Welcome to the Behavioural Neuroscience (BNS) Seminar Website!
This weekly seminar is held on Fridays from 3:00 – 4:00 PM during the Winter sessions in the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) in rooms 3402A through 3402C.
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Schedule for 2025W1:
Date | Presenter | Topic | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2025 | Isabella Gallello | Investigating the role of the anterior cingulate cortex in hyperkatifeia during opioid withdrawal | Seamans Lab |
| October 10, 2025 | CANCELLED - No BNS | ||
| October 17, 2025 | Camilla Cavalli | Socio-cognitive profile of dogs participating in Animal Assisted Interventions | Department of Psychology |
| October 24, 2025 | Daria Oleinichenko | Role of T-type calcium channels in the regulation of pain and negative affect in opioid use disorder | Phillips & Snutch Labs |
| October 31, 2025 | Brandon Forys | Similar factors predict cognitive effort preferences when working for rewards vs. avoiding losses | Motivated Cognition, Kingstone & Winstanley Labs |
| November 7, 2025 | Alia Mahrez | Co-modulation of effort-related decision making and motivation by CRF1 and 2 receptors | Floresco Lab |
| November 14, 2025 | Brittany Jensen | Intranasal administration of estradiol using a novel vehicle for brain-targeted delivery in rats | Soma Lab |
| November 21, 2025 | Marwa Idrissi | Investigating the relationship between pre-existing anxiety levels and adolescent nicotine vapor-induced anxiety and impulsivity changes, using a rat model | Laviolette (Western University) |
| November 28, 2025 | Ryan Tomm | Avoidance and Reward-Seeking across Levels of Depressive Symptoms: Translational Investigations of Action and Inhibition | Motivated Cognition Lab |
| December 5, 2025 | Tony Fong | Unveiling Mice Behaviours in 3D: Capture and Analysis Pipelines | Murphy Lab |
Schedule for 2025W2:
Date | Presenter | Topic | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2026 | Sevinchbegim Miralimova | The Relationship of Beat Perception and Verbal Working Memory to Word-Segmentation | Language and Development Lab |
| January 23, 2026 | Sanjana Subramaniam | Comparative effects of early life adversity paradigms on emotional behaviour and memory | Snyder Lab |
| January 30, 2026 | Jérôme Plumier | Seasonal Aggression: The Role of Steroids and Fatty Acids | Soma Lab |
| February 6, 2026 | Yvette Ni | Investigating the role of tomosyn in alcohol-modulated habituation in Caenorhabditis elegans | Rankin Lab |
| February 13, 2026 | Peiying Wen | Optogenetic reactivation of electroconvulsive shock-impaired memory engram | Snyder Lab & NINET Lab |
| February 20, 2026 | Salvatore Furfaro | Snyder Lab | |
| February 27, 2026 | Jordan Hamden | The intestinal microbiome modulates brain development and degeneration | Ciernia Lab |
| March 6, 2026 | Aoi Ichiyama | Cembrowski Lab | |
| March 13, 2026 | Karina Thiessen | The Effects of Cannabinoids on Acute Stress Response in Humans: An MRI Study | Schutz Lab |
| March 20, 2026 | Neilan Tan | Effects of early life adversity on memory retention and anxiolytic phenotypes in mice | Snyder Lab |
| March 27, 2026 | Michelle Jung | Effects of maternal and offspring sucrose consumption on offspring hormones and behaviour | Soma Lab |
| April 3, 2026 | Jackson Schumacher | Floresco Lab | |
| April 10, 2026 | CANCELLED- No BNS | ||
| April 17, 2026 | Solana Redway-Ziola | Cognitive Modes Detected in Children During Task-based fMRI | Woodward Lab |
| April 24, 2026 | Evelyn Young | Interactive Mind and Motion Lab |