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InstitutesUniversity of Maryland - Medicine Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND)Seminars and Events

Seminars and Events

UM-MIND sponsors two seminar series, the UM-MIND Seminar Series and the IDEAS Seminar Series, during the academic year. We also help to publicize all other neuroscience-relevant events in a weekly email sent on Tuesday mornings to the UM-MIND community: departmental seminar series, special lectures, weekly Program in Neuroscience journal clubs, monthly Program in Neuroscience social hours, and more. These events are also included in the Google calendar at the bottom of this page, which you can subscribe to such that they are automatically added to your personal calendar. To submit an event, send an email to um-mindneuroevents@som.umaryland.edu.

UM-MIND logoThe UM-MIND Seminar & Workshop Series is the preeminent neuroscience forum on campus, uniting the wide array of neuroscience researchers that make up the UM-MIND community for a monthly series that typically takes place on the second Thursday of every month at 4pm in the HSF2 Auditorium and via Zoom. Esteemed neuroscientists in disciplines across the three pillars of UM-MIND are invited to campus to give a seminar and meet with trainees, faculty, and staff. Speakers for the 2024-2025 UM-MIND Seminar & Workshop Series are the following:

  • Monday, October 14, 2024: Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, Milan Gambhir Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Jointly hosted with the UMSOM Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine) *note alternative date/location: seminar will be held in Leadership Hall
  • Thursday, November 14, 2024: Conor Liston, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College (Host: Dr. Todd Gould)
  • Thursday, December 12, 2024: Eve Marder, PhD, Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor, Department of Biology, Brandeis University, and Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (Co-Hosts: Andreas Wulff & Phil Iffland)
  • January 13-15, 2025: Inaugural UM-MIND X-CHANGE Image Analysis Workshop. Hands-on, two-day workshop directed by Thomas Blanpied, PhD and Shilpa Dilip Kumar, PhD, Confocal Microscopy Core, University of Maryland School of Medicine, in partnership with the UM Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. Participants will join for a generalized image analysis session (January 13) then will choose to attend a hands-on session focusing on cancer or neuroscience applications on either January 14 or 15. More details will be provided soon.
  • Thursday, February 13, 2025: John Gensel, PhD, Director and Endowed Chair, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, and Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Host: Marta Lipinski)
  • Thursday, March 27, 2025: Andy Shih, PhD, Professor, Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and Departments of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, University of Washington (Host: Tom Longden) *note alternative date - 4th Thursday instead of standard 2nd Thursday
  • Thursday, April 10, 2025: Tsuneya Ikezu, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and Consultant, Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida (Host: Junfang Wu)
  • Thursday, May 8, 2025: Alex Kwan, PhD, Associate Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University (Co-Hosts: Kyle Brown & Todd Gould)

UM-MIND IDEAS logoThe Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism in Science (IDEAS) Seminar Series, hosted by the UM-MIND IDEAS Committee, provides a forum to support the committee’s goals of reducing barriers that limit the success of marginalized groups in science within our neuroscience community and beyond. Speakers present on their research but are also encouraged to discuss their efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience and/or their scientific journey that led them to where they are now. Past IDEAS speakers have included:

  • Sherilynn Black, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Duke University 
  • Bryan Dewsbury, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Principal Investigator, Science Education & Society Research Program, Florida International University
  • Angeline Dukes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota; Founder & President, Black in Neuro
  • Kale Edmiston, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School; Past Co-Director, Vanderbilt University Program for LGBTQ Health
  • Hugo Tejeda, PhD, Stadtman Investigator and Chief, Unit on Neuromodulation and Synaptic Integration, National Institute of Mental Health; Program in Neuroscience Alumnus
  • Tracey Hermanstyne, PhD, Assistant Dean, Academic Pathway Programs, and Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Program in Neuroscience Alumna
  • Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Section Chief of Career Preparation, Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Save the date for an upcoming IDEAS Seminar:

Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 3pm: Nii Addy, PhD, Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine 

Subscribe to the Neuroscience Events calendar by clicking the plus sign on the bottom right of the calendar above!

Submit your neuroscience-relevant events to um-mindneuroevents@som.umaryland.edu to get them added to this calendar and our weekly events roundup.