Department of Translational Neurosciences - Fall 2025 Seminar Series

Presenter

Seminar Title

• Dissecting the Synaptic Basis of Learning In Vivo

Currently a postdoctoral fellow mentored by Dr. Takaki Komiyama at the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Wright investigates how natural activity patterns shape various forms of synaptic plasticity and how this plasticity in turn reorganizes neural circuits to mediate learning. Prior to joining the Komiyama lab, he received his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked with Dr. Yan Dong to study the synaptic mechanisms that underlie the natural dynamics of drug-associated memories. Dr. Wright’s long-term goal is to understand how the brain adaptively encodes information to shape behavior in both health and disease, and he is particularly interested in understanding how lower-level modifications, such as changes in synaptic function, drive higher-level adaptations in circuit function to obtain a comprehensive mechanistic understanding of how the brain adaptively controls behavior.

TNS Hosts

• James Bibb, PhD, Chair

For additional information, please contact Deborah Benoit. This seminar is hybrid and will be hosted both via Zoom and in person in the HSEB, C401 Seminar Room. Refreshments provided.