Scientific
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Cognitive Sciences Virtual Colloquia Series – Josh McDermott, Ph.D.
Understanding Auditory Cortical Computation Just by listening, humans can determine who is talking to them, whether a window in their house is open or shut, or what their child dropped on the floor in the next room. This ability to derive information from sound is enabled by a cascade of neuronal processing stages that transform…
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Neurobiology and Behavior Distinguished Colloquium – Bence Olveczky, PhD
Save the Date Dr. Bence Olveczky is a Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. His research focuses on the neural circuits underlying motor learning in rodents and song birds. Dr. Olveczky is a leader in the field of chronic recording and causal manipulation of neuronal circuits. His work combines state-of-the-art technologies…
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Making Waves: Entrepreneur Conversations – Leen Kawas
Join us for a conversation with Richard Sudek, executive director at Beall Applied Innovation and chief innovation officer at UCI and Leen Kawas, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Athira Pharma. They’ll discuss how a young woman pursuing the American Dream goes from scientist to startup to taking her company public…
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Thriving Through Connections Mental Health and Wellness Virtual Conference
In a time of uncertainty, confusion, and disconnectedness Thriving through Connections seeks to bring together a diverse group of mental health professionals and the 16-24-year-old population for a day of learning and connection in a safe and welcoming virtual space. Thriving through Connections will deliver a highly interactive, 3D environment with a live streaming video…
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Bilingual Minds and Brain Lab Speaker Series: John Grundy and John Anderson
John Grundy, PhD of Iowa State University and John Anderson, PhD of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Kimel Imaging and Genetics Laboratory in Toronto will be presenting their research: Bilingualism leads to cognitive reserve in older adults.
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Gaia Novarino, Ph.D.
Dr. Gaia Novarino, professor of life sciences at IST Austria, will be one of the speakers in the 2020/21 EpiCenter Seminar Series.
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Language Science Department Colloquium with Evelina Fedorenko
Dr. Evelina Fedorenko, an associate professor of MIT, will be presenting her latest research on the language system in the human mind and brain.
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BME Seminar Series: Michael Yartsev of UC Berkeley
“Studying the Neural basis of Complex Spatial, Social and Acoustic Behaviors – in Freely Behaving and Flying Bats” BME Seminar Series Join the UCI Samueli School of Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering in a virtual seminar with Michael Yartsev, Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, where he will be presenting his latest research.
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CNLM Virtual Colloquium with Dr. Staci D. Bilbo
Prenatal environmental stressors impair postnatal microglial function and behavior in male mice Join this virtual colloquium brought by the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, where Staci D. Bilbo, Ph.D., from Duke University, will be presenting her research on brain science.
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Developmental and Cell Biology Seminar Series with Irene Chiolo
Highways for Repair: Nuclear Actin Filaments and Myosins Drive Relocalization and Repair of Heterochromatic DNA Breaks Join the UCI BioSci Department of Developmental and Cell Biology in a virtual seminar with Irene Chiolo, Associate Professor of the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Southern California. Abstract Pericentromeric heterochromatin accounts for ~30% of fly…
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Dr. Anne Churchland: “Single-trial neural dynamics are dominated by richly varied movements”
CNCM Seminar Join the Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a zoom seminar with Anne Churchland, Ph.D., from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/UCLA, who will be presenting her latest research on neural dynamics of movements.
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Mark Dell’Acqua, PhD
Dr. Mark Dell'Acqua, professor and vice chair of the department of pharmacology at the University of Colorado, will be one of the speakers in the 2020/21 EpiCenter Seminar Series.
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