{"id":392,"date":"2014-05-30T08:49:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neuroscience.uchc.edu\/\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:26:45","slug":"seminars-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/news-and-events\/seminars-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sponsored by the Kim Family Research Seminar Series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Seminars are held in the Low Learning Center every Thursday at<strong> 11 a.m.<\/strong>\u00a0unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n<p><em>Questions may be directed to Dr. David Martinelli,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:davidmartinelli@uchc.edu\">davidmartinelli@uchc.edu<\/a>, <\/em><em>or Barbara Paquette, <a href=\"mailto:paquette@uchc.edu\" rel=\"\">paquette@uchc.edu<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/neuroscience-postdoc-feedback-form\/\">Neuroscience Postdoc Seminar Feedback Form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fall 2026 Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.218%;height: 684px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 24px\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 24px\"><strong>Guest<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 24px\"><strong>Host<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 15px\"><strong>January<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 15px\"><strong>29<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 15px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\">Dang Minh Tran, PhD<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Yan Lab, Department of Neuroscience<br \/>\nFarmington, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 15px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 54px\"><strong>February\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 54px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 54px\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Yee-Siu%20pok\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Siu-Pok Yee, PhD<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit\">UConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 54px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 44px\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 44px\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 44px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Trakhtenberg-Feliks\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Ephraim Trakhtenberg, PhD<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Department of Neuroscience<br \/>\nUConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 44px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 48px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 48px\"><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 48px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Crocker-Stephen\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Stephen Crocker, <\/strong><strong>PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span>Professor, Department of Neuroscience<\/span><br \/>\nUConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 48px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 40px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 40px\"><strong>26<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 40px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Hu-Xiangyou\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><b><u>Xiangyou Hu, PhD<\/u><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span>Associate Professor, Yan Lab, Department of Neuroscience<\/span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><span>UConn Health, Farmington, CT\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 40px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 10px\"><strong>March<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 10px\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 10px\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.villanova.edu\/university\/engineering\/academic-programs\/chemical-biological\/directory\/biodetail.html?mail=zuyi.huang@villanova.edu&amp;xsl=bio_long\" style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit;color: #0000ff\" rel=\"\"><strong>Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, PhD<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nProfessor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering<br \/>\nVillanova University, Villanova, PA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 10px\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Xiong-Yulan\" rel=\"\" style=\"color: #800080\">Xiong<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 56px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 56px\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 56px\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 56px\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.yale.edu\/profile\/yong-hui-jiang\/\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Yong-Hui Jiang, MD\/PhD<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Professor, Departments of Genetics and Neuroscience<br \/>\nYale University, New Haven, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 56px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=4932\" rel=\"\">Levine<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 31px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 29px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 29px\"><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 29px\"><strong>NO SEMINAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 29px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Martinelli-David\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #800080\">Martinelli<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 10px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 10px\"><strong>26\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 10px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.yale.edu\/profile\/thomas-biederer\/\" rel=\"\">Thomas Biederer, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience<br \/>\nYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 10px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Spellman-Timothy\" rel=\"\">Spellman<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 10px\"><strong>\u00a0April\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 10px\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 10px\" width=\"748\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Spellman-Timothy\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Timothy Spellman, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience<br \/>\nUConn Health, Farmington, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 10px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 10px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 10px\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 10px\" width=\"748\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bms.ucsf.edu\/people\/noelle-letoile-phd\" rel=\"\"><strong>Noelle L&#8217;etoile, PhD &#8211; VIRTUAL<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nProfessor, Cell and Tissue Biology<br \/>\nUniversity of California, San Franscisco, CA<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 10px\"><span style=\"color: #800080\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Wang-Zhao-Wen\" rel=\"\">Wang<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 39px\">\n<td width=\"788\" style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 31px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 31px\"><strong>16<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 31px;width: 70.0118%\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.yale.edu\/profile\/hal-blumenfeld\/\" rel=\"\">Hal Blumenfeld, MD\/PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>Mark Loughridge and Michele Williams Professor of Neurology; Professor of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery<br \/>\nYale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 31px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Antic-Srdjan\" rel=\"\">Antic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 31px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 31px\"><strong>23<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 31px;width: 70.0118%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pnb.uconn.edu\/person\/rahul\/\" rel=\"\"><b>Rahul Kanadia, PhD<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology<br \/>\nUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 31px\"><span style=\"color: #800080\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Mohan-Royce\" rel=\"\">Mohan<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 10px\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"460\" style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 10px;text-align: left\"><strong>30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"329\" style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moorelab.vai.org\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23032178069&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADLDdxgq7P4Zfllb9ssWIycLQPKLj&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_MPrmOGmkQMVw2JHAR3ZawP6EAAYASAAEgKAHPD_BwE\" rel=\"\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Darren Moore, MD\/PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Professor and Chair, Department of Neurodegenerative Science<br \/>\nVan Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Xiong-Yulan\" rel=\"\">Xiong<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 26px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 26px\"><b>7\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 26px\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/pnb.uconn.edu\/person\/scott-rich\/\" rel=\"\">Scott Rich, PhD<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology<br \/>\nUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 26px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Castro-Alamancos-Manuel\" rel=\"\">Castro<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 7.37%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2.27062%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.0118%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.62356%;height: 24px\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by the Kim Family Research 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Seminars are held in the Low Learning Center every Thursday at 11 a.m.\u00a0unless otherwise noted. 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