Department of Neuroscience | Neuroscience Graduate Program Speaker Series

This lecture series has been a special 2012-2013 year-long series featuring prominent Brown alumni celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Department of Neuroscience

Final speakers for 2013 are:
April 4 Jonathan Fritz, University of Maryland
April 18 Amy Arnsten, Yale
April 25 William Catterall, Univ of Washington
May 2 Michael Long, NYU
May 9 Michael Shadlen, University of Washington

A genetic pathway involving proteins in the endosomes of cells appears to be misregulated in the brains of children with autism. BIBS scientists published the findings in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. Previously the genes were shown to cause rare forms of the disease but the new study suggests they have a wider role.