We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Erin M. Schuman will be the 2026 Carla Shatz & Corey Goodman Lectureship Series speaker on October 1, 2026.
After many years as Professor and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany, Dr. Schuman recently moved to a new position as Director of University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
The Schuman lab’s long-standing research interest is the study of cellular mechanisms and neural circuits that underlie information processing and storage. The lab focuses on the molecular and cell biological processes that control protein synthesis and degradation in neurons and their synapses. The complex morphology of neurons, with most synapses located hundreds of microns from the cell body, presents a logistical challenge for the establishment, maintenance and modification of local synaptic proteomes. Neurons have solved this problem by localizing important cell biological machines, including ribosomes and proteasomes, within dendrites and axons. For her groundbreaking work on local protein translation in neurons and the establishment of its importance for brain development and plasticity, Dr. Schuman has been awarded the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.
The Carla Shatz & Corey Goodman Lectureship Series was created through the generosity of co-founding directors of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley, Dr. Carla Shatz and Dr. Corey Goodman, along with Goodman’s wife Marcia Barinaga. The series brings outstanding neuroscientists to our campus to share their research and engage with our community.
We are excited to welcome Dr. Schuman to UC Berkeley on October 1, 2026, and hope that you will make plans to join us! More details about the event are to come.