Each year the CNS Public Talk Series highlights an issue or theme. The 2024-25 Public Talk series theme is the Brain in Socioeconomic Context. Growing up in poverty puts children at risk for adverse outcomes, from academic failure to emotional distress. This year’s talk series will explore the links between socioeconomic status, brain and life […]
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We will also stream this seminar via Zoom. For the link, please contact us: pennmindcore@sas.upenn.edu Desmond Upton Patton Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor PIK University Professor SAFELab Director University of Pennsylvania AI for Gun Violence Prevention: Opportunities and Challenges This talk will explore the potential of artificial intelligence and social media […]
Fabiola Henri Department of Romance Languages & Literatures University at Buffalo (UB) “Reevaluating the Pidgin-Creole Life-Cycle Through Morphological Case Studies”
We will also stream this seminar via Zoom. For the Zoom link, please contact Jessica Marcus: jmarcus@upenn.edu. Bikash Pattnaik Department of Pediatrics Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences University of Wisconsin – Madison Genomic medicine influxes ions through channels The flow of charged ions through membrane proteins or ion channels is the […]
Kate Hong Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Primary somatosensory cortex and superior colliculus in tactile perceptual decision-making For even the simplest forms of tactile perception, the function of the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) is still debated. We previously reported that S1 inactivation only transiently, and partially impairs whisker-mediated tactile detection in […]