Victor M. Bearg Neuroscience Lecture Series
The Victor M. Bearg neuroscience lecture series is sponsored by Victor M. Bearg ('64), a Mellon College of Science graduate in physics. Mr. Bearg has generously endowed this Neuroscience Institute speaker series to bring dynamic lecturers to our community.
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Previous Speakers
Emily Jacobs
Talk Title: New Frontiers in Women's Brain Health
April 3, 2025
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John Krakauer
Talk Title: Combining novel behavioral training with technology for neurological recovery
March 21, 2024
Jessica Hammer
Talk Title: Playing with the Mind's Eye
March 16, 2023Ìý
Kafui Dzirasa and Elizabeth Ransey
Talk Title: Editing neural circuits using engineered synaptic bypasses
October 28, 2021Ìý
Erich Jarvis
Talk Title: Evolution of brain pathways for vocal learning and speech; a personal journey
October 15, 2020
Sophie Scott
Talk Title: The Neuroscience of Laughter
November 8, 2019
Timothy Lillicrap
Talk Title: Deep Learning and the Brain: Does the Brain Approximate Backpropagation?
April 12, 2018
Gerald E. Loeb
Talk Title: Understanding Human Haptics by Building Robotic Systems
March 8, 2017
Mriganka Sur
Talk title: The Functional Logic of Cortical Circuits
February 29, 2016