2023 Inaugural Symposium for the UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics

Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering 100 Academy Wy, Irvine, CA, United States

Dr. Al La Spada, Director, and Dr. Rob Spitale, Associate Director, of the UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics are delighted to announce our upcoming Inaugural Symposium: “Exploring the Future of Neurotherapeutics” The goals of the Inaugural Symposium are as follows: Introduce the center to campus. Learn about the vision that drives us, the milestones we’ve achieved, and…

Conspiracy Thinking in American Politics

Virtual via Zoom CA

This Symposium will include the Annual Jerrold Post Lecture on Neuropolitics, given by Keynote Speaker George Marcus. Psychiatrist Jerrold Post, MD (1934-2020), who was Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, was a founder of the field of political psychology and author of many influential books on the psychology of political leadership.

Samuel Barnes Science Discussion UCI Conte Center

Virtual via Zoom CA

Join Samuel Barnes, PhD for his discussion on “Mechanisms underlying flexible reward learning deficits in rodents” virtually with the UCI Conte Center. Zoom Link Passcode: 764583

Free

UCI Conte Center Seminar Series with Pat Levitt, PhD

Plumwood/Showa Denko Lecture Hall

“Functional Implications of Developmental Heterogeneity” by Pat Levitt, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Senior Vice President and Director, The Saban Research Institute, Simms/Mann Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, WM Keck Provost Professor of Neurogenetics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Presidential Leadership and Disability

Zoom Webinar

The age of presidential candidates has become a salient concern, but age is not the only physical factor that should concern citizens. Presidents can also suffer various forms of illness, both physical and psychological. This talk highlights the nature of these concerns and how we might work to mitigate their impact on political outcomes. Free…

Free

Darren Schreiber, PhD

Zoom Webinar

Join the UCI Center for Neuropolitics for their lecture with Darren Schreiber, PhD, JD, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeterin. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 2024? How Partisan Identity Politics is Taking Over America The past twenty years have demonstrated the role of biology in our political predispositions, with evidence from…

Free

2024 CNLM Award Ceremony

Irvine Improv 527 Spectrum Center Dr, 527 Spectrum Center Dr, United States

Join the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) for the 2024 CNLM Awards Ceremony. The CNLM offers awards to exceptional postdoctoral researchers, graduate trainees, undergraduates students, faculty, and alumni.  Student and trainee awardees will be invited to present their work in brief Elevator Pitch format to the UCI academic community and the public at our annual…

Free

Huizhong Tao, Ph.D.

Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) 1200 Irvine, CA, United States

Hypothalamic control of mood/emotion The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping is hosting a seminar by Dr. Huizhong Tao, professor of physiology and neuroscience at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

Free

35th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference

Hilton Irvine and Virtual 18800 MacArthur Blvd, Irvine, CA, United States

Register for the 35th Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference, Advances in Dementia Care, hosted by the UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) in partnership with Alzheimer’s Orange County and Alzheimer’s Association Orange County. This year the conference will examine the important advances being made in the diagnosis, treatment, and care for…

$75

2024 Second Annual Symposium for the Center for Neurotherapeutics

Samueli Integrative Health Institute Sue Gross Auditorium 856 Health Sciences Quad, Irvine, United States

The purpose of the Symposium will be to familiarize attendees with the UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics and introduce attendees to the exciting translational neuroscience research happening right on our campus and in labs across the country. We hope that attendees will: Learn about the vision that drives us at the UCI Center for Neurotherapeutics and our ongoing effort to…

Free

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.

Irvine Barclay Theater 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA, United States

The McGaugh-Gerard Lecture on Learning and Memory will host guest speaker Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University. Three Lessons About the Brain   Ever wonder how your brain really works? Join us for the 3rd Annual McGaugh-Gerard Lecture on Learning and Memory by Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, an author…

Free

Perspectives on Political Violence

Virtual Event

The Symposium of the UCI Center for Neuropolitics will address political violence in all its complexities. The Symposium will use the tools of neuroscience, political science, history and psychology to comprehensively analyze the disturbing development and potential emergence in American life. The Symposium includes the 2024 Jerrold Post Lecture on Neuropolitics, to be given by…

Free