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SUMMARY:Conte Center Seminar Series - Thomas Kash PhD
DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, January 11th\, 2022 for a Conte Center@UCI Seminar: “Probing the Role of Serotonin in Alcohol Use Disorders”\, Guest Speaker: Thomas L. Kash PhD from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/conte-center-seminar-series-thomas-kash-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220125T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220125T130000
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SUMMARY:What Matters to Me & Why: Leslie M. Thompson\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:2021-22 UCI Health Series  \nLeslie M. Thompson\, PhD\, is a Donald Bren and Chancellor’s Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California\, Irvine. \nFor more information on Dr. Thompson and the What Matters to Me & Why program\, please visit:\nhttps://chancellor.uci.edu/campus-climate/wmmw/index.php
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/what-matters-to-me-why-leslie-m-thompson-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220201T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220201T120000
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SUMMARY:CNLM Colloquium with Barry Setlow\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Sex\, drugs\, and getting old; influences on decision making and executive functions \nThe CNLM will host Dr. Barry Setlow\, professor of psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine\, in a colloquium where he will present his latest research.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/cnlm-colloquium-with-barry-setlow-ph-d/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students,Students, Faculty, Staff Only
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory":MAILTO:memory@uci.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220208T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220208T123000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220125T220206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T171840Z
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SUMMARY:19th Annual EpiCenter Symposium
DESCRIPTION:19th Annual EpiCenter Symposium Brain Development & Epilepsy \nThe 19th Annual EpCenter Symposium includes keynote speaker Bina Santoro\, PhD\, assistant research scientist at the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/19th-annual-epicenter-symposium/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students,Students, Faculty, Staff Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220208T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220208T120000
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SUMMARY:Carlos Portera Cailliau\, MD
DESCRIPTION:Cortical interneuron hypofunction in Fragile X Syndrome \nThe Department of Neurobiology and Behavior will host Carlos Portera Cailliau\, from the Department of Neurology & Neurobiology of the University of California\, Los Angeles\, for a James L. McGaugh Distinguished Lecture. \n  \n\nAbstract \n\nCortical circuit dysfunction is a primary pathophysiology in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). Considering how symptoms in NDDs/autism become apparent in toddlers\, circuit changes must emerge very early in cortical development.  Over the last decade\, developmental differences in cortical synaptic dynamics\, neuronal adaptation\, and network synchrony have been reported in the Fmr1 knockout (KO) mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)\, a prototypical NDD.  In addition\, the density\, maturity and activity of parvalbumin (PV) cortical interneurons are all reduced in Fmr1 KO mice and in other autism mouse models.  We find that the density of PV neurons in S1 is reduced in both juvenile and adult Fmr1 KO mice\, as well as in post-mortem tissue from human FXS cases.  Furthermore\, the density and the firing of Nkx2.1-expressing interneuron precursors are also reduced in early Fmr1 KO mice. Increasing MGE-derived interneuron activity using excitatory DREADDs significantly increases the density of PV cells at P15. Moreover\, increasing PV cell firing in Fmr1 KO mice with a novel allosteric modulator of Kv3.1 channels improves deficits in the tuning and the adaptation of excitatory neurons in S1 to repetitive whisker stimulation.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/carlos-portera-cailliau-md/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220210T110000
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CREATED:20220125T221957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T214002Z
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SUMMARY:Bruce Herring\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Cell-specific expression of SAP97 links augmented glutamatergic synapse function to Schizophrenia \nJoin the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology for a virtual seminar featuring Bruce Herring\, PhD\, assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Southern California.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/bruce-herring-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students,Students, Faculty, Staff Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220215T170000
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SUMMARY:13th Annual Emerging Scientists Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Join REMIND and UCI MIND for the 13th Annual Emerging Scientists Symposium featuring keynote speaker\, Cynthia Lemere\, PhD\, associate professor at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/13th-annual-emerging-scientists-symposium/
