Duke Brain Institute Colloquium Schedule
Time/day: Fridays, 12:00 - 1:00 pm (unless noted otherwise)
Location: DIBS Cube, LSRC B035 OR via ZOOM (see below for talk format)
Fall 2025
| Date | Speaker | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 5 | None | CCN Community Social | In Person |
| Sept 12 | Keely Muscatell, PhD UNC Chapel Hill | "Neural and Inflammatory Pathways Linking Discrimination and Health" | In Person |
| Sept 19 | No Talk | ||
| Sept 26 | Greg Samanez-Larkin, PhD Duke University | Professional Development Workshop Topic: The Individual Development Plan (IDP) | In Person |
| Oct 3 | Caterina Gratton, PhD University of Illinois | "Gaining Precision: studying individuals to provide new insights into human brain networks and their role in control" | Zoom Talk |
| Oct 10 | Aaron Heller, PhD University of Miami | "Ecological Drivers of Emotion and Their Links to Individual Differences in Depression" | Zoom Talk |
| Oct 17 | Phia Salter, PhD Duke University | "Collective Memory from the Margins and the Cultural Psychology of Juneteenth" | In Person |
| Oct 24 | Kate Webb, PhD Duke University | "From neighborhoods to neural circuits: How the socioenvironmental context influences individual susceptibility to PTSD" | In Person |
| Oct 31 | Andrada Neacsiu, PhD Duke University | "Integrating Skill-Based Psychotherapy with Neurotechnology to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes Across Disorders" | In Person |
| Nov 7 | Jeanette Mumford, PhD Stanford University | "Unintended bias in the pursuit of collinearity solutions in fMRI analysis" | Zoom Talk |
| Nov 14 | No Talk | SFN Conference - San Diego, CA | |
| Nov 21 | Eva Dyer, PhD University of Pennsylvania | "Large-scale pretraining on neural data allows for transfer across individuals, tasks and species" | In Person |
| Nov 28 | No Talk | Thanksgiving Break | |
| Dec 5 | 2nd year CCN Student Presentations | Yuchao Wang Shanika Phillips Fullwood | In Person |
| Dec 12 | 2nd year CCN Student Presentations | Madison Monroe-Mohajerin Kiana Sabugo | In Person |
SPRING 2026
| Date | Speaker | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9 | Emily Finn, PhD Dartmouth College | "Neuroimaging of subjective experience" | In Person |
| Jan 16 | Chaz Firestone, PhD Johns Hopkins University | TBD | In Person |
| Jan 23 | Dorsa Amir, PhD Duke University | "Culture and the developing mind" | In Person |
| Jan 30 | Greg Samanez-Larkin, PhD Duke University | Professional Development: "When to Grit, When to Quit" | In Person |
| Feb 6 | Renee Weber, PhD UC Santa Barbara | TBD | In Person |
| Feb 13 | TBD | ||
| Feb 20 | TBD | ||
| Feb 27 | Tonisha Kearney-Ramos, PhD Duke University) | TBD | |
| Mar 6 | TBD | ||
| Mar 13 | No Talk | Spring Break | |
| Mar 20 | TBD | ||
| Mar 27 | No Talk | CNS Conference, Location TBD | |
| Apr 3 | TBD | ||
| Apr 10 | 3rd Year Student Presentations | Olivia Timmermans Skyler Wyly | In Person |
| Apr 17 | 3rd Year Student Presentations | Ilayda Orhan Seneca Oxendine Yanyan Shan | In Person |
| Apr 24 | 3rd Year Student Presentations | Carissa Hansen Kirby Lam Yvonne Ochieng | In Person |
| May 1 | 3rd Year Student Presentations | Ergi Spiro Deborah Cesarini Jackie Bao | In Person |
Past Colloquia
Fall 2024
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | Sami Yousif, PhD UNC Chapel Hill | Perceptual adaptation: What it is, what it isn't, and what it reveals about the mind and brain |
| Sept 6 | Greg Cogan, PhD Duke University | Decoding the Speaking Brain |
| Sept 13 | Professional Development Workshop | Topic: DIBS Resources for neuroanatomy and encountering human brains |
| Sept 20 | Community Development Workshop | Topic: The Culture of Science |
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| Oct 11 | Paulo Boggio, PhD Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie | A Time for Moral Actions and Global Collaborative Research |
| Oct 18 | Professional Development Workshop | Topic: The Individual Development Plan (IDP) |
| Oct 25 | Kelly Giovanello, PhD UNC Chapel Hill | The status of episodic memory in children at familial risk for schizophrenia |
| Nov 1 | No Talk | No Talk |
| Nov 8 | Grainne Fitzsimons, PhD Duke University | Goal steadiness and motivation |
| Nov 15 | Oriel FeldmanHall, PhD Brown University | Adaptively navigating our uncertain social worlds |
| Nov 22 | Grace Lindsay, PhD NYU | Modeling the neural mechanisms of attention in artificial neural networks |
| Dec 6 | Amy Osborn, PhD University of Washington | Visuomotor perturbations in a redundant task evoke diverse learning dynamics and context-dependent learning |
