Upcoming Events
Due to the COVID-19 situation, all events at Duke are either canceled or moving to a virtual platform. This notice supersedes any announcements below.
Our Grand Rounds are now being held virtually via Zoom. View them at: https://duke.zoom.us/j/9406012755 Check out our schedule for speakers and links at our intranet site. https://wiki.duke.edu/display/DON/Neurology+Department+Clinical+Grand+Ro... read more about Neurology Grand Rounds - »
DUKE SEMINARS IN NEURAL ENGINEERING Fall 2021 Erin Purcell, Michigan State University Thursday, September 23 12:00 - 1:00 Bryan Research 103 (and over Zoom) read more about DUKE SEMINARS IN NEURAL ENGINEERING »
Sponsored by the Karen L. Wrenn Lectureship. Richard J. Hodes, M.D., is the Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Hodes, a leading researcher in the field of immunology, was named to head the NIA in 1993. The NIA leads the Federal effort... read more about Karen L. Wrenn Lectureship: Alzheimer's Plans and Progress at the National Institute on Aging »
The Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium Series welcomes Dr. Asifa Majid from the Univ. of York. Her talk is titled: 'Language, olfaction, and emotion' The importance of our sense of smell has been highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Olfaction plays an important role in a wide range... read more about 'Language, olfaction, and emotion’ (Asifa Majid - Univ. of York) »
The Cognitive, Auditory, and Neural Bases of Language and Speech (CANBLS) Research Group brings together researchers from Duke campus and medical school to explore in depth the many aspects that contribute to our unique ability to generate, and communicate via language and speech. The aim is to... read more about Hemispheric specialization for speech and music: acoustical cues and connectivity profiles »
Our Grand Rounds are now being held virtually via Zoom. View them at: https://duke.zoom.us/j/9406012755 Check out our schedule for speakers and links at our intranet site. https://wiki.duke.edu/display/DON/Neurology+Department+Clinical+Grand+Ro... read more about Neurology Grand Rounds - Abhay Moghekar, MBBS - Case by Lara Wadi, MD »
This is part of the Duke Nicotine Research Series. My lab investigates the neural correlates of cognition with particular emphasis on attentional functions, their impairment in people with schizophrenia, and their pharmacological modulation. Of particular interest is the cognitive-enhancing... read more about Duke Nicotine Research Series: Interacting Brain Systems--Nicotine effects on brain function-beyond dopamine »
Sponsored by the Ewald W. Busse Lectureship Dr. Nestler is the Nash Family Professor of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, where he serves as Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs and Director of the Friedman Brain Institute. He received his B.A., Ph.D., and... read more about Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Depression »
The world is embarking on an unprecedented effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Why do people get vaccinated; why do people not get vaccinated; and in what ways can behavioral science help people navigate their vaccination decisions? I'll discuss a suite of results from recent field and... read more about What are the Uses—and Limits—of Using Behavioral Science to Increase Vaccination Rates? »
Postponed until Spring 2022, date tba. Duke Neurobiology welcomes Gilles Laurent, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Neural Systems and Coding at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). (title tba) read more about POSTPONED: Ruth K. Broad Seminar »