2025-2026 INNSight Forum

From Insight to Impact

The INNSight Forum is a weekly public event that brings together the INNS community to explore ideas at the intersection of neuroscience, neurotechnology, and society. Building on a decade-long tradition of seminars, the Forum features a mix of research talks, professional development, and community-building activities. Designed to highlight the people, ideas, and practices driving our field forward, the Forum aims to foster collaboration, reflection, and connection across research, education, and societal impact.

The Forum is open to anyone to attend and is typically held on Mondays at 11:15 a.m., with occasional special sessions scheduled at different times (indicated with asterisks **).

Whether you're here to share ideas, spark collaborations, or stay engaged with the latest developments, INNSight is your touchpoint for connection and conversation.

"The Long Road Back ... To a Locked Door: Synaptic Barriers to Recovery"

Tim Cope, Georgia Tech

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Beyond 'Intuitive' Views of Cross-Modal Plasticity Following Early Blindness"

Woon Ju Park, Georgia Tech

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Haptic and Neural Interfaces for Treating Neurological Conditions"

Matt Flavin, Georgia Tech

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Race and Neuroscience Today: Social Drawbacks, Scientific Challenges, and Future Possibilities"

Oliver Rollins, MIT

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"At-a-Glance Language Processing as a Window to the Brain’s Inherent Temporal Dynamics"

Liina Pylkkanen, NYU

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Dopamine Shape Early Learning"

Joshua Dudman, Janelia Research Campus

Co-Sponsored by the McCamish Parkinson's Disease Innovation Program

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"The Structure of Memory for Narratives"

Tankut Can, Emory University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
**"Thinking and Doing"

Loren Frank, UCSF

**Seminar takes place on a Wednesday at 11:15 a.m.

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
Postdoctoral STAR (Scholar in Training Advancing Research) Award Lecture

Select postdoctoral scholars.

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
Title forthcoming

Isaac Clements, BioCircuit Technologies

Co-Sponsored by the Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology (BRAIN) IUCRC

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Understanding Memory Mechanisms in Populations of Hippocampal Place Cells"

Laura Colgin, UT Austin

Co-sponsored by the Center for Research and Education in Navigation (CRaNE)

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Opening the Black Box: Interpreting Neural Network Models of Cognition"

Robert Wilson, Georgia Tech

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Neural Mechanisms that Generate Persistent Behavioral States in C. elegans"

Steve Flavell, MIT

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Control of Cortical Wiring and Function by Gradients of Cell Identities"

Saumya Jain, Georgia Tech

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"The Role of Top-Down Feedback in Cortical Computation and Learning"

Joel Zylberberg, UCLA

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
Title forthcoming

Marlene Behrmann, University of Pittsburgh

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Cell Type-Specific Transcriptional Networks in Brain Evolution and Disease"

Genevieve Konopka, UCLA

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
Title forthcoming

Malcolm MacIver, Northwestern

Co-sponsored by the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)

"Encoding of Stimuli in the Gene Expression Profile of a Thermosensory Neuron Links Experience to Plasticity"

Nathan Harris, GSU

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
**Title Forthcoming

Amy Osborn, UW

Co-sponsored by the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)

**Seminar occurs on a Wednesday at 12:15 p.m.

Location forthcoming
"Cell Types and Connections in Cerebral Cortex"

Ed Callaway, Salk Institute

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
INNSight Social and Awards