The CNBC is hosting an inaugural Early Career Research (ECR) Seminar Series. This series features traditionally underrepresented and minority neuroscientists at early career stages (senior graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-stage faculty), who are actively conducting exciting work in fields relevant to the CNBC community. A main goal of the seminar series is to create a platform for outstanding young scientists from diverse backgrounds to share their research and network with the CNBC community.
Because of COVID-19, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Sessions will be virtual. Each session will feature a 30-minute talk from a trainee and a 30-minute talk from an early-career faculty speaker.
Organizing Committee:
- Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD – Associate Professor, Pitt Psychiatry
- Andreea Bostan, PhD – Research Assistant Professor, Pitt Neurobiology
- Kate Hong, PhD – Assistant Professor, CMU Biological Sciences & Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute
- Millie Rincon-Cortes, PhD – Research Assistant Professor, Pitt Neuroscience
- Afonso Silva, PhD – Professor, Pitt Neurobiology
- Sierra Stringfield, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow, Pitt Psychiatry
- Gelsy Torres-Ovideo, PhD – Associate Professor, Pitt Bioengineering
- Sossena Wood, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow, CMU Biomedical Engineering
- Timothy Verstynen, PhD – Associate Professor, CMU Psychology & Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute
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Fall 2020–Spring 2021 Schedule
Wednesday, November 18, 1 – 2 pm ET (US and Canada)
Biafra Ahanonu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco
Title: “Illuminating neural circuit dynamics of pain processing with in vivo imaging and computational techniques”
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD
Mitchell J. and Margo K. Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Title: “A skin-to-brain circuit for social touch”
To view a recording of this seminar, contact Andreea Bostan at bostanel@gmail.com.
Wednesday, December 2, 1–2 pm ET (US and Canada)
Sikoya Ashburn, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: “Cerebellar involvement in developmental dyslexia”
Natalia Sánchez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California
Title: “It pays to be asymmetric: What we have learned from assessing the energetics of gait adaptation”
Wednesday, December 16, 1–2 pm ET (US and Canada)
Diego Szczupak, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Title: “Callosal dysgenesis from mice to men”
Lauren Whitehurst, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky
Title: “Sleep’s restorative role for cognition”
Thursday, February 25, 2021 4–5 pm ET (US and Canada)
Sierra Stringfield, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Sade Spencer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, University of Minnesota
Title: “Sleep’s restorative role for cognition”
Zoom information for these talks can be found in the email announcements or you can reach out to Andreea Bostan at acb42@pitt.edu.
To view a recording of past seminars, contact Andreea Bostan at bostanel@gmail.com.