Neurology & Neurological Sciences Conferences
Dec December 17 Tue 2019
Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project Mini-symposium
December 17, 2019 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall, Room A
Reception to follow
Gloria Choi, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Neuroimmune interactions shaping social behavior”
Monther Abu-Remaileh, PhD
Stanford University
“The molecular basis of lysosomal dysfunction in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis”
Michael Heneka, MD
University of Bonn
“Does innate immunity contribute to neurodegenerative disease?”
Cynthia Kenyon, PhD
Calico
“Aging and longevity: A look to the future”
Dec December 12 Thu 2019
Dopamine, striatal circuits and reward learning
Patricia Janak, PhD
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor,
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Host: John Huguenard, PhD
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Dec December 06 - 07 Fri-Sat 2019
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Current Advances in Treatment and Recommendations for Evaluation and Rehabilitation
Dec December 05 Thu 2019
SLM-based methods for 3D control and imaging in the brain
Darcy Peterka, PhD
Senior Scientist and Director of Cellular Imaging in the Zuckerman
Mind Brain Behavior Institute and Director of Technologies, NeuroTechnology Center,
Columbia University
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Dec December 02 Mon 2019
Innate and adaptive immunity in Parkinson Disease
David Standaert, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Alabama Udall CenterUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
4-5pm - Li Ka Shing Center, Room 130
Nov November 14 Thu 2019
The many layers of touch
Randy Bruno, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University
Host: Lu Chen
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Nov November 16 Sat 2019
Stanford Parkinson's Research in Neuromodulation for Gait Study Kick-off Meeting
"Closed Loop DBS for Gait Impairment and Freezing of Gait"
Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, MSE
Saturday, November 16, 2019 9:30am-11:30am
Stanford Neuroscience Health Center (213 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94305)
Nov November 07 Thu 2019
Promoting cognitive & neural system recovery in early phases of psychotic iIllness
Sophia Vinogradov, MD
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Oct October 31 Thu 2019
Building and rebuilding the retina and hypothalamus one cell at a time
Seth Blackshaw, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Oct October 31 Thu 2019
Building and rebuilding the retina and hypothalamus one cell at a time
Seth Blackshaw, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Oct October 24 Thu 2019
Circadian regulation of sleep and arousal in flies and mice
Mark Wu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology,
Johns Hopkins University
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Oct October 17 Thu 2019
Probing the role of the extended amygdala circuits in motivated behavior
Thomas Kash, PhD
John Andrews Distinguished Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Oct October 10 Thu 2019
Neuron-glia signaling after nervous system injury
Marc Freeman, PhD
Director and Senior Scientist,
Vollum Institute at Oregon Health & Science University
Host: Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Oct October 08 Tue 2019
2019 State of Stanford Medicine
12-1pm Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center
Join Dean Lloyd Minor and CEOs David Entwistle and Paul King for the anual State of Stanford Medicine
Oct October 07 Mon 2019
2019 LGBTQ+ Forum
Li Ka Shing, Berg Hall
Theme: Connections. We are hoping to foster connections and relationships amongst members of the LGBTQ+ community, and also with their allies in the School of Medicine, SHC, and LPCH.
Oct October 04 Fri 2019
Motor and Cognitive Outcomes
Stanford’s 5th Annual Stroke Recovery Symposium
Friday October 4, 2019 | 8am –1pm
Oct October 03 Thu 2019
High channel count electrophysiology, hardware data analysis and scaling: Can we record from the “whole brain”?
Timothy Harris, PhD
Janelia Senior Fellow,
Janelia Research Campus - HHMI
12:00pm to 1:00pm Clark Center Auditorium
Sep September 12 Thu 2019
The Poisoning of Jane Stanford
Laura Jones
Director of Heritage Services and Special Projects, University Archaeologist at Stanford University, and Amy J. Blue award winner.
Aug August 24 Sat 2019
8th Annual Navigating Spine Care
7:00 AM - 4:30 PM, The Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, Palo Alto, CA
Jun June 27 Thu 2019
Forgive for Good
Dr. Frederic Luskin
Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, an ongoing series of workshops and research projects that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on a variety of populations.
Jun June 24 Mon 2019
Circuit-based interventions targeting the dentate gyrus rescue epilepsy-associated cognitive dysfunction
Douglas A. Coulter, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine and the Research Institute at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jun June 07 Fri 2019
Jun June 03 Mon 2019
Understanding and correcting energy failure in neurodegeneration
June 3, 2019 - 4:00 - 5:00pm, Li Ka Shing Center, Room 320
Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
May May 29 Wed 2019
Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project Mini-Symposium
May 29th, 1-5 PM (reception to follow) • LKSC Berg Hall, Room C
“Meningeal immunity and lymphatics in brain health, aging and disease”
Jonathan Kipnis, PhD (University of Virginia)
“Uncovering genetic modulators of Antibody-Drug Conjugate toxicity”
Kimberly Tsui (Stanford University, Bassik Lab)
“Maintaining proteostasis: The pathways and principles of protein quality control”
Judith Frydman, PhD (Stanford University)
“The genetic and epigenetic basis of economy”
Christopher Gregg, PhD (University of Utah)
May May 21 Tue 2019
Kensington Place at Redwood City and Bloomingdale’s invite you to...
