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News

Nessa Selected for the 2025–2026 Frank & Blanche Mowrer Memorial Fellowship

The Appel Institute is pleased to announce that Nessa, graduate student in the Gan Lab, has been selected as a recipient of the Frank & Blanche Mowrer Memorial Fellowship (WCGS 2025–2026 Merit...

Save the Date: Appel Symposium 2026

Please save the date for the Appel Symposium 2026.Prior to the main symposium, the Appel Institute will host the Appel Poster Symposium. More information will be announced soon.Stay tuned for updates.

Applications now open for 6th Appel Institute and BMRI Summer Scholars Program

Starting in 2021, Appel Institute and Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) have supported promising students residing in the New York City area to explore neuroscience research...

Events

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

March 12, 2026 - 4:00pm
Rajiv R. Ratan MD, PhD Burke Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience Brain and Mind Research Institute and Weill Cornell Medicine CEO, Burke Neurological Institute Title of Talk: Protective...

Work in Progress Seminar

March 13, 2026 - 12:00pm
"Synaptic Subtype Identification: a high-content method for analyzing interneuron synapses in health and disease" Edmund Au, PhD, Director of the Laboratory for Cortical Interneuron Systems...

Progress in Neuroscience Seminar (PINS)

March 19, 2026 - 4:00pm
Tim Ryan, PhD Tri-Institutional Professor Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics Weill Cornell Medicine Talk Title: “Metabolic Vulnerabilities and Opportunities in Brain Function”

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