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Seminars 2025-2026

Throughout the academic year, the CRN and McGill Vision Research host the weekly BRaIN Seminar Series, as part of the RI-MUHC BRaIN Program. The topics cover numerous aspects of experimental neuroscience, and our speakers include international as well as local leaders in their respective fields. 

When: Wednesdays at 12 noon (unless otherwise stated).

Where: CRN seminar room, Montreal General Hospital, Livingston Hall, L7-140, with hybrid option.

Are you interested in attending a virtual seminar? If so, contact the brain [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (BRaIN Program) to receive the link.

Want a monthly email to notify you of upcoming seminars? Contact the brain [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (BRaIN Program).

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Date

Speaker and topic

Wednesday
Oct 01, 2025

Jorge Davila, MD
Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa
Title: A travel along the developing brain, from fetal life to infancy, what could go wrong
Host: Raquel del Carpio
Wednesday
Oct 08, 2025

Karolina Skibicka , PhD
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary
Title: Unraveling the secrets of GLP-1 and its analogues, one neural circuit at a time
Host: Paul Sabatini

*Joint BRaIN /MeDiC Seminar
Wednesday
Oct 15, 2025

Pablo Castillo, PhD
Dominick P. Purpura 
Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Title: Presynaptic local protein synthesis and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus
Host: Jesper Sjöström
Wednesday
Oct 22, 2025

Blake Richards, PhD
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University/MILA
Title: Large-scale brain decoding: taking account of physiological diversity
Host: Don Van Meyel
* Special Seminar
* Tuesday
Nov 4, 2025 *@ 2pm

Mariana Marquez Machorro, PhD
University Hospital Wuerzburg (UKW), Wuerzburg, Germany
Title: Serotonergic modulation of sensory processing in weakly electric fish
Host: Aparna Suvrathan
Wednesday
Nov 5, 2025

Reza Farivar, PhD
Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University
Lab Research Update

* Special Seminar
* Tuesday
Nov 11, 2025 * @2 pm

Tiago Branco, PhD
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, UK
Title: Computation of instinctive escape
Host: Jesper Sjöström

Wednesday
Nov 12, 2025

Sarah Ackerman, PhD
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University
Title: Activity-dependent regulation of circuit dynamics by astrocytes
Host: Don Van Meyel
Wednesday
Nov 26, 2025 

Christina Wolfson , PhD
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
Title: A National Resource for Research on Adult Development and Aging: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Host: Jeremy Van Raamsdonk

*Joint BRaIN /MeDiC Seminar at The Glen_ Room: RVH BS1.1427
Wednesday
Dec 03, 2025

Gina Turrigiano, PhD
Department of Biology, Brandeis University
Title: TBD
Host: BRaIN Trainee Committee
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