PhD Dissertation Defense Seminars

PhD CANDIDATE: Lucas Carstensen

DEPARTMENT OR PROGRAM: Computational Neuroscience

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:  “Neural Representations of Environmental Features in Retrosplenial Cortex and 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Animal Pose”

DATE, TIME, AND PLACE:  Monday, March 20, 2023 at 11:00 am

Boston University
610 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 101
Boston, MA 02215

Contact: Sandra Grasso
Email: sgrasso@bu.edu

PhD CANDIDATE: Anna Marin

DEPARTMENT OR PROGRAM: Behavioral Neuroscience

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:  “The Development of Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Help Cognition and Mood in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia”

DATE, TIME, AND PLACE:  Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 3:30 pm

Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center
150 South Huntington Avenue, Room 11B-48
Boston, MA 02130

Contact: Dr. Carole Palumbo
Email: cpalumbo@bu.edu

PhD CANDIDATE: Matthew Reiss

DEPARTMENT OR PROGRAM: Pharmacology

TITLE OF DISSERTATION:  “The Exoribonuclease XRN2 Mediates Degradation of the Long Non-Coding Telomeric RNA, TERRA”

DATE, TIME, AND PLACE:  Friday, March 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm

Boston University
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
72 East Concord Street, L – 112
Boston, MA 02118

Contact: Licia Holman
Email: pharm2@bu.edu