2024-2025 Seminar Series

Learn from the Experts

The Neuro Next Seminar Series is a public event that showcases local and invited experts in the fields of neuroscience, neurotechnology, and related areas of societal and human impact. It is open to Georgia Tech faculty, students, and staff, as well as government, academic, and industry representatives.

"Mechanisms of Axon Regeneration and Determinates of Functional Recovery following Nerve Injury"

Jill Ward, Emory University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Attention in the Brain and Neural Networks"

Konrad Kording, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Dissociating Language and Thought in Humans and In Machines"

Anna Ivanova, Georgia Tech

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

Irina Beloozerova, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Tech

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Single Neurons and Distributed Coding: Revisiting Vision in the Age of Big Data"

Carlos Ponce, Harvard University

In Person: CHOA Seminar Room (EBB 1005)
CANCELLED "Race and Neuroscience Today: Social Drawbacks, Scientific Challenges, and Future Possibilities"

Oliver Rollins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Co-Sponsored by School of History and Sociology

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Predictive Coding of Natural Self-Motion: Implications for Perception & Action"

Kathleen Cullen, Johns Hopkins University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Towards a Computational Account of Human Visual Intelligence"

Apurva Ratan Murty, Ph.D., Georgia Tech

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Neural Mechanisms of Birdsong Learning"

Richard Mooney, Duke University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
“The Role of GPCR Family Mrgprs in Itch, Pain, and Innate Immunity”

Xinzhong Dong, Johns Hopkins University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Brain-Computer Interfaces for Basic Science"

Byron Yu, Carnegie Mellon University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Peptide Mediators of Peripheral Taste Function"

Shawn Dotson, Georgia State University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
“Engaging Scientists in Shared Responsible Innovation in Neuroscience & Neurotechnology in Southeast Asia”

Margaret Kosal, Georgia Tech

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

Firas Kobiassy, Morehouse School of Medicine

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Learning Representations of Complex Meaning in the Human Brain"

Leila Wehbe, Carnegie Mellon University

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
“Cell Types and Connections in Cerbral Cortex”

Edward Callaway, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Examining dexterous motor control in children born with a below elbow deficiency"

Wilsaan Joiner, University of California - Davis

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Making Sense of Sounds: Cortical Mechanisms for Dynamic Auditory Perception"

Maria Geffen, University of Pennslyvania

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Active Predictive Coding and the Primacy of Actions in Natural and Artificial Intelligence"

Rajesh Rao, University of Washington

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)
"Human Fear and Memory: Insights and Treatments Using Mobile Implantable Neurotechnologies"

Nanthia Suthana, University of California - Los Angeles

In Person: Suddath Seminar Room (IBB 1128)