LOCATION:UCI Student Event Center\, 311 W Peltason Dr # A\, Irvine\, CA 92697\, Doheny Beach Meeting Room\, 311 W Peltason Dr # A\, Irvine\, CA 92697\, Irvine\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students,Students, Faculty, Staff Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220215T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220215T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20211207T184929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T173445Z
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SUMMARY:William A. Carlezon Jr. Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Enduring effects of early developmental immune activation \nThe Conte Center@UCI Seminar Series will feature guest speaker William A. Carlezon Jr. Ph.D.\, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/conte-center-seminar-series-william-a-carlezon-jr-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students,Students, Faculty, Staff Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220222T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220222T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220209T223630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T223906Z
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SUMMARY:UCI MSTP Distinguished Lecture Series Talk | Speaker: Garret Stuber \, Ph.D. on Tuesday\, February 22nd 2022
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 22\, 2022 \nNeurocircuits for Motivation and Reward featuring Guest Speaker\, Garret Stuber\, PhD\nProfessor\, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine\, University of Washington \n4 – 5 p.m. PT \nFree to attend. RSVP encouraged.\nVirtual/Hybrid Event\nTelecast via Zoom\, and in-person in Tamkin F110 \n\nOrganized by: MSTP students Dhruba Banerjee\, and Heechul Jun \nEvent Contacts: Heechul Jun | heechulj@hs.uci.edu
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/uci-mstp-distinguished-lecture-series-talk-speaker-garret-stuber-ph-d-on-tuesday-february-22nd-2022/
LOCATION:Virtual/Hybrid Event (Telecast via Zoom\, and in-person in Tamkin F110)\, Tamkin F110 Academy Wy\, Irvine\, CA\, 92617\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Community,Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220208T183410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220222T200859Z
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SUMMARY:Conte Center@UCI 9th Annual Symposium\, featuring Keynote Speaker\, Dr. Diego Pizzagalli
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCI Conte Center at its 9th Annual Symposium titled\, Origins of Mental Health and Disease: Research and Reality\, happening on March 23\, 2022. The event features keynote speaker\, Diego Pizzagalli\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School\, and the Center Director for a Silvio O. Conte Center for Basic Translational Mental Health Research focused on the neurobiology of and novel treatment targets for depression and anxiety disorders. \nView the event flyer here. \n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/conte-center-9th-annual-symposium/
LOCATION:Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering\, 100 Academy Wy\, Irvine\, CA\, 92617\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Community,Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220419T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20210826T235710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T003326Z
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SUMMARY:Lara Rangel\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:The CNLM will be hosting Dr. Lara Rangel\, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California\, San Diego\, in a colloquium where she will present her latest research. \nThe flexible coordination of hippocampal spiking activity in rhythms \nDuring successful computation\, brain regions must have an efficient method for filtering information from multiple sources and coordinating communication with other regions. A great system for examining this is the hippocampus\, a brain structure critical for learning and memory that must integrate and associate various streams of information. Research conducted by Dr. Lara Maria Rangel suggests that successful processing of information in the hippocampus during an associative memory task is dependent on coordinated oscillatory activity\, and more specifically the flexible engagement of hippocampal cells in distinct rhythmic circuits. \nAbout Dr. Lara Rangel \nDr. Rangel is a systems neuroscientist\, whose work characterizes the temporal dynamics of cross-regional oscillatory interactions and the flexible participation of neurons in local rhythmic networks during behavior. \n \n  \nThis year\, the series will be held in a virtual format with some speakers presenting in-person as well. We will keep registered participants updated on the possibility of an in-person event as the situation with COVID-19 evolves. \n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/lara-rangel-ph-d/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory":MAILTO:memory@uci.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220505T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220506T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20210824T213007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220314T172921Z
