Goddard Labs 200

CNS Preceptorial: Are 6 hours really enough? The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Cognition and Brain Function, Mathias Basner

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Preceptorials @ the Center for Neuroscience & Society Are 6 Hours Really Enough? The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Cognition and Brain Function Hosted by Dr. Mathias Basner Professor of Sleep & Chronobiology in the Department of Psychiatry.  Modern industrialized societies require more people to be awake more of the time, [...]

CNS Preceptorial: Brave Neuro World: How Will Neuroscience Change Life in the 21st Century? with Martha Farah

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Preceptorials @ the Center for Neuroscience & Society Brave Neuro World: How Will Neuroscience Change Life in the 21st Century? Hosted by Dr. Martha J. Farah of the Psychology Department. New developments in neuroscience are impacting society, from law to business to mental health. Learn about separating the science fiction [...]

POSTPONED INDEFINITELY: CNS Lunchtime Conversation – Zab Johnson

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

*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 [...]

CNS Lunchtime Conversation – Alex Stahn

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 [...]

CNS Lunchtime Conversation – Daniel Langleben

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 [...]

CNS Lunchtime Conversation – Joe Powers

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Greer Prettyman

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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 [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – McEwen Brothers

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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, [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Ragini Verma

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Ragini Verma, PhD, is a Professor in Section of Biomedical Image Analysis, Department of Radiology. The [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Josh Franklin

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Josh Franklin is a MD/PhD candidate in the Anthropology Department and School of Medicine. The topics [...]

Penn Bioethics Seminar Series: Peter Reiner

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The mind in your pocket: On the neuroethical implications of smartphones as extensions of our minds. Peter Reiner, VMD, PhD  Professor of Neuroethics Department of Psychiatry University of British Columbia   Tuesday, May 7 12:00 pm Goddard Lab, Room 200 Lunch provided!  

CNS Lunch Conversation – Rebecca Waller

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Dr. Rebecca Waller is an Assistant Professor of Psychology. She will be discussing the neural and [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Nina Hsu

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Dr. Nina Hsu is a Science policy fellow at AAS, and a Penn NGG alumna. She [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Isaac Chen

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Dr. Issac Chen is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, with interests in functional neurosurgery and novel [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Roderick Spears

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Dr. Roderick Spears is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, with expertise in headache medicine. He [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Paul Mitchell

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Paul Mitchell is a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology. He will be discussing scientific [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Sara Manning Peskin

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Sara Manning Peskin is a Resident in Neurology, and an essayist. She will discuss science and [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Dom Sisti

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Dom Sisti is an Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics, and will discuss the neuroethics of psychiatry. [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Maria Chiara Errigo

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Maria Chiara Errigo will be visiting from her home institution, the University of Parma in Italy, [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Michael Gazzaniga

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join the CNS for a lunchtime conversation with Micheal Gazzaniga - one of the founding fathers of cognitive neuroscience. Sandwiches and drinks will be served. 

CNS Lunch Conversation – Ted Brodkin

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Ted Brodkin is a Professor of Psychiatry, and will discuss genes for social behavior. Lunch will [...]

CNS Lunch Conversation – Yvette Sheline

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Yvette Sheline is a Professor of Psychiatry, and will discuss novel brain therapies for depression and [...]

CNS Dialogue Series: Advances and Ethics of Human Memory Enhancement

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join the CNS for a dialogue with Jonathan Moreno, Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, and Dan Rizzuto, CEO of Nia Therapeutics. Graduate student Briana Last will lead the discussion. Wine and cheese will be served! RSVP at info@neuroethics.upenn.edu

CNS Lunch Conversation – Lisa Miracchi

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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. Lisa Miracchi is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy, and will discuss the question: How do philosophers think [...]

CNS Visiting Scholar Talk: Personalist Neuroethics: Expanding the Foundation

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Neuroethics is a rapidly evolving field that is grounded in both neuroscience and philosophy (philosophical anthropology and ethics).  Michael Beauregard, Clinical Neuropsychologist at Rivier University, considers the current theoretical foundations for neuroethics and offers an expansion of the ethical foundation of the field to better serve neuroscience investigation of persons.

Testosterone and decision-making with Gideon Nave

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn graduate students and research staff are invited to eat and chat with interesting guests from Penn and beyond. Guests take 10 mins to introduce their work in Neuroscience & Society, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Testosterone and decision-making with Gideon Nave Gidi is a marketing assistant [...]

Lunchtime conversation with Michael S. Gazzaniga

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Update Mar. 20, 2018: Lunch with Mike Gazzaniga CANCELED due to weather. Watch for an announcement of a rescheduled visit in the fall!   A lunchtime conversation with one of Cognitive Neuroscience’s founding fathers! Mike will be interviewed by Martha Farah about the early days of cognitive neuroscience, the science and [...]

Look inside the foodie brain with Jay Gottfried

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Penn graduate students and research staff are invited to eat and chat with interesting guests from Penn and beyond. Guests take 10 mins to introduce their work in Neuroscience & Society, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Look inside the foodie brain with Jay Gottfried Jay is a [...]

Lunch & Paper Discussion on Using fMRI to Predict Suicide

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On Tuesday, Dec 12, at noon we will have Geoff Aguirre (Neurology) and Stephen Morse (Law) leading a discussion on the recent paper by Marcel Just et al, using fMRI to predict suicide. It’s an interesting study that illustrates both the promise and the limitations of machine learning approaches to [...]

Graduate Certificate in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) on-campus information session

Goddard Labs 200 3710 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join the SCAN program team, current students, and alumni for an on-campus information session to learn more about our four-course certificate. Enjoy a provided lunch, meet peers, and get your questions answered about academic requirements, the SCAN student experience, and the application process. RSVP today Date: December 4 Time: 12 pm – [...]