The H.W. Magoun Lecture was instituted in 1989 as an annual lecture both to honor the BRI’s founder, Dr. Horace (Tid) Magoun, and to recognize outstanding achievements by BRI members. The lecturer is selected by a faculty committee, which evaluates nominations from the membership at large. More on H.W. Magoun and his legacy at the Brain Research Institute here.
YEAR | SPEAKER | DATE | AFFILIATIONS | Lecture Title | PHOTO |
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2023 | Weizhe Hong, Ph.D. | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | Professor Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Department of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at UCLA | "The Neuroscience of Prosocial Behavior" | |
2023 | Itzhak Fried, M.D., Ph.D. | Tuesday, June 06, 2023 | Professor Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "Memory Aid for the Human Brain: From Single Neurons to Neuromodulation" | |
2022 | Carrie Bearden, Ph.D. | Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Professor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "The 22q11.2 Locus as a Window Into Disrupted Neurodevelopment ” | |
2022 | Joshua Trachtenberg, Ph.D. | Tuesday, October 18, 2022 | Professor Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "The Evolution and Development of Experience-Dependent Cortical Plasticity in Early Postnatal Life” | |
2021 | Peyman Golshani, M.D., Ph.D. | Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | Professor in Residence Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Neural Network Dynamics Driving Arousal, Attention, and Memory” | |
2021 | Dean Buonomano, Ph.D. | Professor Departments of Neurobiology and Psychology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "How Does the Brain Tell Time?" | ||
2020 | Michael V. Sofroniew, M.D., Ph.D. | Tuesday, June 16, 2020 | Distinguished Professor Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "Essential Astrocyte Roles in Protection and Repair After CNS Injury and Disease" | |
2019 | Edythe D. London, Ph.D. | Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | Professor Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Neural Systems, Dopamine Receptors and Stimulant Use: Brain Imaging to Guide Treatment” | |
2018 | David S. Eisenberg, D.Phil. | Monday, May 14, 2018 | Distinguished Professor Department of Biological Chemistry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “The Amyloid State of Proteins: Reversible Functional Amyloid vs. Irreversible Pathogenic Amyloid” | |
2017 | Susan Bookheimer, Ph.D. | Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | Professor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “The Uniquely Human Hippocampus: Evidence from Functional Imaging in Health and Disease” | |
2016 | Baljit Khakh, Ph.D. | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 | Professor Departments of Neurobiology and Physiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | "Astrocyte Roles in Neural Circuits: New Tools, Findings and Concepts" | |
2015 | Istvan Mody, Ph.D. | Tuesday, March 10, 2015 | Professor Departments of Neurology and Physiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Inhibition in the Brain: Watching the Wheels go Round and Round” | |
2014 | Alcino J. Silva, Ph.D. | Tuesday, June 3, 2014 | Distinguished Professor Departments of Psychology and Neurobiology University of California, Los Angeles | ”The Exciting Road from Mechanisms of Learning to the Treatment of Cognitive Disorders” | |
2013 | V. Reggie Edgerton, Ph.D. | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | Vice Chair, Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology; Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurobiology University of California, Los Angeles | “Novel Principles of Motor Control: Shackled by Tradition, Released by Data” | |
2012 | Daniel H. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D. | Tuesday, May 29, 2012 | Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor. Department of Human Genetics Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Advances in Autism: The Path from Genetics and Neurobiology to Therapeutic Development” | |
2011 | Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D | Tuesday March 8, 2011 | Chair and Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry; Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Signaling Between Synapse and Nucleus During Neuronal Plasticity” | |
