Neuroscience Webinars

Learn from the latest webinars about newly released neuroscience research and advances in experimental techniques. Topics include research news in neuroscience, neurology, psychology, brain science and cognitive sciences.

AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

The Long Hangover: Adolescent Intermittent Ethanol's Effects on...

Adolescence is a critical period for the developing brain, and binge drinking during this neuromaturation can result in enduring abnormal brain function and behavior. Repeated adolescent bin...

Speaker: Kati Healey, MA, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Positive Psychology and Well-Being for Clinicians and Consumers:...

Drawing from the latest research and intervention practices, this presentation will address overcoming burn-out, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma generally, and specifically as relate...

Speaker: Dorit Saberi, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Null Models of Large Neural Networks

One role of theory is in guiding future experiments: What should we aim to measure? Which experimental results should we be surprised about? I will argue here that simple random networks mod...

Speaker: Ilya Nemenman

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Can Deep Learning Produce a General Model of Natural Sound Encoding...

Recent advances in machine learning have shown that deep neural networks (DNNs) can provide powerful and flexible models of neural sensory processing. In the auditory system, standard linear...

Speaker: Stephen V. David, Ph.D.

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Machine Learning Approaches to Characterizing and Interpreting...

The intrinsic activity of the brain is organized into networks and motifs that vary over time. To understand how coordinated macroscale patterns of intrinsic activity flow across the brain&r...

Speaker: Shella Keilholz, Ph.D.

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Mine Your Own View: A New Self-Supervised Learning Approach for...

Understanding how populations of neurons work together to represent stimuli, build percepts, and generate complex behaviors, is a fundamental challenge in neuroscience. To establish a link b...

Speaker: Eva L. Dyer, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Mechanistic Models of Cognition: from Perception to Navigation...

We will show how to combine large scale neural recordings and mechanistic neural network models to advance our conceptual understanding of how neural circuits mediate cognitive functions lik...

Speaker: Surya Ganguli, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 25, 2021 | 12:00 AM

Orchestrating the Brain for Social Behavior

Learning Objectives: 1. Delineate the goals of studies of brain, computation and behavior and how they can be integrated. 2. Describe how neuromodulators such as oxytocin transform circuits...

Speaker: Richard Tsien, PhD

Presented at: Neuroscience Virtual Event Series 2021

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AUG 24, 2021 | 11:00 AM

EAD easy as 1-2-3: Making characterization of complex biotherapeutics...

Date: August 24, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Electron-based dissociation mechanisms have shown great promise for advanced characterization of biomolecules. However, routine adopti...

Speaker: Matt Stone, PhD , Claire Bramwell, PhD

Sponsored By: Sciex

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AUG 11, 2021 | 10:00 AM

PART 2: sigma Strong. How stronger harmonization builds better...

Date: August 11, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Quality can never be assumed, is never automatic, and requires the long-term commitment of the laboratory, staff, and manufacturers. L...

Speaker: Sten Westgard, MS

Sponsored By: Abbott

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JUL 28, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Disease model generation: 5 steps to a 3D cancer spheroid model

Date: July 28, 2021 Time: 8:00am PDT Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. It is estimated that 1 out of 8 women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during her...

Speaker: Edwin Golez

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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JUL 15, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Part 1: Achieving Laboratory Operational Excellence through Abbott's...

Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Sigma Metrics plays a critical role in laboratory medicine. Abbott is committed to helping your laboratory achieve excellence in clinica...

Speaker: Marvin Berman, PhD

Sponsored By: Abbott

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JUL 15, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Veranome Webinar Series: Highly Multiplexed Analysis of Mouse...

Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) The Pisces workflow robust, easy-to-use, end-to-end multi-omics solution for highly multiplexed targeted Spatial RNA analysis. VeranomeB...

Speaker: Brian Hilbush, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Veranome Biosystems

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JUL 15, 2021 | 8:00 AM

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of 45 color panel design: Building...

Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) High dimensional full spectrum flow cytometry grants unprecedented access to previously unattainable parameters in cellular biology. Flu...

Speaker: Seddon Thomas

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific

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JUL 01, 2021 | 12:00 PM

Mastering basic cell culture techniques

Date: July 01, 2021 Time: 09:30am IST/12:00pm SGT/01:00pm JST, KST/03:00pm AEST/ 05:00pm NZST We know that understanding cell culture is essential for life of your work. Gibco Galaxy Tour We...

