15th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium & Shucart Lecture

Please join us in person for the 15th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposium and William Shucart Lecture on Thursday, October 8th, 2026.
About this Event

The Tufts Neuroscience Symposium is a day-long event featuring diverse speakers from around the country, and consistently brings together many from Neuroscience disciplines in the Boston area for a day of educational talks and discussions. It is concluded by a lecture that honors Dr. William Shucart, former professor and chair of Neurosurgery at Tufts University School of Medicine.

This year’s theme, "Neural Metabolism Across Scales: From Cellular Bioenergetics to Systemic Energy Homeostasis," will explore how metabolic mechanisms shape nervous system function in health and disease.

Please RSVP by October 1st if you plan to attend. Registration is free but required.

Speaker Lineup

SESSION 1: Cellular Bioenergetics

Sankhanil Saha, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Dulla Lab, Tufts University

Gulcin Pekkurnaz, PhD
University of California, San Diego

Mark Andermann, PhD
Harvard Medical School/BIDMC

SESSION 2: Brain Circuits Regulating Systemic Metabolism

Gabriella Hinojosa
Graduate Student, Rios Lab, Tufts University

Sabrina Diano, PhD
Columbia University

Bradford Lowell, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School/BIDMC

SESSION 3: Metabolic Dysregulation and Brain Function

Jonathan Hacker
Graduate Student, Yang Lab, Tufts University

Joshua Meisel, PhD
Brandeis University

Juan Song, PhD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

SHUCART LECTURER:

Dana Small, PhD
McGill University