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…
The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Masakazu Agetsuma, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan “Activity-dependent organization of prefrontal hub-networks for associative learning and signal transformation” Associative learning is crucial for adapting to environmental changes. Interactions among neuronal populations involving the dorso-medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC)…
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…
UCI Center for Translational Vision Research will host guest speaker Dr. Jack Gallant, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Co-director of the Brain Imaging Center (BIC), from the University of California, Berkeley A biologically plausible hierarchical convolutional energy model explains V4 responses during natural vision
UCI Epilepsy Research Center will host guest speaker Dr. Yang Yang, Jack and Barbara McCoy Associate Professor from Purdue University, for their EpiCenter Seminar. "SCN2A related autism and epilepsy: from mouse and hiPSC models to genetic medicine"