Friday Forum Featuring...Inbal Israely: "From Single Spines to Microcircuits: Structural Plasticity and Synaptic Remodeling in Health and Disease"
NBIO Friday Forum, Who: All NBIO students, postdocs, and faculty are invited to join, What: A monthly informal interactive discussion of work-in-progress, When: 1:00pm* Friday, May 9, 2025, Where: NBIO G-328 Conference Room, This Month’s Discussion Leader: Inbal Israely, Topic: “From Single Spines to Microcircuits: Structural Plasticity and Synaptic Remodeling in Health and Disease” Food: Coffee, tea, & pastries (possibly some frozen novelties!), *Please note: This forum will begin at 1:00pm, earlier than usual. We will provide coffee, tea, light pastries, and maybe even some frozen novelties, but not a full lunch. (Please feel free to bring your own bagged lunch!) Given the uncertainty and chaos surrounding federal funding, we are also saving funds by holding this forum "at home" in room G328.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-328. Accessibility Contact: nbio@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, May 9, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
CNC CoNECTome
The full schedule for CoNECOTME is now available! This year's meeting will take place on May 15 and 16, and feature talks from trainees, local faculty and invited speakers including Jonathan Pillow, Emily Sylwestrak, and Aqilah McCane.
We will also be hosting 2 hackathons in connection with the event. May 14 will feature a AIND Hackathon, and following the meeting, student groups Synaptech and CoNECT will hold their annual neurohackathon.
Please see the full schedule and registration information on our site: https://compneuro.washington.edu/conectome-2025/
Registration is free, but required, and open through May 6.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: huszarjm@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – Friday, May 16, 2025.
PBIO 519 | Progress in Physiology and Biophysics presents: Kathryn Powers (Bermingham-MacDonogh Lab) "Signaling in directing sensory patterning in the developing cochlea"
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-417. Accessibility Contact: nbio@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
2025 Lamport Lecture: Luis Fernando Santana (UC Davis) "Random Yet Rhythmic: How Microvascular Networks Shape ATP Dynamics and Cardiac Excitability"
Abstract:
The cardiac cycle begins when the sinoatrial node initiates an action potential that propagates cell to cell, ultimately triggering atrial and then ventricular contraction. In this talk, we will present data supporting a new model of cardiac electro-metabolic coupling that accounts for regional differences in vascularization and ATP supply, which promote diverse electrical signaling modalities throughout the heart. A key element of this model is that beatto-beat variations in ATP regulate cardiac muscle excitability, intracellular calcium release, and contraction. The talk will conclude with a discussion of how these insights deepen our understanding of electro-metabolic coupling in both healthy and diseased hearts
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM). Campus room: S060. Accessibility Contact: nbio@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Well-Being Check In hosted by @ UW Medicine
As a way of understanding what is happening for folks across our system, we will be holding a drop-in hour every other Monday from 3-4pm starting on April 21st and running through June 16th.
During our response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we gathered folks in our system whose work connected to well-being. Those conversations were incredibly valuable for gaining insights into what was impacting our community – and importantly, it helped us think through what we could do to support people.
We hope that these optional open format sessions will give us a space to support each other and deepen our understanding of the current situation.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93726557020. Accessibility Contact: anneb7@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Monday, May 19, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
PBIO 519 | Progress in Physiology and Biophysics presents: Molly McCloskey (Smith Lab) "Gene therapy in a model of familial ALS"
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-417. Accessibility Contact: nbio@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Department of Comparative Medicine Presents the 2025 Barbara Deeb Lecture: Rachel Wong, PhD (NBIO) "Development and Repair of the Vertebrate Retina"
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center T (HST). Campus room: T-733. Accessibility Contact: dso@u.washington.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
PBIO 519 | Progress in Physiology and Biophysics presents: Jovana Navarrete (Golden lab) "The effects of social stress on affiliative social behavior"
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-417. Accessibility Contact: nbio@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Well-Being Check In hosted by @ UW Medicine
As a way of understanding what is happening for folks across our system, we will be holding a drop-in hour every other Monday from 3-4pm starting on April 21st and running through June 16th.
During our response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we gathered folks in our system whose work connected to well-being. Those conversations were incredibly valuable for gaining insights into what was impacting our community – and importantly, it helped us think through what we could do to support people.
We hope that these optional open format sessions will give us a space to support each other and deepen our understanding of the current situation.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93726557020. Accessibility Contact: anneb7@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Monday, June 2, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
NBIO Presents: Sophia Tintori (Fordham University)
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98892229190. Campus room: G328. Accessibility Contact: nbio@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
PBIO 519 | Progress in Physiology and Biophysics presents: Selina Baeza-Loya (Raible Lab) "Developmental neurobiology"
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Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Magnuson Health Sciences Center G (HSG). Campus room: G-417. Accessibility Contact: nbio@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Friday Forum Featuring...Trainee Lightning Talks!
Who: All NBIO students, postdocs, faculty and staff are invited.
What: A monthly informal interactive discussion of work-in-progress.
Topic: Info coming soon!
Food: Info coming soon!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: TBD. Accessibility Contact: jonc@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, June 13, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Well-Being Check In hosted by @ UW Medicine
As a way of understanding what is happening for folks across our system, we will be holding a drop-in hour every other Monday from 3-4pm starting on April 21st and running through June 16th.
During our response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we gathered folks in our system whose work connected to well-being. Those conversations were incredibly valuable for gaining insights into what was impacting our community – and importantly, it helped us think through what we could do to support people.
We hope that these optional open format sessions will give us a space to support each other and deepen our understanding of the current situation.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93726557020. Accessibility Contact: anneb7@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Monday, June 16, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.