ELSC Seminar Series

ELSC hosts leading neuroscientists.

ELSC Weekly Seminar Series 2025-2026

Dr. Tatyana Sharpee

Salk institute

Active Sensing in a Distorted World

October 23rd, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Ariel Tankus

Tel Aviv University

A Speech Neuroprosthesis: From Encoding to Decoding of Speech Features in the Human Brain

November 6th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Ronen Segev

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

The neural basis of navigation in goldfish

November 27th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Iiro P. Jaaskelainen

Aalto University

Neuroimaging research with narrative stimuli

December 11th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Rita Schmidt

Weizmann Institute of Science

New Windows into the Individual Human Brain with Ultra–High-Field MRI

December 18th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Assaf Tal

Tel Aviv University

Imaging the chemical brain

January 1st, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Noam Ziv

Technion

The (im)persistence of memory: A cell biologist perspective

January 8th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. David Omer

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences

The Naming of Nonhuman Primates: Vocal Labeling of Others by Nonhuman Primates

January 15th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Stefano Recanatesi

Technion

On the discrete geometry of neural population activity

January 22nd, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Yarden Cohen

Weizmann Institute of Science

Dissecting plasticity of syllable transition mechanisms in canary HVC

April 16th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Omri abend

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Challenge and Reward of Fair Play in Narrative: A Computational Approach

April 23rd, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Pablo Blinder

Tel Aviv University

Exploring the impact of blood flow perturbations on brain structure and function.

April 30th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Lilach Avitan

ELSC

Distinct distributed neural dynamics predict social approach

May 7th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Michal Ramot

Weizmann Institute of Science

TBD

May 14th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Shahar Alon

Bar-Ilan University

TBD

May 28th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Ehud Ahissar

Weizmann Institute of Science

TBD

June 4th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Avi Mendelsohn

University of Haifa

TBD

June 18th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Adi Mizrahi

ELSC

TBD

June 25th, 2026

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

ELSC Weekly Seminar Series 2024-2025

Dr. Hanna Keren

Bar-Ilan University

Closed-loop control for studying mood

November 21st, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Tatyana Sharpee

Salk institute

Reading Out Information from Large Neural Populations without Loss

November 28th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Rafi Haddad

Bar-Ilan University

ביחד ננצח: "How Synchrony Improves Sensory Processing"

December 12th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Eran Eldar

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Why emotions matter

January 23rd, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Oren Shriki

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Living on the Edge: Cognitive and Clinical Perspectives on the Framework of Critical Brain Dynamics

January 30th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Shachar Maidenbaum

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Navigating extended realities

March 27th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Tom Schonberg

Tel Aviv University

The neural and behavioral basis of non-reinforced preference change

April 3rd, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Or Shemesh

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Pathogens, Brains, and Alzheimer’s: Reframing Neurodegeneration through a Microbial Lens

April 24th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Yuval Nir

Tel Aviv University

Unlocking the Night: Novel Approaches Advancing the Neuroscience of Sleep and Cognition

May 8th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Arseny Finkelstein

Tel Aviv University

How cortical circuits talk: Neural dynamics underlying cognition

May 15th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Ran Darshan

Tel Aviv University

Revealing decision-making mechanisms with data-driven models

May 29th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Aya Meltzer-Asscher

Tel Aviv University

Lexical prediction during sentence processing: Beyond activations

June 5th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Shahar Alon

Bar Ilan University

Super-resolved interrogation of molecules within thick brain tissues using expansion sequencing

June 26th, 2025

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

ELSC Weekly Seminar Series 2023-2024

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Previous years’ seminars can be viewed online on the ELSC YouTube channel

Dr. Dudi Deutsch

University of Haifa

Neural circuits for mating and aggressive behaviors in Drosophila

January 11th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Asya Rolls

Technion

Immunoception: central representation and control of immunity

February 1st, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Abed Mansour

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

A novel neuroimmune human brain organoid model to study microglia in health and disease

February 8th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Rony Paz

Weizmann Institute of Science

Modulation of valence in Primate Amygdala Networks

February 15th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Liad Mudrik

Tel Aviv University

Consciousness and the brain: comparing and testing neuroscientific theories of consciousness

February 22nd, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Jennifer Resnik

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

The Effect of Chronic Stress on Sensory Processing and Perception

February 29th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Gali Umschweif

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Neurensin-2: a novel interneuron-specific depression regulating protein

March 7th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Elad Schneidman

Weizmann Institute of Science

Learning the code of large neural populations, accurately, efficiently, and in a biologically-plausible way - using sparse random projections

March 14th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Lior Mayo

Tel Aviv University

A Brain Tumor, an Astrocyte, and an Old Pharmacist walk into a bar

May 9th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Tom Hope

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Catalyzing Discovery by Harnessing Scientific Literature with AI

May 16th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Gaby Maimon

The Rockefeller University

The Functional Logic of a Cognitive Brain System

May 23rd, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. David Kleinfeld

University of California San Diego

Rhythmic self-motion and the encoding of orofacial sensation

May 30th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Yaara Yeshurun-Dishon

