The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) at Rutgers University, in partnership with the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI), is hosting a three-day in-person training workshop on using MRI methods for human imaging. CAHBIR at Rutgers offers cutting-edge human imaging services. This 9-hour workshop (spread over 3 days) is designed for faculty, students and staff who are going […]
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| 0 events, | 2 events, - - ![]() “Neuroendocrine contributors to traumatic stress: Understanding women’s risk" Speaker: Jennifer S. Stevens, PhD Co-Director, The Grady Trauma Project Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University School of Medicine Investigator, Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation Atlanta VA Health Care System Date and Time: Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 12:00 PM (EST) Join Zoom […] | 2 events, - The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) at Rutgers University, in partnership with the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI), is hosting a three-day in-person training workshop on using MRI methods for human imaging. CAHBIR at Rutgers offers cutting-edge human imaging services. This 9-hour workshop (spread over 3 days) is designed for faculty, students and staff who are going […] - "Neurophysiological Insights into the Developing Brain and Mental Health" Date and Time: September 30, 11 AM - 12 PM, 2026 Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/99337315908?pwd=RMvrrblGU7sI4VILuTEhoubGnwLPuK.1 Location: Aidekman Research Center Room 103, Newark, NJ 07102, USA Dashiell Sacks is a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He […] | 1 event, - ![]() “Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Depression” Speaker: Scott J. Russo Leon Levy Director of the Brain-Body Research Institute Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Date and Time: Thursday, Oct 1, 2026, 12 Noon (ET) Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93226447395?pwd=Rb5AbsEVw5PPkdDC99GKpVOKjJQQqH.1 Meeting ID: 932 2644 7395 | Passcode: 100126 Location: Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine […] | 1 event, - "Defining innate immune mechanisms underlying microglial control of brain metastases in breast cancer" Speaker: Annelise Snyder, PhD Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Western Washington University Date and Time: October 2, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 PM Location: Nelson Biology Laboratories, 604 Allison Rd, Rm D406, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 2 events, - ![]() Please join us on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 10:00 am in the Research Tower, Room V10 for an RWJ-Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology Seminar Series featuring Dr. Ai Yamamoto, Associate Professor of Neurology, Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University. Dr. Yamamoto will be presenting on the topic of "Clearing Up the Mess: Eliminating the […] - The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) at Rutgers University, in partnership with the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI), is hosting a three-day in-person training workshop on using MRI methods for human imaging. CAHBIR at Rutgers offers cutting-edge human imaging services. This 9-hour workshop (spread over 3 days) is designed for faculty, students and staff who are going […] | 3 events, - "An upcoming study on latent cause inference in disorders of compulsivity" Speaker: Ugne Ziausyte MD/PhD Student, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University Date and Time: Wednesday, October 7, 10-11am EDT (Eastern) Zoom link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94117265887?pwd=lmaGLwwbJ7buoK4aOMHofVvOWo64AX.1 Compulsivity is characterized by repetitive, self-deleterious behavior, often performed despite the knowledge of its disruptive effects on the pursuit of long-term […] - ![]() “Intraindividual sleep–activity dynamics as markers of neurocognitive risk” Speaker: Lihui Tu, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center; Institute for Health Date and Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 12-1 PM Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94769804345?pwd=IMqJIIvuDmRl997R6O4U4NKbt6UWfs.1 Meeting code: 947 6980 4345 Passcode: 454288 With a background in clinical psychiatry, Dr. Lihui Tu earned his Ph.D. in […] - "Listening to the Body: Soft Electronics, Electrophysiology and the Physics of Human–Machine Interfaces" Speaker: Yael Hanein, PhD Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tel Aviv University Date and Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 3:30 – 4:30 PM Location: 330W, Physics & Astronomy Building, Busch Campus Zoom Link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/95124198614?pwd=dnBzWnhUTmVSRjJZaVR1QnpvazduZz09 Abstract: The human body continuously generates electrical signals […] | 0 events, | 1 event, - Speaker: Maxwell Madden in Rafiq Huda Lab Date and Time: October 9, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 PM Location: Nelson Biology Laboratories, 604 Allison Rd, Rm D406, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event, - ![]() Date and Time: Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Location: Douglass Student Center, 100 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Scientific Presentations: 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (Trayes Hall B) Randy J. Seeley, PhD Dr. Randy J. Seeley is the Henry King Ransom Endowed Professor of Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, - "Defining innate immune mechanisms underlying microglial control of brain metastases in breast cancer" Speaker: Sameer Bajikar, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia Date and Time: October 16, 2026, 12:00 - 1:00 PM Location: Nelson Biology Laboratories, 604 Allison Rd, Rm D406, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 1 event, - ![]() “Closing the Loop on Addiction GWAS: Leveraging Functional Genomics to Elucidate Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Pathways in Substance Use Disorders” Speaker: Yunlong Liu, PhD Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics Elected Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Chancellor’s Professor, T. K. Li Chair for Medical Research, Director, Center for Computational Biology and […] | 0 events, | 2 events, - "Ultrasound-Driven Plasticity of Decision Making and Learning: Toward Clinical Translation" Zoom link: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/6397147065 Date and Time: Wednesday, October 21st, 10-11 am EDT (Eastern) Speaker: Elsa Fouragnan Professor of Neuroscience, Director, Center for Therapeutic Ultrasound (CENTUS), University of Plymouth This talk will present recent evidence demonstrating that low intensity Transcranial focused Ultrasound Stimulation (TUS) can induce […] - ![]() "Adolescent Social Isolation Alters Behavioral Responses to Drugs of Abuse: Structural & Synaptic Mechanisms" Speaker: Lisa Briand, PhD Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Temple University Date and Time: Wednesday, October 21, 1:00 PM In-person Location: Deans Conference Room, Research Tower, Busch Campus, 675 Hoes Ln W, Piscataway, NJ, 08854 Virtual […] | 0 events, | 2 events, - ![]() "Molecular Impact of Early Life Stress in the Brain" We are pleased to announce that Dr. Catherine Jensen Peña from Princeton University will be our speaker for the 2026 Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Organization (MBGSO) Annual Distinguished Speaker Seminar. Date and Time: Friday, October 23rd at 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Location: Room V10 in the RWJMS Research Tower (Note: in-person […] - ![]() “Regulating Drug Cue-Reactivity: Sex and Hormonal Influences and a Path Toward Precision Treatment and Developmental Prevention” Hosted by the Rutgers Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Date and Time: Friday, October 23, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET Speaker: Yuefeng Huang, PhD Assistant Professor at Boys Town National Research Hospital. The presentation will explore how biological sex […] | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event, - ![]() “The Clinical Impact of Genetics in Psychiatry: What Is Clinically Indicated? What Is Getting in the Way? Cases and Findings” Please join us for our next RARC Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting on Tuesday, October 27, from 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET, featuring Takahiro Soda, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events, - ![]() "How do you study a complex phenotype like schizophrenia? A rare variant perspective" Join us by Zoom for our next Socratic Scrub Grand Rounds, featuring Jennifer Mulle Ph.D., of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Socratic Scrub Grand Rounds is a series devoted to research judgment: the reasoning behind discovery rather than its finished results. […] - Speaker: Marie-Pascal Cote, PhD Assistant Professor, Neurobiology Department, Drexel University College of Medicine Date and Time: October 30, 2026, 12:00-1:00 PM Location: Nelson Biology Laboratories, 604 Allison Rd, Rm D406, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA - ![]() “Competitive interactions shape brain dynamics and computation across species” Speaker: Andrea Luppi, PhD Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK Division of Information, Engineering, University of Cambridge Date and Time: Friday, October 30th at 1:00 PM Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/my/lp756?pwd=Y3Q1NTNGTFJibHpYcUUwYUNaaFg5UT09 In-person: SRB seminar room Abstract: Adaptive cognition relies on cooperation across anatomically distributed brain circuits. However, specialised […] | 0 events, | 0 events, |











