Dissertation Defense – Anna Flury (MCD)
March 31, 2026 @ 1:00 pm
Join us on Tuesday, March 31st, for Anna Flury's Dissertation Defense Seminar titled "Elucidating the Mechanisms of Microglia-Mediated Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease"! Attend in person at the CUNY ASRC Auditorium or via Zoom (Meeting ID: 829 1434 2008 Passcode: 351468). Please refer to the flyer and the thesis abstract for more details.
Dissertation Defense – Jacquelyn Tomaio (Neuroscience)
March 24, 2026 @ 11:00 am
Join us on Tuesday, March 24th, for Jacquelyn Tomaio's Dissertation Defense Seminar titled "Aging Drives Selective Vulnerability of Dopamine–Glutamate Projections to the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex, Weakening Dopamine Release and Novelty Discrimination"! Attend in person at the CUNY ASRC Auditorium or via Zoom (Meeting ID: 839 0024 9544 Passcode: 452588). Please refer to the flyer for Read More
Neuroscience Spring 2026 Seminar Series – Edward Vessel
March 5, 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Edward Vessel, Ph.D., Eugene Surowitz Assistant Professor of Psychology of The City College of New York, will give a talk titled "An interactionist approach to the neuroscience of aesthetics". Join in person at the ASRC auditorium, or Zoom (Meeting ID: 893 5219 3004 Passcode: 026235). View the abstract here.
Neuroscience Spring 2026 Seminar Series – Patrizia Casaccia
February 5, 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Patrizia Casaccia, M.D., Ph.D., Einstein Professor of Biochemistry, Biology and Neuroscience of the CUNY Graduate Center, Founding Director of ASRC Neuroscience Initiative, will give a talk titled "A multiscale approach to myelination and myelin-related disorders". Join in person at the ASRC Data Viz Room, or via Zoom (Meeting ID 842 0580 1471, Passcode 608719).
LinkedIn Training for Academics
January 28, 2026 @ 12:30 pm
Join us for a practical, beginner-friendly workshop on how academics can use LinkedIn to showcase their expertise, expand professional networks, and increase the visibility of their research and teaching. This session will cover optimizing profiles for academic and public-facing work, understanding how the platform’s algorithm works, and crafting posts that highlight publications, projects, events, and career milestones Read More
Neuroscience Spring 2026 Seminar Series – Anna Orr
January 15, 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Anna Orr, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College, will give a talk titled "Astrocytes in Neurocognitive Function and Dementia Pathogenesis". Join in person at the ASRC auditorium, or Zoom (Meeting ID: 869 8476 8406 Passcode: 743619). View the abstract at https://bit.ly/49sUOO2
Bluesky Training for Academics
January 13, 2026 @ 12:30 pm
Learn how academics can promote their research and make useful connections on Bluesky.
Epigenetics Core Presents: Hands-on Bioinformatics: Exploring Single Cell RNA-Seq
January 13, 2026 @ 10:00 am
Get ready for a hands-on exploration of the single cell gene expression analysis journey! This interactive boot camp takes you from experimental design to data interpretation using real single-cell datasets - including the possibility to work with your own data. Data processing with 10x Cloud Using Cell Ranger Dive into Loupe Browser Explore developmental trajectories Read More
Alumni and Friends Community Science Night
December 16, 2025 @ 4:30 pm
Join us on Tuesday, Dec. 16 to reconnect and learn all about what's happening at the CUNY ASRC! All are welcome — especially former and current students, interns, summer researchers, and their friends and family. The night will include fun science activities for all ages and an updated tour of the the CUNY ASRC's state-of-the-art Read More
Neuroscience Fall 2025 Seminar Series – Michelle Monje
December 11, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Michelle Monje, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist, neuroscientist, and neurooncologist at Stanford University, where she has developed new treatments for brain cancer since 2011. Her interests are neurodevelopment, pediatric gliogenesis, chemobrain, and molecular and cellular (including glial) neurobiology. Her accomplishments are too many to count. She has published numerous high-impact papers (mostly in Cell, Nature, and Read More