The Neuroscience Institute hosts Seminars by Postdocs in Neuroscience: Extramural Series, or SPiNES, a monthly event inviting postdoctoral researchers from outside of NYU Langone to present their work in an hour-long seminar, to meet one-on-one with faculty, and to engage our community in informal discussions. This seminar series was started in 2011.

We aim to attract the best and brightest from the local region with a twofold goal: to provide talented young scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to share their research and receive feedback from NYU Langone faculty, postdocs, and students; and to provide NYU Langone postdocs with an opportunity to network with the next generation of faculty before they move on to faculty positions. Speakers receive a small honorarium and are reimbursed for travel.

Nearly 70 percent of speakers in this series have gone on to independent faculty positions at institutions such as Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California, San Francisco, and Harvard University.

The nomination process for the 2023–24 SPiNES is now closed. Thank you to those who have submitted a speaker nomination for the seminar series. The SPiNES committee will convene after the submission deadline, and notification of acceptances and declines will be sent by late August.

Please direct any inquiries about SPiNES to Rihan Hassad, MPH, senior project coordinator, Neuroscience Institute, at Rihan.Hassad@NYULangone.org.

2023–24 SPiNES Lectures

We are proud to present the following speakers for the 2023–24 SPiNES lecture series.

October 5, 2023
Vikram Vijayan, PhD
The Rockefeller University
Laboratory of Gaby Maimon, PhD

December 14, 2023
Sadaf Amin, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Laboratory of Li Gan, PhD

January 11, 2024
Mengtong Li, PhD
Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University
Laboratory of Charles Zuker, PhD

February 22, 2024
Qian Li, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Laboratory of Adam Kepecs, PhD

March 7, 2024
Daniela Rojo, PhD
Stanford University
Laboratory of Erin Gibson, PhD

May 23, 2024
Sara Mederos, PhD
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London
Laboratory of Sonja Hofer, PhD

April 4, 2024
Noelia Antón-Bolaños, PhD
Harvard University
Laboratory of Paola Arlotta, PhD

June 6, 2024
Sujaya Neupane, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laboratories of Mehrdad Jazayeri, PhD, and Ila Fiete, PhD

June 20, 2024
Lisanne Schulze, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Laboratory of Matt Lovett-Barron, PhD

SPiNES Committee

Speakers are selected by the SPiNES committee. The 2023–24 committee consists of the following postdoctoral fellows and faculty:

Maria Selles Japas, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Moses V. Chao, PhD and Robert C. Froemke, PhD
Megan Kirchgessner, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Robert C. Froemke, PhD
Vered Kurtz-David, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Paul Glimcher, PhD
Priya Prakash, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Shane A. Liddelow, PhD
Ipshita Zutshi, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of György Buzsáki, MD, PhD
Christina May, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Katherine Nagel, PhD
Xiaohan Wang, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Richard Tsien, DPhil

Please direct any inquiries about the SPiNES application process to Rihan Hassad, MPH, senior project coordinator, Neuroscience Institute, at Rihan.Hassad@NYULangone.org.