaining Healthy Synapses
Mar. 12, 2013 | Gregorio Valdez, Ph.D. - When Brains Do Things We Would Rather They Didn't
Mar. 13, 2013 | Warren Bickel, Ph.D. and Pearl Chiu, Ph.D. - Willpower and Addiction
Mar. 13, 2013 | Warren Bickel, Ph.D. - How Brains Grow and Age
Mar. 14, 2013 | Sharon Ramey, Ph.D., Michael Friedlander, Ph.D., and Gregorio Valdez, Ph.D. - Reading Your Mind: How to Decode the Brain Mid-Thought
Mar. 21, 2013 | Stephen LaConte, Ph.D.