Neurology & Neurological Sciences Conferences
Feb February 26 Mon 2018
Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project
Mini-Symposium
Monday February 26th, 1-5 PM (reception to follow)
Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall, Room C
John Hardy, PhD (University College London)
“Genomic analysis of neurodegenerative diseases”
David Simon, PhD (Stanford University, Tessier-Lavigne lab)
“Control of sensory axon degeneration by the neuronal cell body”
Myriam Heiman, PhD (Broad Institute and MIT)
“Molecular mechanisms underlying cell type-specific vulnerabilities in Huntington’s Disease”
Jens Brüning, PhD (Max Planck Institute)
“CNS-dependent regulation of aging and aging-related diseases"
Sponsored by the Stanford Neurosciences Institute and co-sponsored by the Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Stanford University
Feb February 22 Thu 2018
Information coding and calcium dynamics in hippocampal mossy fiber terminals
Katalin Tóth, PhD
Professor, CERVO Brain Research Centre, Université Laval
Thursday Feb 22nd, 2018 •
03:45PM
Munzer Auditorium, Stanford University
Hosts: Ivan Soltesz, PhD & Michael Lin, MD PhD
Mar March 12 Mon 2018
March 12, 2018, 11am-Noon • Munzer Auditorium, Beckman
Boosting metabolism with nicotinamide riboside: full circle from milk
Speaker: Charles Brenner, PhD
Roy J. Carver Chair of Biochemistry
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Hosted by: Katrin Andreasson, MD
Mar March 12 Mon 2018
Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuroscience Grand Rounds: Management of Common Side Effects in Cancer: Focus on Sleep, Fatigue, and Cognition
Oxana Palesh, PhD, MPH
Director of Research, Stanford Cancer Institute Survivorship Program
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Monday, March 12, 2018 | 4:00-5:00 pm | Stanford Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 401 Quarry Road, First floor, Room 1206
Mar March 14 Wed 2018
Staff Quarterly Speaker Series
Berg Hall, LKSC, Stanford, CA
11:30am-1pm - Lunch provided
Please RSVP to your department DFA
Creativity and Innovation
Tina Seelig, PhD
Professor of the Practice, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford School of Engineering, Faculty Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Mar March 24 Sat 2018
2018 Facial Pain Association Stanford Regional Conference
Time: 8:30AM - 5PM
Location: McCaw Hall, Arillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford
Apr April 09 Mon 2018
2018 Spectrum Innovation Research Symposium
Monday, April 9, 2018 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Li Ka Shing Center, Paul Berg Hall (2nd Floor)
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Apr April 09 Mon 2018
Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuroscience Grand Rounds
Genomic Discovery Methods and Applications to Geriatric Populations
Laramie Duncan, PhD, Instructor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Monday, April 9, 2018 | 4:00-5:00pm | Palo Alto VA, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, Bldg 5, 4th floor, Room A432
Apr April 12 - 13 Thu-Fri 2018
Childx Symposium
April 12-13, 2018
Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Apr April 17 Tue 2018
Static and dynamic properties of thalamocortical synapses in vivo
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 2:00-3:00 pm • Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center
Presented by Stanford Epilepsy Training Program and School of Medicine
Diego Contreras, MD, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania
Host: Brielle Ferguson (Huguenard Lab
May May 02 Wed 2018
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences Career Development Awardees Mini-Symposium
8:30 - 11:45 a.m | May 2, 2018 | LKSC 101/102
Beth Mormino, PhD: Alzheimer’s disease genetic risk factors in older individuals without dementia
Karen Hirsch, MD: Post-cardiac arrest brain injury: using quantitative EEG and functional MRI to predict outcome and personalize resuscitation
Paul George, MD, PhD: Regenerative engineering to enhance neural recovery
Fiona Baumer, MD: Cortical excitability, synaptic plasticity, and learning in benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes
Keith Van Haren, MD: The human vitamin D transcriptome tells an unexpected story
Light breakfast will be available
Hosted by: Katrin Andreasson, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
May May 06 - 08 Sun-Tue 2018
May May 10 Thu 2018
Staff Quarterly Speaker Series
Berg Hall, LKSC, Stanford, CA
11:30am-1pm - Lunch provided
Please RSVP to your department DFA
Personalized Medicine
Euan Ashley, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford Department of Medicine, Co-Chair of Stanford Data Science Initiative and Co-Chair of Stanford Clinical Genomics Program
May May 14 Mon 2018
Minds Wide Open
Monday, May 14, 2018 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM • Clark Center Auditorium
Stanford Medicine and Dean Lloyd Minor invite you to a special screening of Minds Wide Open.
This innovative film, featuring acclaimed neuroscientists, clinician investigators and moving patient stories, makes a compelling case to policy makers, philanthropists, and the public for advancing brain science and clinical solutions in order to create a better world.
