BCM Dept of Neuroscience
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We are the department of scientists, students and staff dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the brain at @bcmhouston.bsky.social
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The Department of Neuroscience at BCM is dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of the brain. That’s why we’re here - to join the conversation, share ideas, and connect with others who care about the same things. #WelcomePost #Neuroscience
Join us tomorrow for our seminar series!🧠
Dr. Farzan Nadim, from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, will present: “Convergent comodulation: Rules and influence on circuit input”
📅 Dec. 5, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315, Alkek
Dr. Farzan Nadim, from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, will present: “Convergent comodulation: Rules and influence on circuit input”
📅 Dec. 5, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315, Alkek
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Join us tomorrow for our seminar series!🧠
Dr. Farzan Nadim, from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, will present: “Convergent comodulation: Rules and influence on circuit input”
📅 Dec. 5, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315, Alkek
Dr. Farzan Nadim, from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, will present: “Convergent comodulation: Rules and influence on circuit input”
📅 Dec. 5, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315, Alkek
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Nick Turk-Browne, from Yale University, will present: “Episodic and Statistical Learning in the Hippocampus”
📅 Nov. 21, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 111A Cullen
Dr. Nick Turk-Browne, from Yale University, will present: “Episodic and Statistical Learning in the Hippocampus”
📅 Nov. 21, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 111A Cullen
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Nick Turk-Browne, from Yale University, will present: “Episodic and Statistical Learning in the Hippocampus”
📅 Nov. 21, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 111A Cullen
Dr. Nick Turk-Browne, from Yale University, will present: “Episodic and Statistical Learning in the Hippocampus”
📅 Nov. 21, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 111A Cullen
Congratulations to Dr. Francois St-Pierre on 10 years with the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine! Dr. St-Pierre joined BCM in 2015 and has continued to make an impact ever since.
We appreciate his continued dedication and contributions to our team!
We appreciate his continued dedication and contributions to our team!
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Francois St-Pierre on 10 years with the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine! Dr. St-Pierre joined BCM in 2015 and has continued to make an impact ever since.
We appreciate his continued dedication and contributions to our team!
We appreciate his continued dedication and contributions to our team!
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Yang Yang, from Purdue University, will present: “SCN2A-mediated autism and epilepsy: from mouse and hiPSCs models to genetic medicine”
📅 Nov. 7, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Dr. Yang Yang, from Purdue University, will present: “SCN2A-mediated autism and epilepsy: from mouse and hiPSCs models to genetic medicine”
📅 Nov. 7, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Yang Yang, from Purdue University, will present: “SCN2A-mediated autism and epilepsy: from mouse and hiPSCs models to genetic medicine”
📅 Nov. 7, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Dr. Yang Yang, from Purdue University, will present: “SCN2A-mediated autism and epilepsy: from mouse and hiPSCs models to genetic medicine”
📅 Nov. 7, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Dr. Ben Arenkiel, Professor in the departments of Molecular & Human Genetics and Neuroscience, collaborated with other authors on a recent publication explaining how prolonged exposure to food odors can suppress appetite. Read about it here! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prolonged exposure to food odors suppresses feeding via an olfactory bulb-to-hypothalamus circuit - Nature Communications
Olfactory perception of food-derived odors influences feeding behavior, but the underlying neural pathways remain unclear. Here, the authors show that prolonged exposure to food odor suppresses food i...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Dr. Ben Arenkiel, Professor in the departments of Molecular & Human Genetics and Neuroscience, collaborated with other authors on a recent publication explaining how prolonged exposure to food odors can suppress appetite. Read about it here! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Forrest Collman, from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, will present: “Cortical Connectomics”
📅 Oct. 24, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Dr. Forrest Collman, from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, will present: “Cortical Connectomics”
📅 Oct. 24, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Forrest Collman, from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, will present: “Cortical Connectomics”
📅 Oct. 24, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Dr. Forrest Collman, from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, will present: “Cortical Connectomics”
📅 Oct. 24, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Join us Friday for our seminar series!🧠
Dr. Peter Penzes, from Northwestern University, will present: “Intercellular signaling through soluble ectodomains at neuronal synapses: from basic biology to biomarkers and treatments”
📅 Oct. 17, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Dr. Peter Penzes, from Northwestern University, will present: “Intercellular signaling through soluble ectodomains at neuronal synapses: from basic biology to biomarkers and treatments”
📅 Oct. 17, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
October 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Join us Friday for our seminar series!🧠
Dr. Peter Penzes, from Northwestern University, will present: “Intercellular signaling through soluble ectodomains at neuronal synapses: from basic biology to biomarkers and treatments”
📅 Oct. 17, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Dr. Peter Penzes, from Northwestern University, will present: “Intercellular signaling through soluble ectodomains at neuronal synapses: from basic biology to biomarkers and treatments”
📅 Oct. 17, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 M112 DeBakey
Welcome Dr. Nicole Provenza! 🎉
Dr. Provenza joins the Department of Neuroscience as a secondary faculty member, with her primary appointment as Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery.
We’re excited to have her on board and look forward to her contributions!
Dr. Provenza joins the Department of Neuroscience as a secondary faculty member, with her primary appointment as Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery.
We’re excited to have her on board and look forward to her contributions!
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Welcome Dr. Nicole Provenza! 🎉
Dr. Provenza joins the Department of Neuroscience as a secondary faculty member, with her primary appointment as Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery.
We’re excited to have her on board and look forward to her contributions!
Dr. Provenza joins the Department of Neuroscience as a secondary faculty member, with her primary appointment as Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery.
We’re excited to have her on board and look forward to her contributions!
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Paul Jenkins, from UMMS, will present: “Molecular convergence of High-Risk Autism-Associated Genes, ANK2 and SCN2A, in the Control of Dendritic Excitability”
📅 Sept. 26, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Dr. Paul Jenkins, from UMMS, will present: “Molecular convergence of High-Risk Autism-Associated Genes, ANK2 and SCN2A, in the Control of Dendritic Excitability”
📅 Sept. 26, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
September 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Paul Jenkins, from UMMS, will present: “Molecular convergence of High-Risk Autism-Associated Genes, ANK2 and SCN2A, in the Control of Dendritic Excitability”
📅 Sept. 26, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Dr. Paul Jenkins, from UMMS, will present: “Molecular convergence of High-Risk Autism-Associated Genes, ANK2 and SCN2A, in the Control of Dendritic Excitability”
📅 Sept. 26, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Colleen McClung, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present: “Circadian Genes, Rhythms and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders”
📅 Sept. 19, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Dr. Colleen McClung, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present: “Circadian Genes, Rhythms and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders”
📅 Sept. 19, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
September 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!🧠
Dr. Colleen McClung, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present: “Circadian Genes, Rhythms and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders”
📅 Sept. 19, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Dr. Colleen McClung, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will present: “Circadian Genes, Rhythms and the Biology of Psychiatric Disorders”
📅 Sept. 19, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!
Dr. Madeleine Oudin (TUFTS University) will present: “Development of Splice-Switching Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Development Epileptic Encephalopathies”
📅 Sept. 12, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Dr. Madeleine Oudin (TUFTS University) will present: “Development of Splice-Switching Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Development Epileptic Encephalopathies”
📅 Sept. 12, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
September 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join us Friday for our neuroscience seminar series!
Dr. Madeleine Oudin (TUFTS University) will present: “Development of Splice-Switching Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Development Epileptic Encephalopathies”
📅 Sept. 12, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Dr. Madeleine Oudin (TUFTS University) will present: “Development of Splice-Switching Antisense Oligonucleotides for the Treatment of Development Epileptic Encephalopathies”
📅 Sept. 12, 2025
🕑 11am-12pm
📍 N315 Alkek
Please join us this Friday for the start of our neuroscience seminar series! 🧠
Our first speaker, Dr. Laura DeNardo, from UCLA, will present:
“Neural Circuits Underlying Long Term Memory Across the Life Span”
📅 Date: Sept. 5, 2025
🕑 Time: 11am-12pm
📍 Location: N315
Our first speaker, Dr. Laura DeNardo, from UCLA, will present:
“Neural Circuits Underlying Long Term Memory Across the Life Span”
📅 Date: Sept. 5, 2025
🕑 Time: 11am-12pm
📍 Location: N315
September 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Please join us this Friday for the start of our neuroscience seminar series! 🧠
Our first speaker, Dr. Laura DeNardo, from UCLA, will present:
“Neural Circuits Underlying Long Term Memory Across the Life Span”
📅 Date: Sept. 5, 2025
🕑 Time: 11am-12pm
📍 Location: N315
Our first speaker, Dr. Laura DeNardo, from UCLA, will present:
“Neural Circuits Underlying Long Term Memory Across the Life Span”
📅 Date: Sept. 5, 2025
🕑 Time: 11am-12pm
📍 Location: N315
We are excited to kick off our 2025-2026 seminar series on Friday, September 5th! Join us for engaging talks and discussions with leading experts in the field. Look for weekly updates and announcements with everything you need to know about the upcoming seminars!🧠
August 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are excited to kick off our 2025-2026 seminar series on Friday, September 5th! Join us for engaging talks and discussions with leading experts in the field. Look for weekly updates and announcements with everything you need to know about the upcoming seminars!🧠
We are pleased to announce a new Assistant Professor has joined the Neuroscience Research Institute, Dr. Xiangling Meng!