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SUMMARY:2022 CNLM Spring Conference
DESCRIPTION:Since 1982\, the CNLM has hosted an annual scientific conference in the spring to discuss recent advances in the field and launch new collaborations and synergies. The conferences include several themed symposia\, short presentations by trainees\, panel discussions\, and keynote lectures. It is a crucial scientific development opportunity for students and postdocs as well as a faculty. Attendance is by invitation only (except for the triennial international conference – see 2018 below)\, and the program is developed by a committee of CNLM faculty fellows\, including external fellows. The conferences are highly renowned for their intellectual atmosphere\, use of the 50/50 discussion rule\, and the special edited volumes that result from them. Typical attendance at the annual conference is between 100-120 attendees. Attendance at the 2018 meeting exceeded 1\,000 scientists.  \nTo learn more about past conferences\, visit: https://cnlm.uci.edu/scientific-activities/spring-meeting/
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/2022-cnlm-spring-conference/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory":MAILTO:memory@uci.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220525T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220525T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220207T185913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T000055Z
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SUMMARY:2022 CNLM Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) for the 2021 CNLM Awards Ceremony The CNLM offers awards to exceptional postdoctoral researchers\, graduate trainees\, undergraduates students\, and faculty.  Awardees will be presented with a plaque and $1\,000 stipend and will be invited to present their work in brief Elevator Pitch format to the UCI academic community and the public at our annual CNLM Awards Ceremony. \n  \nApplications for the 2021 CNLM Awards are due in February. Stay tuned! \nFor more information\, please visit: https://cnlm.uci.edu/awards/ \n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/2022-cnlm-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Community,Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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ORGANIZER;CN="UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory":MAILTO:memory@uci.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220607T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220607T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220517T152320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220517T152320Z
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SUMMARY:James L. McGaugh Distinguished Lecture: Kay Tye\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Neural Representations of Social Homeostasis \nJoin the UCI Department of Neurobiology and Behavior for a virtual seminar featuring\, Dr. Kay Tye of the Salk Institute. \nAbstract: \nHow does our brain rapidly determine if something is good or bad? How do we know our place within a social group? How do we know how to behave appropriately in dynamic environments with ever-changing conditions?\nThe Tye Lab is interested in understanding how neural circuits important for driving positive and negative motivational valence (seeking pleasure or avoiding punishment) are anatomically\, genetically and functionally arranged.  We study the neural mechanisms that underlie a wide range of behaviors ranging from learned to innate\, including social\, feeding\, reward-seeking and anxiety-related behaviors. We have also become interested in “social homeostasis” — how our brains establish a preferred set-point for social contact\, and how this maintains stability within a social group.  How are these circuits interconnected with one another\, and how are competing mechanisms orchestrated on a neural population level? We employ optogenetic\, electrophysiological\, electrochemical\, pharmacological and imaging approaches to probe these circuits during behavior.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/james-l-mcgaugh-distinguished-lecture-kay-tye-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220609T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220609T180000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220524T152420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T153522Z
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SUMMARY:Society of Behavioral Medicine Information Event: Margaret Schneider\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to the Society of Behavioral Medicine: Professional development & networking opportunities for students & early-career scientists \nThe Society of Behavioral Medicine has the resources and tools you need to advance your career. SBM offers networking\, mentoring\, continuing education\, webinars\, presentation opportunities\, publication opportunities\, a Student Special Interest Group\, and much more. Join us for an information session organized by SBM leadership at UC Irvine featuring Dr. Margaret Schneider\, President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Come to learn and network with SBM members and fellow UCI scientists from all career stages.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/society-of-behavioral-medicine-information-event-margaret-schneider-phd/
