Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Seminar Series
The INN hosts the Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Seminar Series, held monthly during the Fall and Spring semesters. Past seminars, and their recordings, can be found below.
2025-2026
From cognition to action in Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders
Jason Chan, University of Bristish Columbia
Upcoming!
Neurochemistry shapes brain signalling in healthy and pathological aging
Alex Wiesman, Simon Fraser University
2024-2025
Use of single-dose testosterone administration protocols to unravel the role of testosterone in modulating human aggression and mating psychology
Justin Carré, Nipissing University
Trainee Spotlight talks
Numaira Obaid, Fraser University
Amin Kabir, Simon Fraser University
Trainee Spotlight talks
Jefferey Yue, Simon Fraser University
Victoria Carriquiriborde, Simon Fraser University
Isolating human brain signals associated with paying attention
John McDonald, Simon Fraser University
Coyote Practices Neuroscience: The Cultural Determinants of Indigenous Brain Health and Settler Colonialism
Michael Yellow Bird, University of Manitoba
Educational Neuroscience: A surging trend integrating knowledge with practical application (and needing help!)
Michael Maser, Antioch University
Network signatures of vulnerability to brain dysfunction
Emma Towlson, University of Calgary
The Movement Neurorehabilitation and Neurorepair laboratory
Gustavo Balbinot, Simon Fraser University
2023-2024
Exploring Temporal Predictions in Music and Speech Perception
Anna Fiveash, Western Sydney University
3D Printing Personalized Tissue Models
Stephanie Willerth, University of Victoria
Biological Subtyping in Psychiatry: Hope, Controversy, and a New Method
Logan Grosenick, Weill Cornell Medical College
Ultrasensitive Detection Methods of Biofluid Biomarkers Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease
Michael Adachi, Simon Fraser University
Following the Evolution of TheVirtualBrain's Multiscale Modelling Approach
Randy McIntosh, Simon Fraser University
Outcomes of Stress and the Diet on Microglial Interactions with Neurons and Synapses
Marie-Ève Tremblay, University of Victoria
Cerebrovascular Health: Connecting Aging, Resilience, and Recovery in the Brain
Jennifer Ferris, Simon Fraser University
Types of Causation in Neuroscience
Lauren Ross, University of California Irvine
2022-2023
Movies in the Magnet: The Use of Naturalistic Conditions to Study Neural Function
Tamara Vanderwal, University of British Columbia
SARS-CoV-2 is Associated with Changes in Brain Structure in UK Biobank
Soojin Lee, University of British Columbia
How Full is the Brain’s Petrol Tank?
Michael Breakspear, University of Newcastle
Uncovering Drivers of Brain Development and Disease with Human Neural Stem Cells
Lisa Julian, Simon Fraser University
Oculomotor Modelling: What It Tells Us About Cortical Processing
Mazyar Fallah, University of Guelph
How to Build Neuronal Circuits: A Tale of Pioneers and Followers
Harald Hutter, Simon Fraser University
2021-2022
Evolutionary and ecological aspects of sleep
Paul-Antoine Libourel, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon
Virtual Brain Cloud: Enabling Complex Simulations with Multilevel Health Data
Petra Ritter, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Hippocampal-Cortical Interaction, Memory Replay, and Default Mode Network
Majid Mohajerani, University of Lethbridge
Age-Related Changes in Neuromagnetic Signals Revealed in Big Data
Tim Bardouille, Dalhousie University