Dr. Meng will focus on enhancing our research as her skills and experience will be a valuable addition to the team. Welcome, Dr. Meng!🧠🔬📚
Dr. Meng will focus on enhancing our research as her skills and experience will be a valuable addition to the team. Welcome, Dr. Meng!🧠🔬📚
August 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We are pleased to announce a new Assistant Professor has joined the Neuroscience Research Institute, Dr. Xiangling Meng!
Dr. Meng will focus on enhancing our research as her skills and experience will be a valuable addition to the team. Welcome, Dr. Meng!🧠🔬📚
Dr. Meng will focus on enhancing our research as her skills and experience will be a valuable addition to the team. Welcome, Dr. Meng!🧠🔬📚
We’re proud to recognize Dr. Jeannie Chin for 10 years of outstanding service and dedication to the Department of Neuroscience. Her commitment and passion continue to inspire all of us.
Thank you, Dr. Chin, for everything you’ve done and continue to do!
Thank you, Dr. Chin, for everything you’ve done and continue to do!
August 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We’re proud to recognize Dr. Jeannie Chin for 10 years of outstanding service and dedication to the Department of Neuroscience. Her commitment and passion continue to inspire all of us.
Thank you, Dr. Chin, for everything you’ve done and continue to do!
Thank you, Dr. Chin, for everything you’ve done and continue to do!
Dr. Gao @yudonggao.bsky.social has received the 2024 Simons Foundation Pilot Award! 🥇 The Pilot award provides support for novel, high-risk projects within autism research.
Project title: Identifying functional convergence of autism risk genes in regulating sodium channel membrane trafficking.
Project title: Identifying functional convergence of autism risk genes in regulating sodium channel membrane trafficking.
July 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Dr. Gao @yudonggao.bsky.social has received the 2024 Simons Foundation Pilot Award! 🥇 The Pilot award provides support for novel, high-risk projects within autism research.
Project title: Identifying functional convergence of autism risk genes in regulating sodium channel membrane trafficking.
Project title: Identifying functional convergence of autism risk genes in regulating sodium channel membrane trafficking.
Dr. Javier Medina has reached an incredible milestone! 10 years of dedication, innovation, and impact in the Department of Neuroscience!
We’re so grateful for his commitment to advancing neuroscience, as he is such a valued member of our team. Here's to many more milestones!
We’re so grateful for his commitment to advancing neuroscience, as he is such a valued member of our team. Here's to many more milestones!
July 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Dr. Javier Medina has reached an incredible milestone! 10 years of dedication, innovation, and impact in the Department of Neuroscience!
We’re so grateful for his commitment to advancing neuroscience, as he is such a valued member of our team. Here's to many more milestones!
We’re so grateful for his commitment to advancing neuroscience, as he is such a valued member of our team. Here's to many more milestones!
It’s been a season of successful thesis defenses for the department, and we’re so proud of all our new doctors! Last but not least, congratulations to Dr. Gabriel Escobedo from the lab of Dr. Matt Rasband on a successful defense - what an incredible achievement!🎉
July 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It’s been a season of successful thesis defenses for the department, and we’re so proud of all our new doctors! Last but not least, congratulations to Dr. Gabriel Escobedo from the lab of Dr. Matt Rasband on a successful defense - what an incredible achievement!🎉
A special thank you to Dr. Peter Saggau for returning to Baylor and delivering the final talk in our 2024-2025 #neuroscience seminar series! We’re grateful for your insights and continued connection to our community!
