Accessible Lecture Speaker Series

Neuroscientists from all over the United States who care about community and democratizing neuroscience deliver accessible lectures on their cutting-edge work. Our #CNIBesties are generally from underrepresented groups and have their own track record of bringing neuroscience to the people.

Sebastian Alvarado, Ph.D.
Queens College
Kelli Duncan, Ph.D.
Vassar College

Plasticity: How Experience Shapes Traits and Generations

Mar. 15, 2025, 11 a.m. ET
Jan. 18, 2025, 11 a.m. ET
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Structure: How Brain Structure Can be Plastic and Keep Children Healthy

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Caroline Richter, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Laura Cocas, Ph.D.
Santa Clara University

Neurodiversity: Understanding the Supports and Value of Diverse Learning in the Classroom

Nov. 30, 2024, 11 a.m. ET

Neurons: How Children’s Brains Share Information and Make Connections

Oct. 9, 2024, 6 p.m. ET
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Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Oct. 11, 2023, 5 p.m. ET

From Eye to Action: The Dance of Senses and Movements

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Dominique Pritchett, Ph.D.
Howard University

The Cerebellum's Hidden Powers: Insights into Learning and Motor Skills

Dec. 6, 2023, 5 p.m. ET
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Sebastian Alverado, Ph.D.
Queens College

Plasticity: How Experience Shapes Traits and Generations

Mar. 5, 2024, 5 p.m. ET
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Ariel Batallán Burrowes, Ph.D.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Estrogen and cognitive function: Synaptic transmission in the entorhinal cortex

Oct. 30, 2023, 5 p.m ET
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Caroline Richter, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Neurodiversity: Understanding the Supports and Value of Diverse Learning in the Classroom

Dec. 14, 2023, 5 p.m. ET
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Lissa Riley, Ph.D.
Cornell University

The Long Road to Alzheimer’s: Making the Road Visible and Getting on the Road to Health Instead

Jan. 13, 2024 , 5 p.m. ET
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Alberto Corona, Ph.D.
Icahn School of Medicine at  Mount Sinai

Mom Brain, Dad Brain: Identifying Distinct Maternal and Paternal Neural Networks

Mar. 19, 2024, 5 p.m. ET
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Claudia Aguirre, Ph.D.
CEO, Caudia Aguirre, Inc.

The Brain Skin Connection: Research on Your Largest Endocrine Organ

May 19, 2024, 5 p.m. ET
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Aadil El-Turabi, Ph.D.
University of Oxford

Introduction: The Purpose and Function of Your Brain

Nov. 1, 5 p.m. ET
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Cristina Roman-Vendrell, Ph.D.
Parkinson's Foundation

Utilizing Novel Models to Explore New Drug Target for Parkinson’s

Jan. 17, 2024, 5 p.m. ET
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Laura Cocas, Ph.D.
Santa Clara University

Neurons: How Children’s Brains Share Information and Make Connections

Apr. 15, 2024, 5 p.m. ET
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Sará King, Ph.D.
University of San Diego

The Science of Social Justice: A Cultural Embodied Movement

Nov. 9, 2023, 5 p.m. ET
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Thiago Arzua, Ph.D.
Columbia University

How Trauma Gets Passed Through Multiple Generations: Lessons from Epigenetics

Feb. 15, 2024, 5 p.m. ET
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Minwoo Lee, Ph.D.
Cornell University

Our Biocultural Brain: Tracing the Gene-Culture Coevolution of the Oxytocin Signaling and Sociality in Humans

Apr. 29, 2024, 5 p.m. ET
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