H.W. Magoun Distinguished Lectureship 

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
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”