The Columbia Neuroscience Seminars series is a collection of invited talks by national and international researchers in the field of neuroscience.

The seminars are open to Columbia affiliates. All seminars for the 2026-27 series will take place at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute.   

Speakers are chosen by a selection committee composed of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students from across Columbia's campuses. The committee solicits nominations for speakers broadly from the Columbia community before inviting speakers whose work represents various fields and techniques in Neuroscience. 

See the Fall 2026 schedule, part of Tuesdays@10.

Columbia Neuroscience Seminars are open to Columbia ID holders only. If you are not a member of the Zuckerman Institute and would like to receive updates about these and other events, please sign up for the ZI Community Listserv.

SEMINAR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Daphna Shohamy, Kavli Professor of Brain Science; Director of Columbia's Zuckerman Institute; Codirector of Columbia's Kavli Institute for Brain Science

Carol Mason, Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Ophthalmic Science (in Ophthalmology); Chair of Interschool Planning at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute

Serge Przedborski, Page and William Black Professor of Neurology (in Pathology and Cell Biology and Neuroscience); Director, Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative

SEMINAR SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS (2026-2027)

Erin Barnhart, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Weronika Budek, Graduate Student in the Pathology and Cell Biology Department

Shirley Yuqi Cai, Graduate Student in the Neurobiology and Behavior Program

Alex Dranovksy, Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Lea Duncker, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Cagan Kizil, Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences and Ludwig Scholar (in Neurology, the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, and the Taub Institute)

Minoree Kohwi, Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Aleksandra Recupero, Graduate Student in the MD/PhD Program and Neurobiology and Behavior Program

Olivia Rifai, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Motor Neuron Center

Sandra Romero Pinto, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Zuckerman Institute

Tristan T. Sands, Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Division of Child Neurology

Rajyashree Sen, Associate Research Scientist, Zuckerman Institute

Juyoun Yu, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Zuckerman Institute