Speaker: Brittany Balhouse , Christopher Scanlon

Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Gibco

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JUN 29, 2021 | 11:00 AM

Advancing Cellular Ultrastructure Research with Freeze-Fracture...

Date: June 29, 2021 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 02:00pm (EDT) Freeze-fracture and freeze-etching are useful tools for studying flexible membrane-associated structures such as tight junctions or the...

Speaker: Evan Krystofiak , Seth Villarreal

Sponsored By: Leica Microsystems

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JUN 24, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Single-Cell, Spatial Phenotyping: Fueling the Next Wave of Discovery...

Date: June 24, 2021 Time: 10:00am PDT The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) was founded to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges— from eradicating disease and improving...

Speaker: Jonah Cool Ph.D. , Oliver Braubach, Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Akoya Biosciences

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JUN 21, 2021 | 11:00 AM

Patient-Centered Laboratory Medicine: Driving Improved Outcomes

Date: June 21, 2021 Time: 11:00am PDT The COVID-19 Pandemic has demonstrated how much healthcare depends on the clinical laboratory, but it also has demonstrated how much opportunity remains...

Speaker: Paul L. Epner, MBA, MEd

Sponsored By: Abbott

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JUN 17, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Cell DIVE: a robust platform for multiplexed whole slide imaging...

DATE: June 17, 2021 TIME: 07:00am PDT Colorectal cancer is a particularly challenging disease for immunotherapy given tumor heterogeneity. Multiplexed whole slide imaging allows deep context...

Speaker: Melinda Angus-Hill Ph.D.

Sponsored By: Leica Microsystems

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JUN 10, 2021 | 10:00 AM

GABA-receptive microglia selectively sculpt developing inhibitory...

Date: June 10, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Microglia, the primary brain macrophages, regulate a plethora of processes that impact the organization of neural circuits, including sy...

Speaker: Loic Binan, Ph.D , Emilia Favuzzi, Ph.D

Sponsored By: Vizgen

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JUN 09, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Preventing cell misidentification in your daily lab routine

Date: June 9, 2021 Time: 09 June 2021, 7am PDT, 10am EDT, 4pm CEST cells with dramatic implications on the validity of past cell culture related research. The fact that at least 509 cell lin...

Speaker: Gabriela Saldanha , Jessica Wagener, PhD

Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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MAY 27, 2021 | 8:00 AM

Socially Distanced Experiments: The Importance of Single-Lab-Accessible...

Date: May 27, 2021 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT) With social distancing measures still enforced in large parts of the world, many researchers must minimize time in the lab where they may...

Speaker: Chris Heger, Ph.D

Sponsored By: ACD - A Bio-Techne Brand

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MAY 13, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Laboratory Medicine and Healthcare Excellence; Till death do us...

Date: May 13, 2021 Time: 9:00am PDT The value proposition for laboratory medicine has long been theorized, estimated and debated. Despite decades of effort and intangible proof, the strategi...

Speaker: Tricia Ravalico , Colleen Strain, BSc, PhD

Sponsored By: Abbott

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MAY 11, 2021 | 10:00 AM

Secure Your Next Great Discovery

Date: May 11, 2021 Time: 10:00zm PDT Your samples are some of the most valuable assets in the laboratory. After spending countless hours on extraction and preparation, your conclusions could...

Speaker: Paulina Kocjan , Kate Meola , Zareh Zurabyan

Presented at: Eppendorf Planet of Knowledge - A New Dimension
Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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MAY 06, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Modeling the human brain using induced pluripotent stem cells...

Date: May 6, 2021 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) The goal of this educational webinar is to introduce the audience to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and the ways in which they are...

Speaker: Anjana Nityanandam, Ph.D

Sponsored By: STEMCELL Technologies

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MAY 06, 2021 | 7:00 AM

Everyday Cell Culture Practice - Improve reproducibility of your...

Date: May 6, 2021 Time: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 4:00pm CEST Eukaryotic cell cultures respond to the most subtle influence. Apart from the risk of contamination, minimal changes in cultivati...

Speaker: Jessica Wagener, PhD

Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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APR 28, 2021 | 8:00 AM

How to optimize your shake flask and bioreactor cultures

DATE: April 28, 2021 TIME: 08am PST Shakers and bioreactors are established versatile systems for cultivating microorganism, plant, and animal cells in suspension. Both methods aim at increa...

Speaker: Ines Hartmann , Ankita Desai

Sponsored By: Eppendorf

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