Lectures on Tap - "How Experiences Rewire the Brain"

Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Boston bars. 📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: "How Experiences Rewire the Brain" 🎤 Speaker: Shon Koren Join us for a fascinating evening as neuroscientist Shon Koren reveals how life’s experiences literally reshape the brain. From before we are born through adulthood, our neurons are constantly building and refining the circuits that allow us to see, learn, and adapt to a changing world. Shon will explain how the brain prepares a visual system even before we open our eyes, and how experience fine-tunes that system over time. He will explore how cutting-edge techniques let scientists trace how sights and sounds are translated into molecular changes inside neurons, down to how our DNA is packaged and read. You’ll hear how early-life experiences can leave lasting molecular “marks” that alter brain wiring, how these same mechanisms may contribute to aging and neurodegeneration, and what this means for understanding conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. Don’t miss this chance to see how invisible molecular events shape everything we experience—and how your own life story is written into your brain. Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌 Agenda 6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key. 6:55 PM – Host introduction 7:00 PM – Lecture begins 7:45 PM – Audience Q&A 8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round 8:30 PM – Wrap up.