Past Event Category: John D. Wiley Seminar Series
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Apr 25Seminar – Joseph Dougherty, PhD – “Molecular, Cellular, and Functional Signatures of IDD Associated Mutation in the Brain”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Joseph Dougherty, PhD Washington University in St. Louis Profile About the Speaker: Joseph Dougherty is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis in the departments of Genetics and Psychiatry, Co-director of the Neuroscience Program, and Co-director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Research Center. In his research lab, he has built a team with …
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Apr 18Seminar – Robert Krencik, PhD – “Neuromodulation of Bioengineered Organoids with Reactive Human Astrocytes”John D. Wiley Conference Center John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Robert Krencik, PhD Houston Methodist Research Institute Profile About the Speaker: Robert Krencik received his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the laboratory of Dr. Su-Chun Zhang and conducted a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in the laboratories of Drs. Erik Ullian and David Rowitch. He is now …
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Apr 11Seminar – Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD – “The PI3K-mTOR Pathway in Neurodevelopment and Disease”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD University of California-Los Angeles Profile About the Speaker: Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD, is currently a Professor of Psychiatry, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is a Pediatric Neurologist, and is the Founding Director of the UCLA Neural Stem Cell Research Center. He …
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Apr 4Seminar – Ruth Carper, PhD – “Neuroimaging Findings in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Ruth Carper, PhD San Diego State University Lab Website About the Speaker: Dr. Ruth Carper is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology from San Diego State University, and is also Co-Director of the Brain Development Imaging Laboratories. She has been studying the brain bases of autism, from childhood to aging, for more than …
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Mar 21Seminar – Sandesh Nagamani, MBBS, MD – “A Consortium Approach for Advancing Clinical Translational Research in Rare Disorders”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Sandesh C.S. Nagamani, MBBS, MD Baylor College of Medicine Profile About the Speaker: Sandesh Nagamani, MBBS, MD, is a Professor and Vice Chair for Research-Clinical in Molecular and Human Genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). His research is focused on translational medicine, specifically, evaluating novel potential therapies for various genetic disorders. The main …
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Mar 14Seminar – Gabriel Corfas, PhD – “Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse and Myelin Development, Plasticity, and Repair: Insights from the Prefrontal Cortex and Inner Ear”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Gabriel Corfas, PhD University of Michigan Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Gabriel Corfas received an MSc in biological sciences from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a PhD in neurobiology from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He did postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Gerald Fischbach, first at Washington University and …
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Mar 7Seminar – David Zopf, MD, MS – A Breath of Fresh Air: Novel Airway Device Innovation Using 3D Printing for Cerebral Palsy and Down Syndrome PatientsJohn D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
David Zopf, MD, MS University of Wisconsin–Madison Profile About the Speaker: David Zopf, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and the Section Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology. He has also been named the Division of Otolaryngology’s Director of Innovation. In this position, he will help coordinate and oversee …
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Feb 28Seminar – Carla Mazefsky, PhD – “Emotion Dysregulation and Suicide in Autism: What We Know and Where We Are Going”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Carla Mazefsky, PhD University of Pittsburgh Lab Website About the Speaker: Carla Mazefsky is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her undergraduate training at The College of William and Mary, followed by a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth …
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Feb 21Seminar – Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD – “Cerebellar Development and Dysfunction in 16p11.2 Microduplication Syndrome”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD University of Iowa Profile About the Speaker: Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa and a member of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute. Her research interests include molecular mechanisms of genetic risk in bipolar disorder, and cell and animal models of psychiatric disease. The …
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Feb 14WARF Therapeutics Lecture – Jeffrey Neul, MD, PhD – “Gene Discovery to Clinical Trials: How Clinical and Basic Research Have Intersected to Develop and Test New Therapies for Rett Syndrome”
John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Jeffrey Neul, MD, PhD Vanderbilt University Profile About the Speaker: Jeffrey Neul received his medical degree and PhD in developmental biology from the University of Chicago. He subsequently then completed child neurology residency at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, during which time he became involved in both clinical care and research in Rett …