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Past Special Events

Special Seminars: 2024

  • SCSB Symposium: Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Past, Present, and Future, November 15, 2024
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Special Seminars: 2020

  • Autism Research at MIT 2020, December 8, 2020
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Special Seminars: 2019

  • Clive R. Bramham, MD., PhD, April 22, 2019
    Professor and Head of Neuroscience, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway
    Title: Arc as a master regulator of neuronal plasticity: signaling protein or retroviral-like capsid

Special Seminars: 2018

  • Francisco Clascá, MD, PhD., November 9, 2018
    Professor of Human Anatomy & Neuroscience, Dept. of Anatomy & Graduate Program in Neuroscience; Director, Applied Anatomy Center, Autónoma de Madrid University, School of Medicine
    Title: Wiring for cognition: axonal and synaptic diversity of thalamocortical higher-order pathways
  • Valentin Dragoi, PhD, May 14, 2018
    Levit Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas-Houston; Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University.
    Title: Population synchrony in cortical networks

Special Seminars: 2017

  • Tobias Grossmann, PhD, November 1, 2017
    Associate Professor​, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia and Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
    Title: The cradle of human sociality

Special Seminars: 2016

  • Steve Silberman, April 5, 2016
    Joint event by Knight Science Journalism at MIT
    Title: Book Night with Steve Silberman
  • Ed Yong, September 20, 2016
    Joint event by Knight Science Journalism at MIT 
    Title: Book Night with Ed Yong

Special Events: 2015

  • The 4th Annual Simons Center Workshop 2015: Opportunities for Discovery & Technology Development, September 9, 2015
  • Annual Poster Session, October 23, 2015

Special Events: 2014

  • Annual UROP Poster Session, August 8, 2014
  • Annual Workshop: The Social Brain – New Opportunities for Discovery & Technology Development, September 2, 2014
  • Annual Poster Session: The Social Brain, November 21, 2014

Special Seminars: 2014

Michael Leon, PhD, March 26, 2014
Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Associate Dean of Biological Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine
Title: Environmental enrichment as an effective treatment for autism

Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhD, May 28, 2014
Global Head of Neuroscience, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
Title: Future of Drug Discovery at Novartis

Yi Li, PhD, October 15, 2014
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Title: Trust and Deception in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Special Events: 2013

  • Annual UROP Poster Session, August 9, 2013
  • Annual Poster Session: The Social Brain, November 22, 2013
  • Annual Workshop: The Social Brain – New Opportunities for Discovery & Technology Development, September 4, 2013

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