LOCATION:Thorp Conference Center\, Gross Hall\, 4th Floor\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220614T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220614T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220602T201944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T201944Z
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SUMMARY:Albert La Spada\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Deconstructing Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies: From Pathology of Neuron Demise to Therapeutic Interventon \nJoin the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Albert La Spada. \n \nAbstract:Both rare inherited neurodegenerative disorders and common sporadic neurodegenerative diseases are caused by misfolded proteins that accumulate in neurons and glia of affected patients.  The CAG – polyglutamine (PolyQ) repeat diseases are one category of inherited neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by the expansion of a CAG triplet repeat\, resulting in a protein with an abnormally extended polyglutamine (polyQ) tract.  The repeat expansions in these diseases occur in the coding region\, and lead to the production of aggregate-prone proteins.  Of the nine CAG-PolyQ diseases\, I have been studying the disease pathogenesis of three such disorders: X-linked spinal & bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA/Kennedy’s disease)\, Huntington’s disease\, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 7.  To determine the cellular and molecular basis of these diseases\, I have relied upon mouse models and human stem cell models\, and through these efforts\, I have uncovered a central role for transcription dysregulation\, altered proteostasis\, and bioenergetic abnormalities in the pathogenesis of these disorders.  Unbiased transcriptome analysis and directed studies of cell-type contribution have yielded crucial insights into the nature of these diseases\, and have revealed targets and pathways likely amenable to therapeutic manipulation. \nHybrid Event\nThe seminar will be live-streamed via zoom and in person.\nPlease RSVP to let us know how you will attend and receive zoom link. \nIn-Person Meeting: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) auditorium
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/albert-la-spada-phd/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom\, 419 Physical Sciences Quad\, Irvine\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220909T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220909T153000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220829T183218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T184251Z
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SUMMARY:33rd Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference
DESCRIPTION:Dementia across the lifespan…\nJoin UCI MIND\, Alzheimer’s Orange County\, and Alzheimer’s Association for the 33rd Annual Southern California Alzheimer’s Disease Research Conference. This hybrid conference will cover a wide range of topics across the lifespan\, such as Down syndrome\, frontotemporal dementia\, early-onset Alzheimer’s\, the oldest-old\, and even more.To view the agenda\, see our exhibitors\, read about our esteemed speakers\, and more\, visit conference.mind.uci.edu. \nThis is a hybrid event\, taking place in person at the Irvine Marriott Hotel and virtually via Zoom.  \n  \n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/33rd-annual-southern-california-alzheimers-disease-research-conference/
LOCATION:Irvine Marriott Hotel\, 18000 Von Karman Ave\, Irvine\, CA\, 92612
CATEGORIES:All,Community,Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220913T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
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SUMMARY:Susan B. Perlman\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Neuroscientific Evaluation of Risk in Early Childhood Psychopathology: Integrating Proximal and Distal Factors. \n\n\n\nJoin the Conte Center at UCI for a seminar featuring Dr. Susan B. Perlman\, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Washington University of St. Louis. \nTo learn more\, please visit: https://contecenter.uci.edu/seminar-series/
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/susan-b-perlman-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual/Hybrid Event (In person at Gross Hall 4th Floor Conference Room)\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220920T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220829T180611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T180611Z
UID:10000333-1663668000-1663671600@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Li Zhang\, Ph.D
DESCRIPTION:CNCM Seminar  \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a seminar featuring Dr. Li Zhang\, Professor of Physiology & Neuroscience and Director of the Center for Neural Circuits and Sensory Processing Disorders of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/li-zhang-ph-d/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220920T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220829T183851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T184131Z
UID:10000336-1663668000-1663671600@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Maurizio Taglialatela\, MD\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:EpiCenter Seminar Series  \nJoin the UCI Epilepsy Research Center featuring Maurizio Taglialatela\, MD\, PhD\, Professor of Pharmacology\, University of Naples Federico II\, in a virtual seminar.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/maurizio-taglialatela-md-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220928T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220913T183033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T183033Z
