Z Yan Wang, PhD

Yan Wang, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biology Weill Neurohub Term Professor Bloedel Hearing Research Center Affiliate

University of Washington

Host(s): Gwyneth Card (Faculty), Jessica Zung (Postdoc)

Lessons from the Dead

What can the dead and dying teach us about the brain? In this talk, we'll explore how studying death in emerging invertebrate models can uncover broad principles of the evolution and function of nervous systems.

Relevant Publications:

Neuroethology of corpse-directed behaviors in bees

Steroid hormones of the octopus self-destruct system

Tuesdays@10 is a signature Zuckerman Institute initiative that aims to expose researchers at all levels to high-quality science and stimulate scientific discourse. The speakers featured in this series represent various fields and techniques in neuroscience, and include invited guests of the Columbia Neuroscience Seminars, the Zuckerman Institute's Local Circuits Affiliates Program, and other special seminar series through a combined, collaborative effort of one or more of the following: Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, the Center for Precision Psychiatry, the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, the Department of Neuroscience, the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior and the Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative, and with support from the Kavli Institute for Brain Science. 

More information and a full schedule can be found here.