Thu, Oct 23
|Connecticut Science Center
Herencias Latinas: Daniel Colón-Ramos, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: How Science Helps Us Understand Memory
Events start at 2:00pm (Capital Students only) in the library on campus. 5:00pm is a reception with food + drinks at the CT Science Center, followed by Daniel's talk at 6:00pm (also in the CT Science Center)
Time & Location
Oct 23, 2025, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Connecticut Science Center , 250 Columbus Blvd, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
About the Event
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: How Science Helps Us Understand Memory
Herencias Latinas: Daniel Colón-Ramos, Dorys McConnell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
2:00pm – Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to meet Daniel and chat with him in our school library.
CT State Capital Students that attend this event will receive a free book (Ciencia Boricua), which the author can sign for them! (until books run out).
5:00pm – Reception with free food and drinks in the main lobby of the Connecticut Science Center (250 Columbus Blvd) in honor of our guest speaker.
6:00pm – Daniel’s talk: "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS: How Science Helps Us Understand Memory" in the Connecticut Science Center movie theater.
CT State Capital students that register and attend the talk will be entitled to 2 tickets to go to the CT Science Center (a $40 value). The tickets can be collected at our library after the event (until tickets run out).
All these activities are free and open to the community. Feel free to invite relatives, friends… But please, make sure everyone registers for the event
ABOUT
Daniel Colón-Ramos was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He completed his B.A. at Harvard University, his PhD in the lab of Dr. Sally Kornbluth at Duke University and was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Kang Shen at Stanford University. The Colón-Ramos lab is interested in how synapses are precisely assembled to build the neuronal architecture that underlies behavior. To address this, they developed tools in the thermotaxis circuit of C. elegans. Their system enables unbiased genetic screens to identify novel pathways that instruct synaptogenesis in vivo, and single-cell manipulation of these pathways to understand how they influence behavior. As mechanisms underlying synapse structure and function are conserved, the research program seeks to enhance our understanding of synaptic cell biology in higher organisms, which may be important for disease.