UID:10000338-1664359200-1664362800@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:CNCM Seminar: Peyman Golshani\, MD\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:New open-source tools for imaging neuronal activity in freely behaving animals \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a hybrid conference featuring Dr. Peyman Golshani\, Professor of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine\, UCLA. \nAbstract: \nDr. Golshani obtained his MD/PhD from UC Irvine and UC Davis where he trained under the mentorship of Dr. Edward G. Jones on the development of corticothalamic synapse. He then completed his Neurology residency at UCLA and obtained postdoctoral training with Dr. Felix Schweizer and Dr. Guoping Fan where he studied the role of DNA methylation in development of cortical circuits. He then became faculty and in collaboration with Dr. Portera-Cailliau and Dr. Stelios Smirnakis studied the developmental desynchronization of internally generated activity in the cerebral cortex. His independent laboratory now investigates how cortical microcircuits in the awake behaving animal encode sensory input and how disorders such as autism and developmental epilepsies disrupt functional cortical connectivity. \nHybrid Seminar \nIn-Person: Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Building ISEB 2020  \nVirtual: via Zoom
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/cncm-seminar-peyman-golshani-md-phd/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom\, 419 Physical Sciences Quad\, Irvine\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221004T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221004T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220929T153733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T154020Z
UID:10000350-1664877600-1664881200@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Rongxin Fang\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Analysis of Cortical Evolution with Specially Resolved Transcriptome Imaging \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a virtual seminar featuring Dr. Rongxin Fang. Dr. Fang is currently a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellow of the Dameon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D in Bioinformatics at the University of California\, San Diego.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/rongxin-fang-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221004T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221004T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220913T175619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T175640Z
UID:10000337-1664881200-1664884800@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar with Dr. Alan Urban
DESCRIPTION:How can functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) impact your research\, and what’s next? \nJoin the UCI Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Alan Urban\, Assistant Professor of the Department of Neurosciences of KU Leuven Research. \nAbstract: \nFunctional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) is based on Doppler ultrasound to track changes in cerebral blood volume as an indirect readout of evoked neuronal activity. It is similar to fMRI but with better spatiotemporal resolution and fewer technical constraints. Indeed\, fUSI can be performed in head-fixed or freely behaving rodents and allows volumetric images of the entire mouse brain. Proof of concept studies has been conducted in many species\, including primates and humans. fUSI has reached maturity\, and open access hardware and software solutions developed at NERF contribute to a faster and broader adoption by the neuroscience community. This seminar aims to introduce the physical basis of fUSI and present state-of-the-art in the field while providing detailed examples of the most impactful fUSI research. I will also discuss the latest capabilities of fUSI and suggest routes for improving the fUSI technology in the next few years. \nHybrid Event\nThe seminar will be live-streamed via zoom and in person.\nPlease RSVP to let us know how you will attend and receive zoom link. \nIn-Person Meeting: Dale Melbourne Herklotz Conference Room\, the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 300 Qureshey Research Lab
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/neurobiology-and-behavior-seminar-with-dr-alan-urban/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://brain.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/Alan-Urban.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20220929T160851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T161201Z
UID:10000353-1665136800-1665140400@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Serena M. Dudek\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in a virtual seminar featuring Dr. Serena M. Dudek \, Deputy Chief and Neurobiology Laboratory and Principal Investigator of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/serena-m-dudek-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165957
CREATED:20221004T205910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T210115Z
UID:10000355-1665144000-1665147600@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: How does neuronal activity protect the cortex from stroke?
