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Lecture at Wayne State Biological Sciences Department

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2022

Dr. Asok gave an in-person lecture at Wayne State University on Circular RNAs and episodic memory.

Grand Rounds Lecture at JPS Health Network in Texas

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2022

Dr. Asok gave a virtual Grand Rounds lecture to Clinicians, residents, interns, and healthcare workers at JPS Health in Fort Worth, Texas.

Associate Editor at Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

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2022

Dr. Asok took on an editorial position at Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Lecture at Delaware State University

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2021

Dr. Asok gave a lecture on the neural circuits of fear and an ask me anything session for students at Delaware State University 

MIT Technology Review Interview

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2021

Dr. Asok was interviewed about Google Calico's new small molecule drug development

NIMH Special Volunteer for COVID and Mental Health

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2021

Dr. Asok took on a Special Volunteer position for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

MPA 2021 Annual Conference

2021

Lecture at the 2021 Annual Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) Virtual Conference

Co-Editor of a Special Journal Issue on Stress and the Brain

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2019 - 2020

Along with Dr. Eric Kandel, Dr. Asok is co-editing a special issue in the journal Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience on the neurobiology of stress.

Talk at the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA

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2018

Dr. Asok presented his work focused on the discovery of a neural circuit between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus that regulates both learned and innate fears.

Talk at the Cohen Veteran Care Summit in Washington D.C.

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2017

Dr. Asok delivered a talk about his work on the neurobiology of PTSD at the Ronald Regan Center in Washington D.C. to an audience that included senators and members of the armed services.

International Talk at the Memorial University PTSD Conference in Newfoundland 

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2016

Dr. Asok presented his work on how an extended amygdala circuit controls later stages of the brain's fear response.

Special Halloween Interview on Why We are Afraid

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2015

Dr. Asok provided background for and article related to fear and Halloween 

Radio Interview About Fear and Anxiety

2014

Science Rocks Radio Podcast - Dr. Arun Asok
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Dr. Asok was interviewed about the neurobiology of fear and anxiety.

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