Please contact Jessica Odell at [email protected] with questions.
April 28, 2025
*Starts at 9 am. Refreshments will be available.
The Role of Membrane in Auditory Hair Cell Mechanotransduction
Shefin Sam George, Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Standford University
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
May 29, 2025
Towards Hearing Restoration: Investigating the Genetic Restrictions on Hair Cell Regeneration in the Mature Inner Ear
Melissa McGovern, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall. Refreshments will be available.
Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
Past Presentations
January 16, 2025
Intraretinal Stimulation for High Resolution Artificial Vision
James Weiland, Ph.D.
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Associate Chair for Research in Biomedical Engineering
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Ross Maddox, Ph.D.
January 23, 2025
Beyond Amyloid: Seeking to understand the diverse causes of age-related dementia at the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Henry Paulson, M.D., Ph.D.
Lucile Groff Professor, Department of Neurology
Director, Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center
University of Michigan
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D.
January 30, 2025
Chromatin Regulation of Neuronal Identity and Connectivity
Kenneth Kwan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Research Associate Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
February 20, 2025
Insight Into Real-World Hearing and Hearing Loss from an Avian Vocal Communication Specialist
Kenneth S. Henry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Department of Otolaryngology
University of Rochester
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Ross Maddox, Ph.D.
March 6, 2025
Top-down Signaling in the Auditory System
Timothy Balmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Pierre Apostolides, Ph.D.
March 13, 2025
Different Types of Speech Material Afford Surprisingly Different Hearing Behavior
Ingrid Johnsrude, Ph.D.
Professor; Western Research Chair
Western University - Canada
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Anahita Mehta, Ph.D.
March 20, 2025
Map Formation and Alignment in the Superior Colliculus
David Feldheim, Ph.D.
Professor; Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
University of California Santa Cruz
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3699 S Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
March 27, 2025
Neural Control of Social Homeostasis
Ding Liu, Ph.D.
The Catherine Dulac Lab and the Naoshige Uchida Lab, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)
Harvard University
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
March 31, 2025
From Navigation to Neurodegeneration: Lessons from Zebrafish Vestibular Circuits
Yunlu Zhu, Ph.D.
Leon Levy Neuroscience Fellow, Rainwater Tau Leadership Fellow
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Location: Medical Science 1 3330 Auditorium (Refreshments will be available)
Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
April 3, 2025
Different Guanine Nucleotide-binding (G) Protein Activities Regulate Hair Cell development and Maintenance
Basile Tarchini, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Jackson Laboratory
Location: Medical Science 2 – 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D.
April 7, 2025
Finding Balance: Peripheral Vestibular Contributions to Equilibrioception
Evan Ratzan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Location: Buhl 5915 (Refreshments will be available)
Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
April 17, 2025
Connectome Analysis of a Cerebellar-like Circuit for Predictive Learning
Nathaniel B. Sawtell, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Columbia University
Location: Medical Science 2 - 3695 N Lecture Hall
Hosted by: Pierre Apostolides, Ph.D.
