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2025 Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium

2025 Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium

Featuring Mala Murthy and H. Sebastian Seung

Mala Murthy: Circuit Mechanisms For Dynamic Social Interactions

Mala Murthy is the Karol and Marnie Marcin ’96 Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. Murthy is internationally recognized for her pioneering work on the neural mechanisms of social communication using the fruit fly Drosophila as a model.

H. Sebastian Seung: Insights Into Vision From Interpreting a Neuronal Wiring Diagram

H. Sebastian Seung is the Evnin Professor in Neuroscience and Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience at Princeton University. Seung is internationally recognized for his pioneering work at the interface of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. His research aims to understand the brain’s wiring diagram, known as the connectome, and how it gives rise to perception, cognition, and behavior.

Symposium Organizers

Chris Xu
Applied and Engineering Physics;
The Mong Family Foundation Director, Cornell Neurotech—Engineering

Nilay Yapici
Neurobiology and Behavior;
Director, Cornell Neurotech—Arts and Sciences

Email neurotech@cornell.edu for more information.