| Dec 13 | 2nd year CCN Student Presentations | Jackie Bao: "Investigating how motivational states and individual differences interact to shape learning behavior and memory outcomes" Deborah Cesarini: "Morality in the Real World" Ergi Spiro : "Detection-theoretic approach to unsupervised detection of virally-transduced retinal ganglion cells" |
SPRING 2025
| Date | Speaker | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Colleen Hanlon, PhD BrainWay, Inc | "Oops I did it again.... TMS as a tool to improve sobriety and decrease drug and alcohol relapse through modulation of executive control and salience circuitry." | |
| Jan 17 | Alex Rosati, PhD University of Michigan | "The primate origins of human decision making" | |
| Jan 24 | Greg Samanez-Larkin, PhD Duke University | Professional Development: "When to Grit, When to Quit" | |
| Jan 31 | Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, PhD Northeastern University | "Personalized Network Based Neurofeedback And Neuromodulation in Psychiatric Disorders" | |
| Feb 7 | Jesse Rissman, PhD UCLA | "Learning in Context: Insights from Virtual Reality and Visual Statistical Learning" | |
| Feb 14 | No Talk | No Talk | |
| Feb 21 | No Talk | No Talk | |
| Feb 28 | Nii Addy, PhD Yale University | "Addressing Substance Use and Mood Disorders with Neuroscience, Advocacy, and Social Justice Tools" | |
| Mar 7 | CCN & CNAP Labs | CNAP Recruiting Weekend | |
| Mar 21 | Kevin Weinfurt, PhD Duke University | "Advancing Health Science Despite the Psychological Quirkiness of Researchers" | |
| Apr 4 | Conference organizers: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Ph.D. and Liad Madrid | Conference on: Tests for Consciousness in Humans, other Animals, and AI Location: JB Duke Hotel (230 Science Drive, Durham) | |
| Apr 11 | 3rd Year Student Presentations | Gabriela Fernández-Miranda Joyce Park Jade Terry | |
| May 2 | 3rd Year Student Presentations | Kennedy Coates Patrick Reyes Jim Zhang |
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 1 | Ann Kennedy, PhD Northwestern University | Neural population dynamics underlying the regulation of motivated behavior |
| Sept 8 | Professional/Community Development (Trainee Focused) | Topic: R25 Training Grant This aspect of the Colloquium Series includes talks, workshops, and events to foster community building with CCN students or focus on professional development topics that identify and develop transferable skills to prepare them for careers. |
| Sept 15 | Lynne Nygaard, PhD Emory University | Sound symbolism and cross-modal correspondences in spoken language |
| Sept 22 | Professional/Community Development (Trainee Focused) | Topic: R25 Training Grant This aspect of the Colloquium Series includes talks, workshops, and events to foster community building with CCN students or focus on professional development topics that identify and develop transferable skills to prepare them for careers. |
| Sept 29 | Professional/Community Development (Faculty Focused) | Topic: R25 Training Grant This aspect of the Colloquium Series includes talks, workshops, and events to foster community building with CCN students or focus on professional development topics that identify and develop transferable skills to prepare them for careers. |
| Oct 6 | Roberto Cabeza, PhD Duke University | Episodic Memory Networks and Representations |
| Oct 13 | No Talk | |
| Oct 20 | Brandon Warren, PhD University of Florida | Neuronal ensembles mediate cocaine-seeking behavior in rats |
| Oct 27 | Shinobu Kitayama, PhD University of Michigan | Beyond East and West: Does Culture Matter in Understanding the Human Mind? |
| Nov 3 | Danai Fannin, PhD North Carolina Central University | Culture and Language Differences: Implications for Autism Identification |
| Nov 10 | No Talk | SFN '24 Conference |
| Nov 17 | No Talk | |
| Nov 24 | No Talk | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Dec 1 | Becket Ebitz, PhD Université de Montréal | Why do we make mistakes? |
| Dec 8 | CCN Student Presentations Duke University | Jim Zhang Patrick Reyes Kennedy Coates |
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 12 | Ian Dobbins, PhD Washington University in St. Louis | Social Metamemory: An Emerging Topic of Inquiry |
| Jan 19 | Kristina Nielsen, PhD Johns Hopkins University | Learning to see motion - development of the ferret's motion pathway |
| Jan 26 | Ruth Barrientos, PhD Ohio State University | The role of CD8+ T cells in unhealthy diet-induced memory deficits in aged rats |