2010 | Ronald M. Harper, Ph.D. | Tuesday, March 9, 2010 | Distinguished Professor Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Sleep, Breathing and the Heart” | |
2009 | Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D. | Thursday, March 19, 2009 | Professor Department of Psychology College of Life Sciences University of California, Los Angeles | “The Dynamic Origin of Memory Systems in the Brain: Insight from Contextual Fear Conditioning” | |
2008 | Diane M. Papazian, Ph.D. | Tuesday March 11, 2008 | Professor Department of Physiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Kv3.3 Potassium Channels and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 13” | |
2007 | Richard W. Olsen, Ph.D. | Tuesday, March 13, 2007 | Distinguished Professor, Department of Anesthesiology; Professor Emeritus, Departments of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience University of California, Los Angeles | “GABA-A Receptors are Molecular Targets for Alcohol and General Anesthetics” | |
2006 | Jerome M. Siegel, Ph. D. | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | Professor Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences DGSOM at UCLA | “How the Brain Coordinates Muscle Tone, Emotion and Alertness: From Magoun to Orexin” | |
2005 | Jack L. Feldman, Ph.D. | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 | Distinguished Professor Department of Neurobiology DGSOM at UCLA | “A Lifetime of Breathing” | |
2004 | Allan J. Tobin, Ph.D. | Tuesday, June 1, 2004 | Professor Emeritus Departments of Physiological Science and Neurology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | “Impatience and Serendipity in the Fight Against Huntington’s Disease” | |
2003 | Arthur P. Arnold, Ph.D. | Tuesday, March 11. 2003 | Chair and Distinguished Professor Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology College of Life Sciences UCLA | “What Makes a Brain Feminine or Masculine?” | |
2002 | Anthony T. Campagnoni, Ph.D. | Tuesday, April 2, 2002 | Associate Director and Professor Emeritus Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences DGSOM at UCLA | “The Many Faces of the Myelin Basic Protein Gene: From Reverse Genetics to Cortical Development” | |
2001 | Debora B. Farber, Ph.D., D.Ph.hc. | Tuesday, March 13, 2001 | Distinguished Professor Department of Ophthalmology DGSOM at UCLA | “Of Mice and Men: Molecular Studies of Retinal Degenerations” | |
2000 | S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D. | Tuesday, May 16, 2000 | Distinguished Professor Department of Biological Chemistry DGSOM at UCLA | “Wiring the Nervous System: A Molecular Genetic Dissection of Axon Guidance” | |
1999 | William M. Pardridge, M.D. | Tuesday, March 16, 1999 | Professor Department of Medicine DGSOM at UCLA | “The Blood-Brain Barrier and Non-Invasive Drug Delivery to the Brain” | |
1997 | Lawrence Kruger, Ph.D. | Thursday, December 11, 1997 | Professor Departments of Neurobiology and Anesthesiology DGSOM at UCLA | “The Painful Quest of the Most Versatile Neuron or, Whither, Wither, the Wince?” | |
1996 | Lutz Birnbaumer, Ph.D. | Tuesday, December 17, 1996 | Professor Departments of Anesthesiology and Biological Chemistry DGSOM at UCLA | “Capacitative Calcium Entry Into Cells: Molecular Basis and Properties” | |
1995 | Elizabeth F. Neufeld, Ph.D. | Tuesday, February 21, 1995 | Chair and Professor Department of Biological Chemistry UCLA | “Understanding and Treating Mucopolysaccharide Storage Disorders” | |
1995 | Enrico Stefani, M.D., Ph.D. | Tuesday, December 12, 1995 | Vice Chair and Professor Department of Anesthesiology DGSOM at UCLA | “Regulation by Voltage and Auxiliary Subunits of Ion Channels” | |
1994 | John C. Liebeskind, Ph.D. | Wednesday, April 13, 1994 | Professor Departments of Psychology and Anesthesiology UCLA | “Pain, Stress, and Immunity” | |
1992 | Francisco Bezanilla, Ph.D. | Tuesday, December 1, 1992 | Professor Emeritus Department of Physiology DGSOM at UCLA | “The Nerve Impulse: Ion Channels Gated by Electric Fields” | |
1991 | Joaquin Fuster, M.D. | Monday, October 21, 1991 | Professor Department of Psychiatry DGSOM at UCLA | “A Glimpse of the ‘Engram’: Memory in Primate Cortex” | |
1990 | Arnold B. Scheibel, M.D. | Tuesday, April 24, 1990 | Professor Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Psychiatry UCLA | “On Cortical Substrates of Human Cognitive Function” |