Monday, August 19th
Location: MacNider Hall 321
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Alison Roland, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Kash Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
“Mapping alcohol’s effects on the brain: An emerging role for the cortical amygdala in alcohol dependence”
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Elena Vidrascu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Boettiger Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies
“Unveiling the Impact: Adolescent Binge Drinking Predicts Altered GABA/Glx Ratio and DLPFC-Striatum Coupling in Adult Heavy Drinkers”
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Monday, August 26th
Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
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Todd Thiele, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
“Unpacking the neurocircuitry that modulates the aversive properties of alcohol”
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Monday, September 9th
Location: MacNider Hall 321
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Daniel Castro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biophotonics Research Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University – St. Louis
“Non-canonical roles for endogenous opioids in affect, motivation, and metabolism”
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Monday, September 30th
Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
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Rita P. Cervera-Juanes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
“Longitudinal epigenetic analysis of the primate brain identifies risk and consequences of excessive alcohol intake”
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Monday, October 14th
Location: MacNider Hall 321
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Stephanie Gorka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
“Uncertain Stress, Anxiety, and Addiction: A Path Forward for Precision Medicine”
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Monday, October 28th
Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
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Sara Faccidomo, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Is TARP g8 a shared molecular mechanism for AUD and SUD? Implications for targeted therapy and opportunities for science outreach”
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Monday, November 11th
Location: MacNider Hall 321
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Laura E. O’Dell, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Vice President for Research, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso
“Neural mechanisms that promote nicotine use in vulnerable populations”
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Monday, December 2nd
Location: Pagano CF- Lineberger Cancer Center
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Nabarun Dasgupta, Ph.D., MPH
Senior Scientist, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, Innovation Fellow, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
“What’s actually in street drugs? Implications for Lab Science”
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