July 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A special thank you to Dr. Peter Saggau for returning to Baylor and delivering the final talk in our 2024-2025 #neuroscience seminar series! We’re grateful for your insights and continued connection to our community!
Join us Friday, June 27th (11am-12pm) in Auditorium N315, Alkek, for a special #neuroscience seminar featuring Peter Saggau, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine.
Seminar Title: ‘Acousto-optic Techniques in Neurophotonics.’
Seminar Title: ‘Acousto-optic Techniques in Neurophotonics.’
June 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Join us Friday, June 27th (11am-12pm) in Auditorium N315, Alkek, for a special #neuroscience seminar featuring Peter Saggau, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine.
Seminar Title: ‘Acousto-optic Techniques in Neurophotonics.’
Seminar Title: ‘Acousto-optic Techniques in Neurophotonics.’
Congratulations to Fish Kunxun Qian, grad student from the lab of Dr. Jeffrey Magee, on on a successful thesis defense! Your hard work, dedication, and passion for research have truly paid off. We’re proud to celebrate this incredible milestone with you! 🎉🎓
June 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Congratulations to Fish Kunxun Qian, grad student from the lab of Dr. Jeffrey Magee, on on a successful thesis defense! Your hard work, dedication, and passion for research have truly paid off. We’re proud to celebrate this incredible milestone with you! 🎉🎓
Another student defense has been completed! In early June, Peter Kim defended his thesis, showcasing his hard work and dedication to his research. Peter will continue working alongside his mentor, Dr. Joanna Jankowsky, at Washington University (WashU). Best of luck, Dr. Kim!
June 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Another student defense has been completed! In early June, Peter Kim defended his thesis, showcasing his hard work and dedication to his research. Peter will continue working alongside his mentor, Dr. Joanna Jankowsky, at Washington University (WashU). Best of luck, Dr. Kim!
Our faculty members were honored at the BCM Faculty Awards Day. Dr. Matt Rasband received the Award for Excellence in Education, while Drs. Javier Medina and Francois St. Pierre were recognized for their new leadership positions. Thank you all for the incredible work you do! 🧠
June 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our faculty members were honored at the BCM Faculty Awards Day. Dr. Matt Rasband received the Award for Excellence in Education, while Drs. Javier Medina and Francois St. Pierre were recognized for their new leadership positions. Thank you all for the incredible work you do! 🧠
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Huge congratulations to @franciscoblanco.bsky.social (PhD) and Topher Cronkite (MD/PhD) for earning their degrees! Mentoring such outstanding students has been a true honor! Can't wait to see the amazing things they'll do next! @bcmneurosci.bsky.social @bcm-mstp.bsky.social #BCMGraduation
Special shout-out to my amazing mentor @kimtolias.bsky.social. Incredibly fortunate for the opportunity to train in her lab alongside Topher Cronkite. Thank you both, and all the amazing members of the K. Tolias lab, for constantly encouraging me to pursue the best science possible!
May 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Huge congratulations to @franciscoblanco.bsky.social (PhD) and Topher Cronkite (MD/PhD) for earning their degrees! Mentoring such outstanding students has been a true honor! Can't wait to see the amazing things they'll do next! @bcmneurosci.bsky.social @bcm-mstp.bsky.social #BCMGraduation
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#BCMNeurosurgery on the move ✈️
Earlier this year, Dr. Sameer Sheth visited the @kbi-uhn.bsky.social in Toronto, where he presented "Network-Minded DBS for Depression."
#ThrowbackThursday #DeepBrainStimulation #DBS #depression #NeuroX
Earlier this year, Dr. Sameer Sheth visited the @kbi-uhn.bsky.social in Toronto, where he presented "Network-Minded DBS for Depression."
#ThrowbackThursday #DeepBrainStimulation #DBS #depression #NeuroX
May 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#BCMNeurosurgery on the move ✈️
Earlier this year, Dr. Sameer Sheth visited the @kbi-uhn.bsky.social in Toronto, where he presented "Network-Minded DBS for Depression."
#ThrowbackThursday #DeepBrainStimulation #DBS #depression #NeuroX
Earlier this year, Dr. Sameer Sheth visited the @kbi-uhn.bsky.social in Toronto, where he presented "Network-Minded DBS for Depression."
#ThrowbackThursday #DeepBrainStimulation #DBS #depression #NeuroX