| Feb 2 | Community & Professional Development Workshop | Topic: The Individual Development Plan (IDP) |
| Feb 9 | Jessica Payne, PhD University of Notre Dame | The Independent and Interactive Effects of Stress and Sleep on Emotional Memory Formation |
| Feb 23 | Joy Geng, PhD University of California, Davis | Informational shortcuts in attentional guidance |
| Mar 1 | CCN & CNAP Labs | CNAP Recruiting Weekend - Poster Session |
| Mar 8 | Leah Acker, PhD Duke University | Delirium in Older Surgery Patients: A Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurobiological, and Multi-Organ System Perspective |
| Mar 22 | Kelly Giovanello, PhD UNC Chapel Hill | To be rescheduled to the fall. |
| Apr 5 | Community & Professional Development Workshop | Topic: TRHT Workshop |
| Apr 19 | 3rd year CCN Student Presentations | - Lucas Bellaiche: "Art therapy and emotion regulation: An investigation of creative engagement's impact on mental health"
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| Apr 26 | Elizabeth Margulis, PhD Princeton University | The Musical Imagination |
| May 3 | 3rd year CCN Student Presentations | - Nimesha Gerlus: “Characterizing misophonia: an analysis of structural and functional features” - Jane Rothrock: "The impact of depressed cognition on memory specificity"
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| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
Sept 2 12-1:30 pm | Faculty Panel (Duke) | Professional Development: Publishing and Funding Insider Knowledge Q&A Panel (Trainee Focused) |
| Sept 9 | Society for Neuroscience North Carolina Triangle | Annual Neuroscience Meeting 2022 (Embassy Suites Raleigh Durham RTP) |
| Sept 16 | Tim Dunn (Duke) | 3D body movement profiling as a platform for understanding the nervous system |
| Sept 23 | Bradley Goldstein (Duke) | Adult neurogenesis in human olfactory epithelium: implications for managing olfactory sensory losses |
| Sept 30 | Nina Kraus (Northwestern University) | Of Sound Mind (via Zoom: https://bit.ly/CCN-Kraus) |
| Oct 7 | No Talk | |
Oct 14 12-1:30 pm | Darla Deardorff & Jayne Ifekwunigwe (Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation) | Story Circle |
| Oct 21 | David Lydon-Staley (University of Pennsylvania) | Enriching our understanding of health and well-being by intensively sampling daily life |
| Oct 28 | Zachariah Reagh (Washington University) | Representing and remembering our structured world |
| Nov 4 | Second Year CCN Students | Student Presentations |
| Nov 11 | No Talk | |
| Nov 18 |
| Rescheduled to Spring 2023 |
| Dec 2 | Taraz Lee (University of Michigan) | The multifaceted impact of reward and cognitive control on skilled action |
| Dec 9 | Second Year CCN Students | Student Presentations |
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 13 | Mengsen Zhang, PhD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Unmasking multistable dynamics in social interaction, brain activity, and stimulation |
| Jan 27 | Megan Peters, PhD University of California, Irvine | The cognitive and computational neuroscience of metacognition and awareness |
Feb 3 12:00 - 1:30 pm |
| Professional Development Seminar: Industry Careers (trainee focused) |
| Feb 17 | Maureen Ritchey, PhD Boston College | The diversity of episodic memory: Cognitive and brain processes influencing what we remember about the past |
| Feb 24 | Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD Duke University | New insights to the role of dopaminergic-cholinergic signaling and their impact for learning and memory |
| Mar 3 | Monica Rosenberg, PhD University of Chicago | Characterizing attention dynamics with functional brain dynamics |
| Mar 24 | Danai Fannin, PhD North Carolina Central University | *CANCELLED* Culture and Language Differences: Implications for Autism Identification |
| Apr 14 | Kevin LaBar, PhD Duke University | Cognitive reappraisal of emotion in the lab, clinic, and real world |
| Apr 28 | Tobias Egner, PhD Duke University | Principles of Cognitive Control over Task Focus and Task Switching |
| May 5 | André Fenton, PhD New York University | Cognition in the noise: remembering, remapping, and reframing cognition dynamics |
| May 12 | 3rd year CCN Student Presentations | 1. Discovering Neural Algorithms for Song Learning in the Zebra Finch by Miles Martinez 2. Cortical Dimensions Supporting Mnemonic Semantic Factors by Matthew Slayton 3. Hippocampal functions modulate transfer-appropriate cortical representations supporting subsequent memory by Shenyang Huang 4. TBD by Morgan Ferrans |