Produced by TianQiao Chen and Chrissy Luo
Co-founders of the T&C Chen Institute
Featuring faculty from the Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Laura Roberts, MD, MA
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Sergiu Pasca, MD
Nolan Williams, MD
May May 24 Thu 2018
Jun June 01 Fri 2018
Bioscience and Medical Education @Stanford
The Joy of Teaching and Mentoring
Education Day & Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference III (SIMEC III)
Presented by The Teaching and Mentoring Academy and the Clinical Teaching Seminar Series
Friday, June 1 – Saturday, June 2, 2018
8:00am-5:00pm Friday & 8:00am-3:00pm Saturday
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge
Registration opens Wednesday, February 7
Jun June 08 Fri 2018
2018 Neuroscience Research Forum
Berg Hall, LKSC, Stanford, CA
Odette Harris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford
Jun June 25 - 27 Mon-Wed 2018
Brain Connectivity Workshop
Founded in 2002, the Brain Connectivity Workshop (BCW) is an annual international meeting for in-depth discussions of all aspects of brain connectivity research. This meeting has a unique format in that it features short presentations, followed by intense discussion. The 17th edition of this workshop, taking place at Stanford University from June 25-27, 2018, begins with an educational day followed by two days devoted to presentations and discussions in multiple domains in relation to connectivity in both psychiatry and neurology.
Aug August 28 Tue 2018
Staff Quarterly Speaker Series
Berg Hall, LKSC, Stanford, CA
11:30am-1pm - Lunch provided
Please RSVP to your department DFA
Curing the Incurable
Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Sep September 10 Mon 2018
Frontiers in Aging
Hypothalamic inflammation in metabolic syndrome and aging
Dongsheng Cai, MD, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Clark Center Auditorium • 4pm
Sep September 18 Tue 2018
Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project
Mini-Symposium
Tuesday September 18th, 1-5 PM (reception to follow)
Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall, Room C
“Proteopathic seeds in neurodegenerative disease”
Mathias Jucker, PhD (University Tübingen, and DZNE Tübingen)
“Restoring microglial phagocytosis in the aging brain”
John Pluvinage (Stanford University, Wyss-Coray lab)
“Optogenetic and chemogenetic technologies for neuroscience”
Alice Ting, PhD (Stanford University)
“Network level approaches to studying Alzheimer’s disease"
Li-Huei Tsai, PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
More information
Sep September 28 Fri 2018
Sep September 28 - 29 Fri-Sat 2018
MSA Coalition Family Conference 2018
• Co-hosted by Drs. Kathleen Poston & Mitchell Miglis
• September 28th-29th, 2018
• Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
Oct October 05 Fri 2018
Developing Treatments for Stroke Recovery
Stanford's Fourth Annual Stroke Recovery Symposium
Clark Center Auditorium • 8am-1pm
Oct October 08 Mon 2018
Frontiers in Aging
Interventions that prolong healthspan in Drosophila
David Walker, PhD
UCLA
Munzer Auditorium • 4pm
Oct October 09 Tue 2018
Staff Quarterly Speaker Series
Berg Hall, LKSC, Stanford, CA
11:30am-1pm - Lunch provided
Please RSVP to your department DFA
The Importance of Teams
Tara van deer Veer
Head Coach, Stanford Women’s Basketball, 4-time National Coach of the Year, Inductee for Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Oct October 11 Thu 2018
2018 Stanford Neurosciences Institute Symposium
Artificial Intelligence/Natural Intelligence
Li Ka Shing Center | Paul Berg Hall
Oct October 12 - 13 Fri-Sat 2018
Bridging Breakthroughs in Neuroscience from Bench to Bedside
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Stanford University
October 12-13, 2018
Oct October 15 Mon 2018
Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuroscience Grand Rounds
TBI: Challenges and Implications for Diagnosis and Intervention
Ansgar Furst, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated)
4-5pm • Palo Alto VA, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Bldg 5, 4th floor, Rm A432
Nov November 03 Sat 2018
Parkinson's Disease Symposium
Kathleen Poston and Veronica Santini are both Faculty Speakers at this event
JW Marriott Union Square
515 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Nov November 05 Mon 2018
Frontiers in Aging
Retrotransposons as agents
of somatic diversity, disease and aging
Stephen Helfand, MD
Brown University
Munzer Auditorium • 4pm
Nov November 16 Fri 2018
Inaugural 2018 CHRI Symposium
Date: Friday, November 16
Time: 8:30 am–5:00 pm
Location: Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center for Learning & Knowledge, Stanford
The Stanford Child Health Research Institute invites you to its inaugural research symposium! This event will bring together faculty, trainees, students, and postdocs to explore the latest developments and innovations in maternal and child health research. Attendees will learn about the research funded by the Institute across campus, the programs and resources available to advance research in this area, and the researchers and scientists who are making an impact in the maternal and child health community. This event will feature keynote speaker, Sean Morrison, PhD, the director of the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at the University of Texas Southwestern.
Dec December 17 Mon 2018
Frontiers in Aging
Longevity mechanisms: lessons from long-lived mammals
Vera Gorbunova, PhD
University of Rochester
Munzer Auditorium • 4pm