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12:30pm Bioinformatics 1131<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nSpeaker(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Thursday, January 15, 2026<\/td>\nDr. Lisa Giocomo \u2013 Stanford University School of Medicine<\/p>\n

Host: Greg Scherrer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, January 22, 2026<\/td>\nDr. Gina Poe \u2013 UCLA Brain Research Institute<\/p>\n

Hosts: NSC Students & Jose Rodriguez-Romaguera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, January 29, 2026<\/td>\nAndrea Benavides \u2013 Zannas Lab<\/p>\n

Blake Fordyce \u2013 Roth Lab<\/p>\n

Rubal Singla \u2013 Stein Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, February 5, 2026<\/td>\nDr. Genevieve Konopka \u2013 University of Texas Southwestern Medical\u00a0Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Host: Dr. Ben Philpot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, February 12, 2026<\/td>\nPostdoc Seminar:<\/p>\n

Dr. Jesse Niehaus<\/p>\n

Dr. Jayanth Anantha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, February 19, 2026<\/td>\nDr. Scott Russo \u2013 Mount Sinai<\/p>\n

Host: Dan Christoffel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, February 26, 2026<\/td>\nJulia Lanfersieck \u2013 T. Cohen Lab<\/p>\n

Ariana Marquez Gonzalez – Stein Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, March 5, 2026<\/td>\n24th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize<\/p>\n

Dr. Botond Roska<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, March 26, 2026<\/td>\nGates Schneider \u2013 Kato Lab<\/p>\n

Katherine Descant \u2013 Philpot Lab<\/p>\n

Hannah Nourie \u2013 Philpot Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, April 9, 2026<\/td>\nDr. Brad Ruzicka \u2013 Harvard, McLean Hospital<\/p>\n

Host: Dr. Hyejung Won<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, April 16, 2026<\/td>\nPostdoc Seminar:<\/p>\n

Dr. Esther Park<\/p>\n

Dr. Ping Dong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, April 23, 2026<\/td>\nDr. Paul Worley \u2013 Johns Hopkins University<\/p>\n

Host: Dr. Graham Diering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Thursday, April 30, 2026<\/td>\nDr. Jorge Palop \u2013 Gladstone Institutes, UCSF<\/p>\n

Host: Dr. Juan Song<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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