Past Events
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Mar 7Waisman Center Day with the Experts: Down SyndromeWaisman Center
Learn about advances in research and clinical services and hear from a panel of experts—individuals with Down syndrome and family members.
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Feb 27Seminar – Kartik Pattabiraman, MD, PhD – “Making the Right Connection: Unraveling the Mechanisms of Cognitive Circuit Assembly”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Kartik Pattabiraman, MD, PhD Yale University Lab Website About the Speaker: Kartik Pattabiraman, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Yale Child Study Center. He completed his MD and PhD at University of California-San Francisco, where he studied genetic mechanisms of cortical development in the laboratory of Dr. John Rubenstein. Afterwards, he completed his …
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Feb 26Maravillas del WaismanFecha: 26 de febrero Título: Invitados: Promo: Un espacio creado por el Waisman Center, Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison para hablar con científicos y proveedores de salud acerca de discapacidades de desarrollo como autismo y síndrome de Down, enfermedades neurodegenerativas como Alzheimer y servicios que ofrece el centro a la comunidad. Más detalles & Cómo acceder: La Movida, …
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Feb 20Seminar – Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD – “Understanding Gene x Environment Interactions: The 16p11.2 Neurodevelopmental Mouse Model, Antibiotics, and the Microbiome”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD Rutgers University Profile About the Speaker: Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD, Professor at the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology from Rutgers University, is a child neurologist who studies basic mechanisms of brain development in rodent models as well as cell culture systems. His work has focused on signals that regulate precursor proliferation, cell cycle exit, …
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Feb 13Seminar – Natasha Marrus, MD, PhD – “Evidence for the Contribution of Disrupted Social Motivation to the Emergence of Autism Spectrum Disorder”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Natasha Marrus, MD, PhD Washington University in St. Louis Profile About the Speaker: Natasha Marrus is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology at the Washington University in St. Louis, where she also received her MD-PhD in 2007. Her research focuses on the development of social motivation in infants and young children, including developing measures …
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Feb 7Waisman Center Day with the Experts: Congenital Heart DefectsWaisman Center
In-Person and Virtual Saturday, February 7, 2026 Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects, affecting 1% of all babies. Children with critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) require heart surgery or other intervention before their first birthday. In addition to their medical needs, children with CCHD are more likely to struggle with their physical, …
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Feb 6Seminar – Jonathan Soucy, PhD – “Engineering the Retinal Microenvironment to Enable Retinal Ganglion Cell Transplantation”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Jonathan Soucy, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Profile About the Speaker: Jonathan Soucy is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (beginning July 2026), where he leads the Neural Engineering for Restoring Vision (NERV) Lab. His research focuses on engineering the tissue microenvironment to enable retinal ganglion cell (RGC) transplantation and neural circuit …
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Jan 30Seminar – Oleksandr Shcheglovitov, PhD – “Single Rosette Organoids as a Model of Development and Disease”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Oleksandr Shcheglovitov, PhD University of Utah Profile About the Speaker: Oleksandr “Alex” Shcheglovitov, PhD is an Associate Professor of Neurobiology from the University of Utah. He obtained his Ph.D. in biophysics from the Bogomolets Institute of Physiology. He did his postdoctoral training with Dr. Ed Perez-Reyes at the University of Virginia and Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch …
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Jan 29Maravillas del WaismanFeaturing: Tatiana Sarango Gonzalez
Hay muchos factores que pueden afectar el desarrollo del cerebro de manera positiva o negativa. Investigadores en el Waisman Center estudian cómo se desarrolla el cerebro del bebé y cómo factores ambientales afectan este proceso.
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Dec 19Seminar – Verónica Martínez Cerdeño , PhD – “GABAergic Interneurons in Autism Spectrum Disorders”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Verónica Martínez Cerdeño , PhD University of California-Davis Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Verónica Martínez Cerdeño received a B.S. in 1998, from Complutense University, Spain. In 2002, received her Ph.D. from Autónoma University of Madrid, Spain. After completing her doctorate in Neuroanatomy, Dr. Martinez Cerdeño did her postdoctoral training in brain development at Columbia University in …