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The Wu Tsai Institute supports community-organized activities that advance our mission.
Wu Tsai Faculty Members and researchers in their groups can organize one-time and recurring activities that foster collaboration, skill development, and dialogue around relevant topics.
Explore currently supported activities and submit a proposal below.
WTI Interest Groups
Applied Philosophy in Neuroscience (APHINE) is an interdisciplinary group that seeks to foster a rigorous dialogue between philosophy and the brain sciences. Their mission is to explore how philosophical inquiry can shape and clarify neuroscientific research, and how empirical findings from neuroscience can inform and challenge long-standing philosophical theories. They host discussions, guest lectures, and reading groups on topics such as consciousness, free will, ethics of neurotechnology, and the nature of cognition.
APHINE provides a forum for students, postdocs, and faculty from all backgrounds–including neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, physics, and cognitive science–to engage with the fundamental questions of the mind and brain. Membership is open to anyone interested in APHINE’s mission.
Join APHINE’s Yale Connect page to learn about their events and hear about upcoming speakers, journal clubs, and more. Contact APHINE for more information.
The biological electron microscopy meetings are a forum for faculty and staff to give and receive feedback on approaches for using electron microscopy (EM) to study biological systems. The group is open to faculty, staff, and senior postdocs interested in research involving EM.
For more information, contact Wu Tsai Investigator Aaron Kuan.
The Brain-Body Interest Group is an intellectual home for integrative brain-body science at Yale. It brings together labs across departments and disciplines for monthly discussions on brain-body interactions.
Sessions are led by Yale faculty and are deliberately discussion-oriented, not standard research-in-progress talks: they leave ample room to discuss the state of the field, open questions, and theoretical frameworks, presented at a high level and free of jargon for an interdisciplinary audience. Every few months, the group also hosts external speakers. Anyone at Yale is welcome to attend, including trainees.
Join the group's mailing list or contact Wu Tsai Investigator Emilia Favuzzi for more details.
The computational neuroscience chalk talks are a forum for principal investigators who want to give and receive feedback on current theoretical and computational approaches to neuroscience questions. Membership is open to Yale faculty members.
For more information, contact Wu Tsai Faculty Member Damon Clark.
The journal club is a space for researchers, students, and faculty to come together and discuss exciting papers in Neuro-AI. Example topics include foundation models for neuroscience, neural dynamics, and network-brain alignment.
The club meets approximately weekly for internal presentations as well as special invited speakers on occasion. Participation is open to Yale community members.
Visit the club’s website to see the schedule and to get involved.
The Philosophical and Computational Foundations of Cognition (PCC) group brings together an interdisciplinary community across psychology, neuroscience, computer science, linguistics, and philosophy to develop computational theories of cognition.
The group offers a weekly 'CompCog' co-working day at 100 College, with opportunities to share ideas and build collaborations; monthly Computation and Cognition Joint Lab Meetings, featuring invited speakers and Yale students discussing computational approaches to studying the mind; chalk talk meetings focusing on theoretical issues; and a yearly panel bringing together Yale and invited speakers on topics of interest. Lively and stimulating discussion is the norm. Membership is open to Yale community members.
Join the PCC’s mailing list to find out more and receive announcements of upcoming events.
The Multimodal Visualization Club explores 3D interactive visualization and AR/VR technologies and co-designs immersive ways to explore varied, heterogeneous research data. Members are introduced to tools and concepts that power collaborative, real-time visualization platforms—including networking, compilers, computer graphics, systems design, and interaction models. The group explores both industry-leading and open-source tools. It is organized by the WTI's Center for Neurocomputation and Machine Intelligence.
Membership is open to anyone at Yale who wants to learn about and build cutting-edge data visualization software. Some background in computer science, data-driven research, or creative design might be beneficial.
Fill out this form to join or contact Ping Luo for more information.
The Yale Computational Psychiatry Consortium is a recurring trainee-focused lunch series held during the academic year for people interested in integrating computational modeling, cognitive and neurobiological approaches, and mental health across Yale departments.
Each session will combine structured networking with a rotating meeting focus. For example, meetings may include flash talks from trainees, journal club and research discussions on hot topics, low-stakes practice presentations for upcoming conferences or job talks, and more. This rotating format provides trainees with repeated, varied opportunities to develop both their professional networks and their scientific communication skills.
For more information, contact Adanya Johnson or Clara Haeffner, or join the consortium's mailing list.
The Yale Vision Research Seminar is a forum for faculty, staff, and trainees to learn about vision research performed on the Yale campus.
The seminars, which will highlight internal speakers, will share the latest results and methods related to vision science and to promote future collaborations. Speakers will also include researchers in fields adjacent to vision research. The seminar will occur monthly, and participation is open to Yale community members.
For more information, contact Wu Tsai Faculty Member Jonathan Demb.
WTI Student, Postbac, and Postdoc Collective
As the primary WTI group representing the interests of early-stage investigators, the trainee-led Student, Postbac, and Postdoc Collective (SPPC) provides opportunities to network, learn, and socialize. Activities encourage members to pursue interdisciplinary research interests, grow professionally, and promote science to a wide audience. Joining the SPPC allows trainees to grow as leaders and contribute to initiatives, policies, projects, and programming that impact the Yale community and beyond.
Membership is open to Yale trainees interested in the mission of the Institute. Leadership positions are filled annually; contributors and participants are welcomed throughout the year. Subscribe to the WTI Trainee listserv for updates about the SPPC's events as well as other trainee opportunities, or contact the SPPC for more information.
WTI Activity Grants | Call for Proposals
Activity Grants support one-time events and recurring activities such as Interest Groups.
One-time event (e.g., workshops, symposia) proposals are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Proposals for a recurring activity (e.g., journal clubs, seminar series, discussion groups called Interest Groups) are accepted in the spring for activities occurring in the next academic year.
April 15, 2026
Open call for proposals
May 15, 2026
Recurring activity proposal submission deadline
June 2026
Recurring activity selections announced
View the submission form for additional information, and please contact wti@yale.edu with questions.