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Stroke is the fifth leading cause for death in the U.S. and No. 1 cause for long term disability. Traditionally\, stroke has been studied in animal models using cellular and molecular techniques\, but little attention has been paid to neuronal activity. In this talk\, I will describe surprising findings in a rat model of ischemic stroke relating sensory stimulation-evoked neuronal activity and stroke. Depending on delivery timing\, sensory stimulation-evoked neuronal activity can protect the cortex from impending damage or exacerbate the damage. I will further elucidate the neuronal and vascular mechanisms underlying the protection and exacerbation processes and describe our accumulating evidence that neuronal activity and cortical structure-function relationship are pivotal players in understanding ischemic stroke outcome. \nBiography: Ron D. Frostig is a professor of neurobiology and behavior and biomedical engineering at UCI. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology and his master’s degree in neurobiology from the Hebrew University\, Israel. He received his doctorate in neuroscience at UCLA\, and was a postdoctoral research scholar in neurobiology at the Rockefeller University. His lab’s major research interests include basic and pre-clinical studies of neocortical structure and function with an emphasis on plasticity.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-how-does-neuronal-activity-protect-the-cortex-from-stroke/
LOCATION:McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium\, 314 Los Trancos Drive\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165958
CREATED:20220929T154800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T154800Z
UID:10000351-1665482400-1665486000@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Sean Foxley\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Sean Foxley of the University of Chicago.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/sean-foxley-phd/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://brain.uci.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2022/09/image-6.jpeg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165958
CREATED:20221005T155834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T155935Z
UID:10000356-1666180800-1666195200@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:UC Irvine Neuropolitics Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Cognitive Decline and Political Leadership \nJoin the UCI Center for Neuropolitics in a virtual symposium to discuss cognitive decline among politicians. \nCognitive deterioration of politicians (including diminished memory\, impaired decision-\nmaking\, mood alterations\, and dementia) is a critical emerging issue. This Symposium\nwill address the current state and future directions of assessment of cognitive function\nand decline among politicians. As professions such as law and medicine are addressing\ncognitive effects of age\, their insights may inform development of the proper strategy\nwithin politics. \n  \nClick here to view the symposium agenda
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/uc-irvine-neuropolitics-symposium/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Community,Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T110000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165958
CREATED:20220929T155114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T171916Z
UID:10000352-1666692000-1666695600@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Li Zhang\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:“Neural circuits for valence coding\, emotional states\, and motivated behaviors” \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Li Zhang of USC Medical School. \nAbstract: \nThe topic is about our recent studies on neural circuits in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) of the hypothalamus. MPOA plays a critical role in parental and prosocial behaviors via subpopulations of its GABAergic neurons. We now show that MPOA can be more generally viewed to serve as a critical hub to mediate both negative and positive emotional states and related behaviors through its glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons\, respectively\, with the former encoding extremely negative valence and mediating anxiety-like behaviors\, and the latter\, oppositely\, encoding positive valence and producing rewarding effects.  I will discuss the circuitry underlying how MPOA coordinately and antagonistically mediates behaviors related to different emotional states.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/li-zhang-ph-d-2/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom\, 419 Physical Sciences Quad\, Irvine\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165958
CREATED:20220929T163455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221014T155243Z
UID:10000354-1666699200-1666702800@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:NextGen Epilepsy Seminar: Jessie Buth and Christos Lisgaras
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCI Epilepsy Research Center in a virtual seminar of their NextGen Epilepsy Seminar Series featuring Jessie Buth\, PhD Student of the Novitch Lab at UCLA and Christos Lisgaras\, PhD\, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Scharfman Lab at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. \nThe seminar will be hosted by Robert Hunt\, PhD and will feature Jessie Buth presenting Investigating the Role of KDM6B in Human Brain Development and Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Stem Cell Models and Christos Lisgaras presenting Deciphering the Role of Hippocampal Area CA2 in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Using Closed-Loop Optogenetics. 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/nextgen-epilepsy-seminar-jessie-buth-and-christos-lisgaras/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T140000
DTSTAMP:20260421T165958
CREATED:20220929T151034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T151034Z
UID:10000349-1666702800-1666706400@brain.uci.edu
SUMMARY:Rajendra Morey\, MD\, MS
DESCRIPTION:Leveraging Team Science at a Global Scale to Investigate the Neurobiology of PTSD \nJoin the Conte Center @ UCI for a virtual seminar featuring Dr. Rajendra Morey\, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/rajendra-morey-md-ms/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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