UPDATED: CNC Seminar: Dr. Andrea Stocco, UW Psychology
Note: Time and Room are updated.
Dr. Andrea Stocco will present on "Computational Phenotyping of Forgetting." Abstract: Forgetting is among the most salient aspects of long-term memory, yet it is not directly observable, posing a fundamental challenge for theory. In this talk, I argue that forgetting is best captured as a latent computational process that can be inferred through computational phenotyping—the use of formal models of cognition to estimate theoretically meaningful parameters from behavior. I will present a series of experiments showing that parameters governing forgetting can be reliably identified at the individual level, remain stable across time, and provide diagnostic leverage beyond surface performance measures.
I will then introduce preliminary EEG and fMRI evidence linking these computational phenotypes to neural dynamics, providing converging constraints on the underlying mechanisms. Together, these results inform a long-standing theoretical debate in memory research: whether…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center B (HSB). Campus room: K069. Accessibility Contact: Please contact cncadmin@uw.edu for accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
For more info visit nbio.uw.edu. CNC Presents: Future Tense: Ryan Calo, JD (UW School of Law)
Future Tense is a series featuring scientists, thinkers, and writers discussing the intersections of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and society. On February 5, join us for a presentation from UW Law professor Ryan Calo on legal and regulatory approaches to emerging technology.
Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Technology exerts a profound influence on contemporary society, shaping not just the tools we use but the environments in which we live. Law, uniquely among social forces, is positioned to guide and constrain the social fact of technology in the service of human flourishing. Yet, technology has proven disorienting to law: it presents itself as inevitable, makes a shell game of human responsibility, and daunts regulation. Drawing lessons from communities that critically assess emerging technologies, this book challenges the reflexive acceptance of innovation and critiques the widespread belief that technology is inevitable or ungovernable. It calls for a methodical, coherent approach to…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center B (HSB). Campus room: K-069. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
NAPE Seminar: Dr. John Neumaier (UW Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)
Dr. John Neumaier (MD, PhD) will speak on "Next steps for fentanyl research."
Talk Description:
We have had two focal points on fentanyl research in the lab. First, we have found that opioid
withdrawal becomes more severe after multiple cycles of fentanyl treatment and withdrawal in mice
and appears to recruit microglial inflammatory signaling, and second, we are investigating the
decision-making process for continued fentanyl seeking despite adverse consequences in rats,
using miniscopes in freely behaving rats.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM). Campus room: S060 Foege Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Lydia Gordon-Fennell at uwnapecenter@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Christopher Lapointe (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center)
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Online Meeting Link: https://nbio.uw.edu/zoom-seminars. Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
NAPE Seminar: Dr. Marco Pravetoni
Dr. Marco Pravetoni, UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Center for Medication Development for Substance Use Disorders and Overdose, will speak on "Antibody-based strategies to treat substance use
disorders and overdose."
Dr. Marco Pravetoni is the Rick L. Seaver Endowed Professorship in Brain Wellness, and he is a Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Pharmacology, and Director of the Center for Medication
Development for Substance Use Disorders and Overdose at the University of Washington School of
Medicine, Seattle, WA. In 2008, Dr. Pravetoni earned a PhD in Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota
Medical School in Minneapolis, MN, where he also completed his post-doctoral training in the Department
of Medicine (2008-2011).
During his career, Dr. Pravetoni published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers, was an
inventor on eleven pending and one issued US patents and was the recipient of numerous NIH grant awards. He
has been recognized with the 2025 Innovator Awar…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM). Campus room: S060 Foege Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Lydia Gordon-Fennell at uwnapecenter@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 13, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Dorian McGavern (NINDS)
“Immunological Defense of Dynamic Vascular Barriers in the CNS”.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Online Meeting Link: https://nbio.uw.edu/zoom-seminars. Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
NAPE Seminar: Dr. Yijie Geng (UW Dept of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences)
Dr. Yijie Geng will speak on "Unveiling the environmental-epigenetic regulations of social behavior."
Talk description:
My laboratory has established a unique juvenile zebrafish model of sociality, together with high-throughput social behavioral assays and machine learning-based behavioral analysis pipelines. Targeted modulation of
epigenetic pathways we identified using large-scale chemical screens restores social behavior with
remarkable potency and specificity in zebrafish and mouse models of both environmental exposure and
genetic perturbation, supporting epigenetic reprogramming as a promising therapeutic strategy for
psychiatric diseases with a social deficit component.
To enable mechanistic investigations of these pathways, my lab has developed two enabling technologies: (1) EpiBrain, the first whole-brain epigenetic imaging and
registration platform, allowing rapid mapping of exposure-induced epigenetic alterations across brain
regions; and (2) a proteome-wide reverse virtual screening framework t…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM). Campus room: S060 Foege Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Lydia Gordon-Fennell at uwnapecenter@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 20, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Christopher Fortenbach (UW Dept of Ophthalmology)
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Online Meeting Link: https://nbio.uw.edu/zoom-seminars. Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
NAPE Seminar: Dr. Li Li (Dept. of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine)
Dr. Li Li will speak on "Neuromodulatory integration of arousal and its implications in drugs of abuse."
Dr. Li is interested in studying the brain’s neuromodulatory arousal circuits to better understand how they
coordinate and tune different brain functions, with a translational eye for developing safer and more precise
anesthetics and new treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM). Campus room: S060 Foege Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Lydia Gordon-Fennell at uwnapecenter@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 27, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Travis Rotterman (Boston University)
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Online Meeting Link: https://nbio.uw.edu/zoom-seminars. Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
NAPE Seminar: Dr. Mitra Heshmati
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM). Campus room: S060 Foege Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Lydia Gordon-Fennell at uwnapecenter@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Neuro 510: Be Boundless (WIN2026)
Members of the Neuroscience community and public are welcome to attend our final Neuro 510 seminar of Winter Quarter:
Kiara Eldred, Postdoctoral Fellow in the UW Department of Structural Biology, and Sophie Shonka, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Pharmaceutics, will present on their research.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center T (HST). Campus room: T-473. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, March 9, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Rebecca Shansky (Northeastern University)
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Online Meeting Link: https://nbio.uw.edu/zoom-seminars. Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: Please contact nbio@uw.edu with accessibility questions. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
Neuro First Years Rotation Talks (WIN26)
The 2025 Neuro Cohort will present ten-minute talks about their research in their Winter 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, March 20, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Neuro 510: Coffee & Connections (SPR 2026)
Members of the Neuroscience community and the public are welcome to join us for the first Neuro 510 seminar of Spring Quarter.
Neuroscience PhD students Faeze Aminmansoor (Labs of Karel Svoboda & Adrienne Fairhall) and Katie Green (Lab of Steve Perlmutter) will present on their research.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center T (HST). Campus room: T-360. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, March 30, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM.