NBIO Seminar: Dr. Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh
NBIO Presents:
Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh, Professor Emerita
Highlights from research on mammalian cochlear development.
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, October 22, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
Art Neureau 2026
The UW Graduate Program in Neuroscience and the Eberhard Fetz Art Fund Presents:
Art Neureau 2026
Thursday, October 29th 6-9 p.m.
Fremont Abbey
There will be Neuroscience-themed art, food, live music, and merchandise.
Suggested $5 donation by cash or Venmo.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Exhibits.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZfXQgVY59z3PrFsT7.
NBIO Seminar: Dr. Apriar Saunders (OHSU)
NBIO Presents:
Dr. Apriar Saunders, OHSU
Title: Molecular mechanisms governing AAV transduction of neuronal axons
Talk Description:
Our lab is broadly focused on understanding the cellular etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders. We pursue this goal by developing single-cell and single-virion genomics methods to systematically map the molecular and synaptic organization of neural circuits. In parallel, we seek to define the molecular mechanisms that govern host–virus interactions within the complex cellular environment of the brain. My seminar will focus on this latter effort. I will introduce a genetic screening approach for identifying receptors and other host factors that control adeno-associated virus (AAV) transduction in primary brain cells. I will then describe a series of experiments defining the molecular mechanism responsible for presynaptic axonal uptake of “retrograde” AAV. Our results reveal an unexpected and highly conserved receptor pathway that enables more predictive use and clinical…
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 5, 2026, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
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.
Registration is open.
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. 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
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! (Speakers to be announced.)
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.
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.
Neuroscience PhD students will present on their research (speakers to be announced.).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center T (HST). Campus room: TBD. 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.