“Drug and Food Craving in Daily Life” The Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) and Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) are hosting a seminar series on the last Monday of each month. This series features presentations by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, providing a platform to share their research with the broader Rutgers […]

Integrative Medicine for Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Efficacy and Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Acupuncture/Acupressure Join Zoom Meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94544625148?pwd=TVQNBsXIpA8E3IaaFnahe2aMuy8qoj.1 Meeting ID: 945 4462 5148 Password: 022425

"A Clear Vision: Elucidating in Vivo and Molecular Mechanisms Guiding Optic Nerve Regeneration." Please join us, Thursday, February 27, 2025, at noon  in the Research Tower, Room V12 for a Pathology Faculty Candidate Seminar – Beth M. Harvey, PhD Remote Option: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 933 5105 0338,  Password: 243461

"Examining Treatment Relapse and Caregiver Treatment Adherence during Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorder" Dr. Sarah Haney McDevitt is a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Senior Behavior Analyst in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns […]

"Indirect Voltage-Gated Ion Channel Modulation as a Gateway to Pain Relief" Join Zoom Meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92299802174?pwd=jZdvRTPncTKwG6Csy9Ok6zIexki6O1.1 Meeting ID: 922 9980 2174 Password: 030325

BHI's Postdoctoral Alliance Working Group (PAWG) is proud to present the first BHI Trainee Retreat. The program consists of a grant writing workshop with tip/tricks, grant writing Panel with Study Section Experts, transition to the next steps in academia & industry, and “How to Manage in the lab" workshop. The lineup of speakers features experts from […]

Is Limb Immobilization an Appropriate Model to Investigate Limb Disuse Adaptations: A Pending Grant Application Dr. Wages will be discussing his aims page and intended methodology, and is interested in feedback towards fine tuning this idea before beginning work on the strategy section. This is not a formal talk but is to provide many opportunities […]

Please join us for the third Annual Waksman Postdoc-Invited Seminar and circulate it to your institute and program! Waksman Postdoc-Invited Speaker, Meet Zandawala, PhD from the University of Nevada, Reno, will deliver his seminar: "Synaptic and peptidergic pathways governing feeding and metabolism in Drosophila"

"Social Epigenetics: Complexity, Promise, and Pitfalls"

The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) and the Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuro-Psychiatry (CCNP) at the BHI are excited to host their first open house. CAHBIR is committed to advancing high-quality human neuroscience research through state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques. CCNP, a unique collaboration between Rutgers and Princeton, is one of the first […]

The Newark New Jersey Regional Brain Bee, sponsored by the BHI, is a Question & Answer competition, similar to a spelling bee, that tests high school students’ neuroscience knowledge on topics such as brain structures, learning, memory, sleep, vision, and movement. Registration is free and open to all New Jersey high school students interested in participating.

The Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center at the BHI will hold its Second Symposium on March 19, 2025. This one-day symposium will feature presentations from clinical and basic science investigators. The keynote speaker is Dr. Alison Goate, the Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Genomics, Chair of the Department of Genetics […]

We are now collecting poster abstracts for the 6th Annual Neurosurgery Research Symposium! Visit https://sites.rutgers.edu/neurological-surgery/neurosurgery-research-symposium/ to register and download the form for poster abstract submission. Registration is free! The 6th Annual Neurosurgery Research Symposium will be held in the Clinical Academic Building at RWJMS, Room 1302. This in-person one-day event will showcase the research accomplishments […]

“Cognitive fog in long COVID: brain network dynamics in a densely-sampled case study” The Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) and Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) are hosting a seminar series on the last Monday of each month. This series features presentations by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, providing a platform to share […]

“Enlightening the Brain’s Neural Circuits Improves Our Understanding of Cognitive Dysfunction.” Dr. Federico Bermúdez Rattoni is an Emeritus Professor in the Neurosciences Division at the Cellular Physiology Institute, National University of Mexico (UNAM). He earned a medical degree from UNAM and a Ph.D. from UCLA. Throughout his career, he has been honored with several prestigious […]

“Decoding Cellular and Molecular Deficits in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Insights from Human Stem Cell-derived Neurons and Brain Organoids.” Speaker: Oleksandr (Alex) Shcheglovitov, PhD Associate Professor of Neurobiology University of Utah Hosted by: M. Chiara Manzini, PhD

“Proteolytic Regulation of Auto-Lysosomal Activity as an intervention against protein aggregation? A potential grant application” Travis Lear, PhD Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, Rutgers Brain Health Institute Dr. Lear will discuss his aims page and intended methodology for a potential grant application investigating auto-lysosomal regulation and neurodegeneration. He is interested in feedback […]

"Exposing Mechanisms in Adult-Onset Neurodegeneration" Rutgers Brain Health Institute 2025 Plenary Seminar Series Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025 Time: 12:30 PM (EDT) Speaker: Scott Brady, PhD UIC Distinguished Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Illinois at Chicago In-Person Location: Medical Science Building (MSB) Room B610, Newark Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/98846516477?pwd=K3bnCvBTUE7N1JOAwD1E8bY6lsGfbB.1 Meeting ID: 988 4651 […]

"Synaptic and Circuit Mechanisms for Modulating Cortico-Hippocampal Dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease" Join Zoom Meeting https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92208092229?pwd=lnMzbVtjale85z8ngU8cCn5khzmHK9.1 Meeting ID: 922 0809 2229 Password: 600516 Hosted by Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s Research Center in BHI