Office of Neuroscience Research

Welcome to the Office of Neuroscience Research!

The ONR connects the Washington University Neuroscience Community across our campuses, schools, and training programs, informing about our research on brain development, function and disorders, and our progress towards therapies. Explore these pages to find upcoming events, connect for research and collaborative opportunities, see highlights of our progress, and learn how we’re expanding the conversation to topics of Neuroscience & Society.

Upcoming Neuroscience Events

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Dec

Statistics and Data Science Seminar: Robert Kass (Carnegie Mellon University) – “Data Analytic Identification of Interacting Neural Populations: Ideas and Issues”

December 11, 2023

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

11

Dec

Developmental Biology Seminar: Philip Needleman (WashU Developmental Biology) – “My scientific journey and lessons learned”

December 11, 2023

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

11

Dec

HYBRID Hope Center/Neurology Monday Noon Seminar: Patrick Lao (Columbia University) – “A Multiple Biomarker Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease for Underrepresented and Underserved Groups”

December 11, 2023

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

11

Dec

Welch Memorial Lecture: Robert Mach (University of Pennsylvania) – “How PET Imaging will rewrite the book on PARP inhibitors in the treatment of cancer”

December 11, 2023

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

11

Dec

VIRTUAL Thesis Defense: Yan Xiong (Molecular Genetics and Genomics Program) – “TFEB degradation is regulated by an IKK/β-TrCP2 phosphorylation-ubiquitination cascade”

December 11, 2023

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

11

Dec

HYBRID Thesis Defense: Conor O’Neill (Biomedical Engineering Program) – “Divergent Self-Assembly of Block Heterochiral Stereoisomer Arrays”

December 11, 2023

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

11

Dec

Psychological and Brain Sciences Special Talk: Bruce Christensen (Australian National University) – “Remembered Reality: Towards a Profile of Metamemory Function among Persons with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders”

December 11, 2023

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Full Calendar

WashU Neuroscience in the News

Arts & Sciences, McKelvey School of Engineering, School of Medicine

Applications sought for Neuroprep Scholars program

December 8, 2023

Arts & Sciences, Brown School, McKelvey School of Engineering, Olin School, Sam Fox School, School of Law, School of Medicine

St. Louis Confluence Collaborative search committee convenes

December 8, 2023

Arts & Sciences

Color-blind conversations: Listeners can look beyond race when processing speech

December 7, 2023

Arts & Sciences

Eternal sunshine of the aging mind

December 5, 2023

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