Neuro 510: Be Boundless (AUT2025)
Come join us for our quarterly Be Boundless seminar series, featuring two postdoctoral scholars and research scientists in UW Neuroscience labs. This quarter we are excited to hear from Dr. Marina Pavlou from the Reh Lab and Dr. Mateo Lopez Espejo from the Ahmed Lab.
Dr. Pavlou will present "Altering cell fates to restore vision"
Over 20 million people worldwide lose their sight due to retinal diseases, with the most prevalent being age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. These diseases cause the death of retinal neurons, and like other areas of our central nervous system, once neurons die, they are not replaced, leading to permanent blindness. This is not true for all vertebrate species. Teleost fish, such as zebrafish, are capable of regenerating neurons after retinal damage because resident support cells called Müller glia sense retinal damage and (1) upregulate proneural factors, (2) de-differentiate into multipotent progenitors and (3) produce new neurons that restore visi…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center T (HST). Campus room: T478. Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, December 1, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM.
Neuroscience Final Exam: Makenzie Patarino
Graduate Program in Neuroscience
Dissertation Defense:
Profiling the Heterogeneous Outcomes of Blast Trauma and Substance Use in Translational Mouse Models
Makenzie Patarino
In the lab of Dr. Abigail Schindler
Magnuson Health Sciences Center RR 134
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.
(Note: the public presentation is typically the first hour only.).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center Rr (HSRR). Accessibility Contact: Please contact Jennifer Simpson at neurogrd@uw.edu if accommodations are required. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Neuro First Years Rotation Talks (AUT25)
The 2025 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 12, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Neuro 510: Coffee & Connections (WIN 2026)
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, January 5, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM.