Hope Center Monday Noon Seminars are organized by mini-series topic, typically with 4 seminars per topic. Each mini-series is an opportunity to hear from Washington University investigators as well as those at other institutions who are leaders in their fields.
Each spring, we solicit the community for topics to feature in the next academic year. We welcome suggested topics which are relevant to some research programs at Washington University, such that those investigators can give talks in the mini-series.
To see mini-series topics from previous seasons, visit the archives.
Have an idea for a mini-series topic? Let us know!
Announcing Mini-series Topics for the
2024/2025 Monday Noon Seminars
- Role of Neurovascular Unit and Neurovasculature in Aging and Degeneration
- Applications of -Omics Technology to Study Complex Inheritance in Neurological Disorders
- Obesity and Brain Health
- Biological vs. Chronological Aging
- Optical Neurotechnologies to Understand Neuroplasticity Following Stroke
- Neurodevelopment and Neurological Disease
2024/2025 Monday Noon Seminars
Mondays, 12-1p
September – May
Location: Fort Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium and Zoom
Check back for full lists of speakers and talk titles. For inquiries contact the Hope Center.
Mini-series Topics
Organizers: David Holtzman and Fareeha Saadi (WashU Neurology)
For inquiries contact the Hope Center.
- September 30: Ikbal Sencan Egilmez (WashU Radiology)
- October 14: Gregory Zipfel (WashU Neurosurgery)
- October 21: Jonathan Kipnis (WashU Pathology & Immunology)
- October 28: Chenghua Gu (Harvard University)
Organizer: Celeste Karch (WashU Psychiatry)
For inquiries contact the Hope Center.
- November 4: Laura Ibanez (WashU Psychiatry)
- November 11: Mayssa Mokalled (WashU Developmental Biology)
- November 18: Bess Frost (Brown University)
- December 2: Ting Wang (WashU Genetics)
Organizers: Alexxai Kravitz and Justin Wang (WashU Psychiatry)
For inquiries contact the Hope Center.
- January 6: Tamara Hershey (WashU Psychiatry)
- January 13: Daniel Castro (WashU Radiology)
- January 27: Michael Krashes (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH)
- February 3: Kevin Hall (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH)
Organizers: Beau Ances and Peter Millar (WashU Neurology)
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Organizers: Adam Bauer (WashU Radiology)
Check back for lists of dates, presenters and talk titles!
Joint mini-series with the Department of Developmental Biology, the Department of Neurology and the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC@WUSTL)
Organizers: Christina Gurnett (WashU Neurology) and Joseph Dougherty (WashU Genetics)
Check back for lists of dates, presenters and talk titles!
Special Hope Center/Neurology Seminar (12p, Fort NRB Auditorium and Zoom)
- Date TBA: Presentations by winners of the 2025 Hope Center Awards
Seminars also are listed on the ONR Calendar.