​​​​​​MSNseminars

Mount Sinai Neuroscience seminars (MSNseminars) is a seminar series and competitive program organized by our postdoctoral fellows. Leading postdocs from around the country are selected and invited to give an institutional seminar and meet with the neuroscience community at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. For more information, please contact: Swagata Dey - swagata.dey@mssm.edu or Marco Rizzo - marco.rizzo@mssm.edu

• January 30, 2026
  Dongeun Heo, PhD - Vollum Institute / Oregon Health & Science University
  SARM1: from axon degeneration to glial development and function
• February 27, 2026
  Eddy Albarran, PhD - Zuckerman Institute
  How does dopamine shape the synaptic landscape during reinforcement?
• March 27, 2026
  Zachary Zeidler, PhD - UCLA
  The Architecture of Recall: Memory Reorganization in Prefrontal Circuits
• April 24, 2026
  Drew Schreiner, PhD - Duke University
  A synaptic locus of song learning
• May 29, 2026
  Chiara Scopa, PhD - Thomas Jefferson University
  Neurodegeneration and Transposable Element–Driven Immune Responses in C9orf72-ALS/FTD
• June 26, 2026
  Sean Piantadosi, PhD - University of Washington
  Harnessing Neuromodulation to Investigate Neuronal Ensemble Formation and Function
• July 31, 2026
  Ava Carter, PhD - Harvard Medical School
  Widespread re-targeting of FOS in the genome drives evolution of activity-dependent gene programs in human neurons