Neurosciences Seminar: Andres Bendesky - Talk Title TBA

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Thursday, April 23, 2026
Time
12:00pm to 1:00pm PDT
Contacts
Emily Elrod, Wu Tsai Neuro Programs Associate, eelrod at stanford.edu
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Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
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Andres Bendesky, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute (he/him)

Andrés grew up in Mexico City, where he attended medical school at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Dr. Bendesky pursued his Ph.D at The Rockefeller University and proceeded to do postdoctoral work at Harvard University. There, he focused on studying the genetic basis of why monogamous rodents are more dedicated fathers than fathers from promiscuous species. In 2017 Dr. Bendesky joined the faculty of Columbia, where he continues to focus on discovering genetic, molecular, and neuronal mechanisms leading to diversity of social behaviors within species and across species—the study of how behavior evolves. 

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