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    Special Seminar: Sex-specific Effects of Endothelial Pannexin1 in the Cerebral Vasculature in Health and Disease
    Special Seminar: Sex-specific Effects of Endothelial Pannexin1 in the Cerebral Vasculature in Health and Disease , home

    Nov. 19, 2026, 11 a.m. | Miranda Good, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Investigator, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts University School of Medicine | Special Seminar

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    Presenting Therapeutic Peptides Using Synthetic Polymers
    Presenting Therapeutic Peptides Using Synthetic Polymers , home

    Nov. 20, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Rachel A. Letteri, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Vascular and Heart Research

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    Three Lessons About the Brain from the Neuroscience of Emotion
    Three Lessons About the Brain from the Neuroscience of Emotion , home

    Dec. 10, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture

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    The Bitter Truth: Alcohol Use and Its Effects on Chemosensory Function
    The Bitter Truth: Alcohol Use and Its Effects on Chemosensory Function , home

    Dec. 11, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Paule V. Joseph, Ph.D., MBA, M.S., Senior Investigator, Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Acting Chief, Section of Sensory Science and Metabolism Unit, NIDCD; Co-Director, National Smell and Taste Center; Attending Nurse Practitioner, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Health Behaviors Research

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    Learning and Memory in the Infant Brain
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    Jan. 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Nicholas B. Turk-Browne, Ph.D., Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Professor of Psychology; Director, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Human Neuroscience Research

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    How Sleep Shapes the Infant Brain
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    Feb. 12, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Mark Blumberg, Ph.D., University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, Department Chair, Psychological & Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Neurobiology Research

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    The Science of Individuality: What Makes Us Who We Are?
    The Science of Individuality: What Makes Us Who We Are? , home

    Feb. 26, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Terry Jernigan, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, and Radiology; Director, UCSD Center for Human Development, University of California, San Diego | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Health Behaviors Research

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    Latent Cause Inference and Mental Health
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    March 12, 2027, 11:00 a.m. | Yael Niv, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton Neuroscience Institute & Psychology Department, Princeton University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Human Neuroscience Research

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