News & Events

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News

Daily activity schedules mapped in the Drosophila brain

January 17, 2023

Cellular circuits downstream from circadian pacemaker neurons direct normal daily rhythms of feeding, mating and sleep.

Some dinos may have been as brainy as modern primates, controversial study argues (Links to an external site)

January 12, 2023

Read Dr. Ashley Morhardt’s take on the paper in an article in Science.

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Events

• 1 Feb

  Organizing principles of vestibular circuits, Martha Bagnall, PhD (Washington University School of Medicine)

  Feb 1, 2023

  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
• 8 Feb

  Spontaneous activity coordinates neuron and astrocyte activity to promote brain development, Dwight Bergles, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)

  Feb 8, 2023

  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
• 13 Feb

  IDDRC Seminar: Mirella Dapretto, PhD (UCLA)

  Feb 13, 2023

  4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
• 15 Feb

  CCSN Pathway Lecture: Naoshige Uchida, PhD (Harvard University)

  Feb 15, 2023

  4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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Seminar series

Each year, the Department of Neuroscience hosts dozens of scientists from around the world to present their cutting-edge research.

Office of Neuroscience Research (ONR)

The Office of Neuroscience Research represents all of neuroscience at WashU from various departments across the medical and Danforth campuses. The ONR maintains a full list of neuroscience events. See ONR calendar