Cure. Care. Prevent.
A brain health discussion and Alzheimer’s education summit
Dr. Frank M. Longo, Chair, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, will moderate a team of four leading neurologists from Stanford Medicine Department of Neurology.
TUESDAY, MAY 21st • 5:30 – 6:30pm
Bloomingdale’s Department Store
1 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
RSVP to info@kensingtonplaceredwoodcity.com
or call 650-363-9200.
May May 13 Mon 2019
Department of Biology Seminar: Protein Synthesis at Neuronal Syapses
Erin Schuman
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Clark Auditorium - 4pm
May May 13 Mon 2019
Frontiers in Aging
Nutrient signaling mechanisms that influence aging
Keith Blackwell, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Munzer Auditorium • 4pm
May May 07 Tue 2019
2019 Stanford Neurology Alumni Reception
Annual reception for our alumni network of excellence will be held during the AAN meeting in Philadelphia from 5:30-7:30pm on Tuesday, May 7.
Apr April 15 Mon 2019
Frontiers in Aging
Stressing hematopoietic stem cells to age
Isabel Beerman, PhD
NIH, Translational Gerontology Branch/
Epigenetics and Stem Cell Aging Unit
Munzer Auditorium •
4pm
Mar March 22 Fri 2019
Department of Biology Seminar: Neural circuitry of controlling internal states and innate behaviors
David Anderson
California Institute of Technology
Clark Auditorium - 4pm
Mar March 01 - 03 Fri-Sun 2019
CNS Updates in Neurology
Includes talks by Frank Longo, Robert Fisher, Jeffrey Dunn, John Day, Meredith Barad, Gary Steinberg, and Casey Halpern.
This is a CME event.
Feb February 26 Tue 2019
The epileptic brain: from the mathematics of seizure dynamics to a clinical trial
Christophe Bernard, PhD
Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes
Aix-Marseille Université, France
Tuesday Feb 26th, 2019 - 01:30PM
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC)
LK130 Classroom
Special Seminar Sponsored by the Epilepsy Training Program and Department of Neurosurgery
Host: Ivan Soltesz, PhD
Feb February 25 Mon 2019
Department of Biology Seminar: Sensory representation in the Drosophila Brain
Sophie Caron
Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences
4-5pm Clark Center Auditorium
Feb February 11 Mon 2019
Targeting neural circuits to address pain and opioid addiction
Xiaoke Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology at Stanford University
4-5pm, Clark Center Auditorium
Feb February 08 Fri 2019
Being Different Puts You Out of Sync: Voltage Gated Sodium Channel Diversity and Epilepsy
A SPECIAL SEMINAR Presented by Stanford Epilepsy Training Program and Neurology Dept.
JACOB M. HULL
Neurosciences, University of Michigan
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2019, 11:00 to 12 noon
HEALTH RESEARCH & POLICY (HRP) ROOM T138B, REDWOOD BUILDING
Host: John R. Huguenard
Feb February 04 Mon 2019
Frontiers in Aging
New strategies for accelerating regeneration
Nadia Rosenthal, PhD, FMedSci, FAAHMS
The Jackson Laboratory
Munzer Auditorium • 4pm
Feb February 01 Fri 2019
Stanford Brain Rejuvenation Project
Mini - Symposium
"Innate DNA sensing: Expanding roles in immunity and inflammation"
Andrea Ablasser, PhD
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
"Epigenomic regulation of neural stem cell aging"
Robin Yeo
Stanford University (Brunet Lab)
"Therapeutic dissolution of aberrant phases by nuclear-import receptors"
James Shorter, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
"A surprising link between lysosomal and RNA biology in ALS pathogenesis"
Michael Ward, MD, PhD
National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Jan January 25 Fri 2019
Maternal and Child Health Research Institute Seminar Series
Neurological Sciences
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Room # 101
Gerald Grant, MD, FACS - Associate Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology & Neurological Sciences; Recipient of Transdisciplinary Initiative Program Award (FY14) and Arline and Pete Harman Faculty Scholar Award (FY16)
Fan Yang, PhD - Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and of Bioengineering; Recipient of Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Faculty Scholar (FY14)
Jan January 11 Fri 2019
Faculty Retreat
Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences half-day Faculty Retreat. The retreat will be held in Tresidder Union from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on January 11, 2019.