Tel Aviv University

Neural synchronization and (un)shared understanding

June 6th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Tal Laviv

Tel Aviv University

Illuminating protein signaling dynamics in intact neuronal circuits

June 13th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Yael Niv

Princeton

Latent Cause Inference and Mental Health

June 27th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Asaf Gilboa

Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest, University of Toronto

Rethinking memory dynamics: Memory reorganization and expression are misconstrued as reflecting systems consolidation

July 4th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Yoed Kenett

Technion

Investigating the neural dynamics of creative thinking

July 11th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Maoz Shamir

Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Synaptic motility and functional stability in the whisker system

July 18th, 2024

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Special Edition

Prof. Eli Nelken

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

What Can Rats Teach Us About Dancing

November 12th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Alex Binshtok

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Why You Can Not Find Paracetamol in the Jungle? And also, How Does it Work?

November 19th, 2023

10:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Hermona Soreq

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Novel RNA regulators of acetylcholine signals

November 26th, 2023

10:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Chaya Kalcheim

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The dynamics of cell fate transitions during nervous system development

December 3rd, 2023

10:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Naomi Habib

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Road Not Taken: Distinct cellular dynamics in Alzheimer's disease and Aging

December 10th, 2023

10:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Eran Meshorer

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

“Modelling Huntington’s disease using human pluripotent stem cells

December 17th, 2023

10:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Shaul Hochstein

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Conscious versus Implicit Perception of Categories and Sets

December 24th, 2023

10:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Yosef Grodzinsky

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

“Large Language Models and human language: is deeper understanding just around the corner?”

December 31st, 2023

10:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

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Previous years’ seminars can be viewed online on the ELSC YouTube channel

Prof. Hava Siegelmann

University of Massachusetts

Lifelong Learning, Abstraction, and Temporal Awareness

October 27th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Sharon Gilaie-Dotan

Bar Ilan

Physical stimulus dimensions, memory and memorability during naturalistic encoding

November 3rd, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Tamar Flash

Weizmann Institute

From Brains to behavior: computational and neural control principles of motion generation and perception

November 10th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Shimon Marom

Technion

On the Sensitivity of Hodgkin-Huxley Model to Parametric Variation

November 17th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Omer Revah

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Using stem cells to build a model of the human cortex in vivo

November 24th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Benjamin Scholl

University of Pennsylvania

Functional and structural properties of synaptic inputs onto visual cortical neurons

December 8th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Michael Yartsev

University of California, Berkeley

Studying the Neural basis of Complex Spatial, Social and Acoustic Behaviors – in Freely Behaving and Flying Bats

December 27th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Ido Kanter

Bar Ilan University

From theoretical Physics to experimental Neuroscience: The new neuron and new type of learning

January 5th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Talya Sadeh

Ben Gurion University

How do we evaluate others’ memories? A behavioural and natural language processing study

January 12th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. David Kleinfeld

University of California San Diego

The dynamics of brain arterioles and what they tell about neural activity

January 17th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Johnatan (Yonatan) Aljadeff

University of California San Diego

Shallow networks run deep: How peripheral preprocessing facilitates odor classification

January 19th, 2023

14:30 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Robert Malenka

Stanford University

Synaptic Plasticity: The Brain's Response to Experience

March 23rd, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Peyman Golshani

UCLA

Emergence and stabilization of working memory representations in cortex and hippocampus

March 30th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Magdalena Götz

University of Munich & Helmholtz Center Munich

Novel mechanisms of neurogenesis and repair

April 20th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Ben Engelhard

Technion

Learning from dopamine’s complexity: investigating dopamine circuits in the brain to understand how we learn complex tasks

April 27th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Alessandro Treves

Cognitive Neuroscience

Establishing shared memories from the experience of mixed populations

May 9th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Daphna Joel

Tel Aviv University

Are the brains of women and men the same or different? Or is it the wrong question?

May 11th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Firas Mawase

Technion

Unlocking the Secrets of Finger Dexterity: What Lesions Teach Us About Human Neural Control

May 18th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Oren Forkosh

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mapping animal behavior, emotions, and personality across species

June 1st, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Michael A. Long

New York University School of Medicine

Population analysis of sequence generation for birdsong

June 8th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Ariel Gilad

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Brain-wide dynamics underlying different cognitive functions

June 15th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Jackie Schiller

Technion

Cell-type dependent representations in the motor cortex

June 29th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

For registering to the seminar series, please subscribe to ELSC seminar mailing list

Previous years’ seminars can be viewed online on the ELSC YouTube channel

Prof. Viola Priesemann

Max Planck institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

Spreading dynamics: from neural networks to COVID-19

October 14th, 2021

14:40 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr Mark J Wagner

National Institutes of Health

Learning in neocortex-cerebellum circuits

October 21st, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Prof. Omri Barak

The Technion

Charting the space of solutions for recurrent neural networks

October 28th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Avihu Klar

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Wiring the spinal cord - Evolution and function of spinal neuronal circuits

