Luttge Lecture

Over 100 McKnight Brain Institute faculty members, trainees, students and staff attended annual lecture honoring the MBI's founding director.

William G. “Bill” Luttge, Ph.D. In 2012, the McKnight Brain Research Foundation endowed the University of Florida with $300,000 to establish a permanent annual lectureship as a memorial tribute to the late William G. “Bill” Luttge, Ph.D., the first director of the MBI. Held each…

Dr. Joshua A. Gordon spoke about genetics, neural circuits and computational approaches during the first Luttge Lecture since 2019.

NIAA Director Dr. George Koob discussed the state of alcohol use disorders in the U.S. and the pursuit of new treatment targets during the seventh annual Luttge Lectureship in Neuroscience.