Hidden brain responses to the aesthetics of people and places Anjan Chatterjee, Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall 260, 3730 Walnut Street The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring faculty from four of Penn’s schools, presenting their research [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Bruce McEwen, PhD, is a professor in the Neuroendocrinology Department at The Rockefeller University. Craig McEwen, [...]
NEUROFUTURES: Neuroscience and Responsibility Melbourne CBD, Australia 3-4 December, 2019 Registrations close Monday 25 November. There are a wide range of ways in which neuroscience can invoke responsibility. The identification of differences in brain structure and function among some individuals may potentially have important implications for criminal and moral responsibility [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Greer Prettyman is part of Penn NGG (Neuroscience Graduate Group), and is involved in outreach programs [...]
The 8th Annual GVR Khodadad Lecture - The neurobiology of selfishness in mouse and man Ted Brodkin, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine Joe Kable, Department of Psychology Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall 260, 3730 Walnut Street The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Joe Powers is Chief Strategy Officer at AppliedVR, where he is responsible for the company’s digital medicine [...]
Anticipating Ethical Concerns in a New Era of Neuroscience Ongoing advances in neuroscience hold tremendous promise for reducing the burden of neurologic and psychiatric diseases, and may fundamentally change how we understand ourselves. The UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences was established to foster translational research in neuroscience, bringing new approaches [...]
What people think is right and wrong to do with neuroenhancement John Medaglia, Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street, Room F85 The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring faculty from four of Penn’s schools, presenting their research into the [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Daniel Langleben is a professor of Psychiatry at the VA Medical Center and a member of [...]
The Neuroscience and Law Center of Fordham University presents Cutting Edge Developments in Neuroscience and Law. AGENDA: 8:30—9:00 a.m. Registration and breakfast 9:00—9:15 a.m. Welcome Matthew Diller, J.D. Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law Deborah W. Denno, Ph.D., J.D. Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law, Founding [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Alex Stahn is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. His primary [...]
How marketing exploits our social brains Michael Platt, Departments Departments of Marketing, Psychology, Neuroscience, Wharton School Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street, Room F85 The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring faculty from four of Penn’s schools, presenting their research into the social implications of [...]
*THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED INDEFINITELY* CNS is following the Penn Provost’s recommendation to cancel gatherings through April 17 due to COVID-19 risk. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ethics of direct-to-consumer neurotechnology Anna Wexler, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring [...]
*THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED INDEFINITELY* CNS is following the Penn Provost’s recommendation to cancel gatherings through April 17 due to COVID-19 risk. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then [...]
The next installment in the Ethical Frontiers in Biotechnology seminar series will feature a discussion on human brain organoids and include presentations from leading researchers Paola Arlotta and Insoo Hyun. This is an online seminar, hosted through Zoom. You can register by clicking here.
MindCORE Seminar: (In)Citing Action to Realize an Equitable Future Friday, May 8, 2020, 12 PM-1 PM EST Speaker: Danielle S. Bassett, J. Peter Skirkanich Professor, University of Pennsylvania Moderated by: Nicole Rust, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Free. Open to all. Via Crowdcast. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/mindcore-seminar In recent [...]
The 2020 Italian Association of Cognitive Science (AISC) Midterm Conference will be held at the University of Parma on May 26th-28th and will be hosted by the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries. The aims of the conference are to evaluate the state of the art with respect [...]
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The National Academies invites you to join us for a virtual colloquium on the Future of Neuroscience in National Security on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from 11am-5pm EDT. During the event, a panel of experts will explore how developments in neuroscience might be used to create the means to influence behaviors, detect intentions, [...]
On June 25, 2020, the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, in collaboration with the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, will host a virtual public workshop that brings together experts and key stakeholders in neuroscience and environmental health science to explore the current knowledge landscape and future opportunities. Invited presentations [...]
Neuroscience is stronger with diverse perspectives. Although there have been gains in the percentage of underrepresented neuroscience researchers in recent years, there is still more work to be done to increase representation of diverse researchers and to create inclusive and equitable research environments. On July 2 from noon – 1 [...]
The International Neuroethics Society (INS) and the International Youth Neuroscience Association (IYNA) are pleased to announce a call for submissions for the Neuroethics Essay Contest in 2020. Now in its seventh year, the contest aims to promote interest in neuroethics among students and trainees around the world. Participating authors can submit essays [...]
October Book Club: The Idea of the Brain, by Matthew Cobb (2020) Cognitive neuroscientist Anna Schapiro will lead the discussion of chapter 10 on the neuroscience of memory. This is one of neuroscience’s most successful areas of inquiry, linking cellular neuroscience, neuropsychology and computation. Anna works in this area herself [...]
October Book Club: The Idea of the Brain, by Matthew Cobb (2020) Cellular neuroscientist Mike Kaplan, will discuss chapter 7 on the study of the neuron. Mike is an electrophysiologist and “Master of Ceremonies and head zookeeper at the Neurolab, an undergraduate teaching lab for electrophysiology and computer simulations. Please [...]
October Book Club: The Idea of the Brain, by Matthew Cobb (2020) Clinical psychologist Robert DeRubeis will lead the discussion of chapter 13 on neurochemistry and its relation to our understanding of psychiatric disorders and their treatment. This chapter recounts exciting early breakthroughs, ultimately balanced by an understanding of the [...]
Like space travelers, the spectacular technological advances in our knowledge as to how the brain works, is allowing scientists to explore regions that until now have been out of reach. As basic research extends our understanding of what is going on in the brain, that efficiency needs to be increased [...]
October Book Club: The Idea of the Brain, by Matthew Cobb (2020) Computational neuroscientist Gidi Nave, will guide us through chapter 12 on the role of computational models in the development of neuroscience, including the current excitement over deep learning. What is at issue is not just the effort to [...]
October Book Club: The Idea of the Brain, by Matthew Cobb (2020) Geoff Aguirre, who helped develop early methods of fMRI analysis, will discuss the high points and low points of cognitive neuroimaging, from so-called “voodoo correlations” to sex differences that may or may not be there depending on how [...]
The next annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society is scheduled for October 22-23, 2020. The meeting will be held the two days prior to Neuroscience 2020, the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience. This will be a virtual event. Opportunities Abstracts – Review the call for abstracts to learn about presenting your [...]
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it [...]