Neuroscience Lecture Series
The Neuroscience Program and Club presents a series of lectures every spring and fall semester, exploring current neuroscience research, applications and career opportunities. Weber State faculty also offer workshops on graduate school preparation. Lectures are free and open to all.
The Neuroscience Lecture Series is held in partnership with the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, the College of Science and the Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions.
Spring 2025 Neuroscience Lecture Series
March 12 at 1:30 p.m.
Lindquist Hall 301 or via Zoom
Dr. Kelly Doyle will present "Innovative Plasma Diagnostics for Alzheimer's: Strong Analytical and Clinical Performance of a p-Tau 217 Chemiluminescent Assay Available to Patients in Utah and Across the United States"
This presentation will focus on (1) the evolving landscape of plasma-based biomarkers for AD evaluation, (2) the performance characteristics of the assay; and (3) clinical performance characteristics derived from a cohort with disease prevalence of 65%. Doyle will have lunch with 5-7 students at 12:30 p.m. prior to his talk. Contact amindaohare@weber.edu to reserve a spot. Pizza will be served!
Spring 2025 Archives
- The Role of Kirrel3-GABA Neurons in Learning and Memory - Alumnus Chandler Peterson
Fall 2024 Archives
- Parts Unknown: Careers Outside Academic and Clinical Practice - Ben Carter, PhD
- Applying to Graduate School - Sarah Herrmann, PhD
- New at Weber! From Iowa to Maryland to Utah - Rachel Chase, PhD
Spring 2024
- Creating Your Future: How to make opportunities with undergraduate research - Madisyn Carrington
- Using Psychophysiology to Explore Cognitive Processes within Psychopathology - Jacob Kraft, PhD
- How Air Pollution Affects Our Brains - Courtney Henley, PhD
Archives
Fall 2023
- Tips & Tricks for Applying to Grad School - Timothy Black, PhD and Xin Zhao, PhD
- Music, Microbes, and the Modern Era - Lynn White, PhD
- Moving beyond the dark arts of mu opioid receptors: Targeting the opioid system for depression, cocaine addition, and pain - Todd Hillhouse, PhD
Spring 2023
- Intermountain Doctoral Education to Advance Students (IDEAS) in Neuroscience- Karen Wilcox, PhD
- The role of the Study Director in Preclinical drug development at a Contract Research Organization (CRO), Barak Gunter and Danielle Linihamrak (Recording not available)
- Executive and Mnemonic Fuctions of Human Posterior Cingulate Cortex - Lyndsey Aponik Gremillion.
- What's on your mind? The role of attention in social anxiety and depression - Matt Judah
Fall 2022
- Wiring the brain: the curious case of Kirrel3
- Tips and Tricks for Applying to Grad School
- Applying for REUs
- Alumni Panel
- Just Keep Swimming: What Zebrafish can teach us about brain regeneration.
Spring 2022
- Medical School Admissions & Beyond: How WSU's NS Helps Prepare you for Success in Medical School
- How to Become a Neuropsychologist: Advice from a former Wildcat
- Is it Getting Crowded in Here? The Neuropsychology of Brain Tumors
Spring 2021
- Tissue Engineering Models of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells to Replicate and Understand Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Pseudo-Diabetes in Alzheimer's Disease - The Fault is in Our "Stars"
Fall 2020
- The Importance of Mindfulness Practices in Times of Uncertainty: How Mindfulness Practice Reins in Mental Time Travel and Rumination
- Tips and Techniques for Applying to Graduate School
- The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Cupcakes to Smartphones, the Mechanism Underlying How Mindfulness Helps Change Habits and Overcome Addiction
- Empathy, Morality, and Fairness in the Brain: A Developmental Neuroscience Approach