NBIO Seminar: Dr. Ulrich Mueller (John Hopkins U.)
NBIO Presents:
Dr. Ulrich Mueller (John Hopkins University)
Title: The Sound of Silence: Mechanotransduction, auditory perception and the molecular pathogenesis of hearing loss
Talk Description:
Deafness is the most common form of sensory impairment in humans and frequently of genetic origin. Using mouse models for human deafness, we have identified components of the mechanotransduction machinery of cochlear hair cells, which transforms mechanical stimuli into electrical signals. Our findings demonstrate that the mechanotransduction machinery is an intricate multi-component machinery. More recently, we have begun to study the mechanisms by which sensory input regulates the wiring of auditory sensory neurons into circuits to transmit sound to the brain and how sensory deficits affect circuit wiring. Our studies demonstrate that genetic defects that affect mechanotransduction have a profound impact on peripheral and central auditory circuitry. Our studies implicate activity-dependent mechanisms in auditory…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
2027 Neuro PhD Applications Close
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 11:58 PM – 11:59 PM.
For more info visit gpneuro.uw.edu. ABRCMS 2026: Seattle Convention Center
The Graduate Program in Neuroscience will be attending ABRCMS 2026 in the Seattle Convention Center.
We will be at Booth 1508 (University of Washington - Bioengineering & Neuroscience).
Event interval: Ongoing event. Accessibility Contact: This event is hosted by ABRCMS. Please contact abrcms@asmusa.org for accessibility assistance. Event Types: Information Sessions. Exhibits.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 – Friday, November 20, 2026.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iiR94WpHJ6wMzVJ96.
For more info visit abrcms.org. SOM: Science in Medicine Lecture, Dr. Ana Weil
Dr. Ana Weil will speak on "Gut-Microbiota mediated protection from cholera.".
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94271463313. Accessibility Contact: Please contact somevent@uw.edu if assistance is needed. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
UW Medicine South Lake Union Orin Smith Auditorium
850 Republican Street, Seattle, WA.
For more info visit research-grad-ed.uwmedicine.org. Breaking Barriers in Neuroscience Summit
We are pleased to invite faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, residents, fellows, and students from across the University of Washington to attend the 2nd Annual Breaking Barriers in Neuroscience Summit on Friday, November 20, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. The summit will be held in Zillow Commons at the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering.
Hosted by the Department of Neurology, Department of Neurobiology & Biophysics, and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, this interdisciplinary event brings together researchers, clinicians, educators, and trainees to explore innovative approaches to neuroscience and foster new collaborations across fields.
The day will feature:Opening remarks from University President Robert J. Jones, Ph.D. Presentations from leading experts in neuroscience, medicine, engineering, ethics, and technology, Discussions on emerging discoveries and advances at the intersection of brain science and computation, Lightning talks from…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2). Campus room: Zillow Commons. Accessibility Contact: Please contact breakingbarriers@uw.edu for accessibility questions. Event Types: Special Events.
Friday, November 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – 5:45 PM.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Anthony Peng (U. of Colorado Anschutz)
NBIO Presents:
Dr. Anthony Peng (University of Colorado Anschutz)
Title: Moving beyond myosin motors in mammalian hair cell adaptation
Talk Description:
Hair cells serve as auditory mechanoreceptors utilizing apically located hair bundles to transform sound-induced mechanical vibrations into electrical activity, a phenomenon referred to as mechano-transduction. With a sustained step-like displacement, the hair-cell receptor current peaks followed by a decrease in the receptor current, termed adaptation. Among these adaptation mechanisms, slow adaptation, characterized by time constants typically ranging from 10-100 milliseconds, was previously hypothesized to operate via a motor model of adaptation. This form of adaptation was hypothesized to rely on Ca2+ influx through MET channels modulating the attachment of myosin motors along the stereocilia core. Our recent investigations have challenged the motor model of slow adaptation, proposing instead a novel model reliant on the phosphoinositide PIP2.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 3, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
SOM: Science in Medicine Lecture, Dr. Ayokunle Olanrewaju
Dr. Ayokunle Olanrewaju, from the Departments of Bioengineering & Mechanical Engineering, will speak on "Rapid Enzyme Activity Tests for Monitoring Infectious Disease Treatment and Prevention.".
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99301960773. Campus room: Foege South Auditorium (Genome 060). Accessibility Contact: Please contact somevent@uw.edu if assistance is needed. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, December 7, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit research-grad-ed.uwmedicine.org. Neuro 510: Be Boundless (AUT2026)
Join us for Be Boundless, our final Neuro 510 seminar of Autumn Quarter, to hear two post-docs present on their research!
Dr. Nastacia Goodwin is a postdoc in Dr. Yan Wang's lab in psychology who is currently integrating computational neuroethology tools with RNAseq to study the behavioral and neurobiological responses to heat stress in bumblebees. She has developed a procedure to record groups of bees for up to 11 days in order to move beyond simple dyadic social behavior and into social networks to study the impacts of heat on collective social behavior.
Dr. Alli Brezinski is a postdoc in the lab of Nathan Baertsch, which studies the neural circuits of respiratory control. By uncovering fundamental cellular and network mechanisms of respiratory control, the Baertsch lab hopes to inspire new therapeutic interventions to treat breathing disorders associated with neurological pathology, prematurity and opioid use.
NOTE ROOM CHANGE to Health Sciences Building, T-478.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center T (HST). Campus room: T-478 (updated). Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, December 7, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM.
Neuroscience Final Exam: Belle Liu
Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Dissertation Defense
Belle Liu
Lab of Matt Golub
Deciphering Brain-Wide Communication from Neural Population Activity
*Note: the public presentation is typically for the first hour only.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering (CSE2). Campus room: 371. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Josefina del Marmol (Harvard)
NBIO Presents:
Dr. Josefina del Marmol (Harvard)
Title: TBA
Talk Description:
TBA.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
Neuro First Years Rotation Talks (AUT26)
The 2026 Neuro Cohort will present ten-minute talks about their research in their Autumn lab rotations. Members of the Neuroscience community are welcome to attend and ask questions.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, December 18, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Neuro 510: Coffee & Connections (WIN 2027)
Members of the Neuroscience community and the public are welcome to join us for the first Neuro 510 seminar of Winter Quarter. Two Neuroscience PhD students will present on their research:
Rachel Oaks-Leaf is a 4th-year PhD student in the labs of Drs. Fred Rieke & Mike Manookin. She studies retinal coding & computation, specifically luminance adaptation in the primate retina.
Shane Boniec is a fifth-year student in the labs of Drs. Fred Rieke & Mike Manookin.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center T (HST). Campus room: T-359. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, January 4, 2027, 3:30 PM – 4:20 PM.