November 4th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Tamar Makin

University College London (UCL)

Neurocognitive considerations for the future body

November 11th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Jaan Aru

University of Tartu

Cellular mechanisms of conscious processing

November 18th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr. Ken Norman

Princeton University

Computational Principles of Event Memory

December 2nd, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr. Michal Rivlin

Weizmann Institute of Science

Top-down modulation of the retinal code via histaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus

December 9th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Tara Keck

University College London (UCL)

Spatial scales of homeostatic plasticity in mouse visual cortex

December 16th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr. Shira Knafo

Ben-Gurion University

AMPA receptors: from fundamental insights to cognitive enhancement

December 23rd, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Yaniv Ziv

Weizmann Institute of Science

Representational drift in hippocampus and cortex

December 30th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Ahmed El-Hady

Princeton University

Functional ultrasound imaging during behavior

January 6th, 2022

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky

Weizmann Institute of Science

Neural Codes for Natural Behaviors in Flying Bats

January 13th, 2022

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Arnon Levy

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

What, and how, does optimality explain?

March 10th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Ayelet Landau

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

What is interval timing made of?

March 24th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Oded Rechavi

Tel Aviv University

Short, long and even transgenerational memories in C. elegans nematodes

March 31st, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Oliver Hobert

Columbia University

Homeobox genes encode neuronal diversity

April 7th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Ivo Spiegel

Weizmann Institute of Science

How the genome regulates information processing and plasticity in neural circuits

April 28th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Nir Gov

Weizmann Institute of Science

Spin models for decision-making in real and abstract space

May 12th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Galit Ophir

Bar-Ilan University

Studying mechanisms that shape the interplay between social interaction and motivation

May 19th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal

Tel-Aviv University

Neural activity underlying prosocial behavior in rats

June 2nd, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Nitzan Censor

Tel Aviv University

Rapid learning (and unlearning) in the human brain

June 9th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Yaara Erez

Bar-Ilan University

Cross-modality neuroimaging of the executive control network in the human brain

June 16th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

The ELSC weekly seminar’s are broadcasted via Zoom.

For registering to the seminar series, please subscribe to ELSC seminar mailing list.

Previous years’ seminars can be viewed online on the ELSC YouTube channel.

Prof. Hamutal Slovin

Bar Ilan University

Encoding local stimulus attributes and higher visual functions in V1 of behaving monkeys

June 17th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Josh Goldberg

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The pathophysiology of prodromal Parkinson’s disease

June 10th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Inna Slutsky

Tel Aviv University

Firing Rate Homeostasis in Neural Circuits: From basic principles to malfunctions

June 3rd, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Ofer Yizhar

Weizmann Institute

Optogenetic silencing of synaptic transmission with a mosquito rhodopsin

May 27th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Dori Derdikman

Technion

On places and borders in the brain

May 20th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Yossi Yovel

Tel Aviv University

On cognitive maps and reinforcement learning in large-scale animal behaviour

May 13th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Sabine Kastner

Princeton University

Neural dynamics of the primate attention network

May 6th, 2021

15:00 (IST)

Canceled

Dr. Eran Stark

Tel Aviv University

Error correction and reliability timescale in converging cortical networks

April 29th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Dr. Assaf Tal

Weizmann Institute

From function to cognition: New spectroscopic tools for studying brain neurochemistry in-vivo

April 22nd, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Dr. Takashi Kawashima

Weizmann Institute

Neural control of motor actions: from whole-brain landscape to millisecond dynamics

April 8th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Galit Yovel

Tel Aviv University

How do humans recognize faces? Insights from biological and artificial face recognition systems

March 18th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. John Krakauer

Johns Hopkins University

Two views of the Cognitive Brain

January 21st, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Jeffrey Magee

Baylor College of Medicine

A directed form of plasticity shapes hippocampal representations

January 14th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Yang Dan

University of California, Berkeley

A motor theory of sleep control

January 7th, 2021

13:00 (IST)

Prof. David Hansel

National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS)

Theory of feature selectivity in rodent primary visual cortex

December 31st, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Rafael Yuste

Columbia University

Can you see a thought? Neuronal ensembles as emergent units of cortical function

December 17th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Jan Born

University of Tübingen

Systems consolidation of memory during sleep

December 10th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Thomas Mrsic-Flogel

University College London (UCL)

Neural correlates of belief updates in the mouse secondary motor cortex

December 3rd, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Dr. Ziv Williams

Harvard Medical School

Studying social cognition in mice, primates and humans

November 26th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Timothy Behrens

University of Oxford

Abstraction and inference in the prefrontal hippocampal circuitry

November 19th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Ilana Witten

Princeton University

Specialized and spatially organized dopamine signals

November 12th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Christian Doeller

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Structuring experience in cognitive spaces

November 5th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Robert C. Froemke

New York University

Social transmission of maternal behavior via oxytocin and synaptic plasticity

October 29th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Jennifer Groh

Duke University

Follow the model: computations for representing space within and across the senses

October 22nd, 2020

14:00 (IST)