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Whether you’re in Woods Hole or halfway around the world, join us for this venerable MBL lecture series.</div>
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Lectures are free and open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance. No registration required for in-person attendance. Doors open at 7:30 PM, lectures start at 8 PM in the Cornelia Clapp Auditorium.</div>
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<b>Lecture Abstract: </b>Decoding the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric disorders such as addiction is critically linked to expanding insights obtained from the human brain which can inform targeted treatments. The important need for the development
of novel non-addictive medications is particularly critical today to address the persistent opioid and overdose epidemic crisis facing society worldwide. The presentation will provide molecular insights gained from post-mortem studies of human heroin users
and complementary mechanistic animal studies that identify specific epigenetic, neurodegenerative, and synaptic plasticity biological processes that offer druggable targets for opioid use disorder.</div>
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<b>Yasmin Hurd</b> is the Ward-Coleman Chair in Translational Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Pharmacological Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York. She is also the Director of the Addiction Institute at the Mount Sinai
Behavioral Health System which covers one of the largest addiction populations in the U.S. providing clinical care supported by evidence-based research. Dr. Hurd is an internationally renowned neuroscientist whose translational research examines the neurobiology
of drug abuse and related psychiatric disorders with a primary focus on opioid addiction and the developmental effects of cannabis. She leads a multidisciplinary team of investigators in molecular biology, behavioral neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging to
study the human brain as well as translational animal models. Dr. Hurd’s basic science research is complemented by clinical studies evaluating the therapeutic potential of novel strategies including phytocannabinoids (such as cannabidiol) for the treatment
of substance use disorders with a focus on opioid use disorder. Based on her high scientific accomplishments and her advocacy of drug addiction education and health, Dr. Hurd was inducted into both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy
of Medicine which complements other honors she has received in the field.</div>
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