Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Seminar Series
The Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Seminar Series invites speakers from the broader scientific community in and around New Orleans, and subject experts from around the world. Our series emphasizes our departmental strengths in Neuroscience, Clinical and Comparative Anatomy, and Anatomy Education.
If you are interested in speaking to our group, please contact our seminar coordinator, Dr. Matthew Whim, at mwhim@lsuhsc.edu.
Please check back often as speakers will be added throughout the year.
2026-2027 Scheduled Speakers
Fall Speakers
- Nihal Salem, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol
& Addiction Research, THe University of Texas at Austin
Conserved Transcriptomic Networks to Gliovascular Mechanisms in Alcohol Dependence
October 14, 2026 - Chris Hill, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology, Louisiana State University
Anxiety in Action: Real-time cortical dynamics of cognitive-motor integration in anxiety disorders
November 2, 2026 - Junghyup Suh, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
December 14, 2026
Spring Speakers
- Jamie Maguire, PhD, Professor, School of Medicine, Tufts University
February 22, 2027 - Sabrina Woods, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of
Medicine
April 26, 2027