1. Nash Family Department of Neuroscience
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Groups and Events

We are proud of the familial community fostered within our Department. Through regular events and active groups and associations, you will create lasting friendships and mentorships with your peers and faculty. We strongly encourage our students, postdocs, trainees, and faculty to take advantage of the activities happening in the Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and throughout the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Attend an Event

The Department hosts several events throughout the year where you can network with peers, work in the community, and expand your learning.

Mount Sinai Neuroscience seminars (MSNseminars) is a seminar series and competitive program organized by our postdoctoral fellows. Leading postdocs from around the country are selected and invited to give an institutional seminar and meet with the neuroscience community at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. For more information, please contact: Vinaya Sahasrabuddhe vinaya.sahasrabuddhe@mssm.edu or Tamara Markovic tamara.markovic@mssm.edu.

2025 Speakers

  • April 25, 2025
    Kevin Guttenplan, PhD - Vollum Institute
    How do astrocytes regulate neuronal circuits?
  • May 23, 2025
    David Marcus, PhD - University of Washington
    Endocannabinoid tuning of behavioral engagement via thalamo-striatal projections.
  • June 27, 2025
    Deepa Ramamurthy, PhD - UC Berkeley
    Rewarding experiences guide attention and dynamically shape the sensory neural code.
  • July 25, 2025
    Harris Kaplan, PhD - Harvard University
    A coming-of-age story: development of instinctive behavior circuits.
  • August 22, 2025
    Hannah Wirtshafter, PhD - Northwestern University
    A universal hippocampal memory code across environments and animals.

The Friedman Brain Institute hosts a Neuroscience Retreat held in the spring of each year. Neuroscience is multidisciplinary by nature and, reflecting this, the scientists and physicians that contribute to the neurosciences at Mount Sinai hail from a variety of departments and campuses. The Retreat provides an opportunity for everyone in the Neuroscience community at Mount Sinai – faculty, fellows, students, researchers and clinicians – to meet and discuss their work in order to increase awareness of ongoing research and approaches, to foster new interactions, and to generate novel ideas.

Learn more about the Annual Neuroscience Retreat here.

For information about the retreat, please contact Vena Persaud  or  Veronica Szarejko.

The Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is deeply committed to promoting brain health by sharing our expertise with our partners and the local community. In celebration of Brain Awareness Week, Mentoring in Neuroscience Discovery at Sinai (MiNDS) with support from the Friedman Brain Institute and the Center for Excellence in Youth Education, hosts an annual Brain Awareness Fair for local students, their parents, and community members. Learn more about our Brain Awareness Week activities here.

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