Past TEDx event

TEDxFurmanU

Taking Flight

Took placeFebruary 8, 2025
LocationGreenville, South Carolina, United States
FormatUniversity
TEDxFurmanU is one of the largest and longest running TEDxUniversity events in the Southeastern United States. In its thirteenth year, TEDxFurmanU encourages the members of our community to discover their personal motivations. This year’s TEDxFurmanU speaker lineup will feature new and inspiring talks focused on a diverse range of topics; including neuroscience, nature, philanthropy, martial arts, and more.

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

  • Peter Kalivas

    The Kalivas lab studies neuroplasticity underlying the development of addiction to drugs of abuse, as well as the learning and memory deficits associated with impoverished rearing environments. Research is at the level of protein biochemistry, neural circuitry and behavioral modeling. The current focus for both addiction and isolation rearing is in adaptations in excitatory neurotransmission. In collaboration with electrophysiologists in the department (Drs Lavin, Seamans, Woodward) we are elucidating the fundamental role of extracellular glutamate homeostatis in regulating neurotransmission and neuroplasticity. This has led to preclinical and clinical evaluations of specific proteins as targets in treating addiction, including metabotropic glutamate receptors and the cystine-glutamate exchanger.

Organizing team