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2024 Second Annual Symposium for the Center for Neurotherapeutics
Samueli Integrative Health Institute Sue Gross Auditorium 856 Health Sciences Quad, Irvine, United StatesThe 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…
Masakazu Agetsuma, Ph.D.
Plumwood House Room 166 1003 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, Irvine, CA, United StatesThe 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)…
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D.
Irvine Barclay Theater 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA, United StatesThe 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…
Jack Gallant, Ph.D.
Sue Gross Auditorium 854 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, United StatesUCI 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
Yang Yang, PhD
Plumwood House 1003 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, Irvine, CA, United StatesUCI 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"
Jeffrey Krichmar, Ph.D.
Hybrid Event (This event will be held virtually via Zoom and In-Person in the Herkltoz Conference Room) 300 Qureshey Research Lab Irvine, Irvine, CA, United StatesJoin the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) for a hybrid event featuring Dr. Jeffrey Krichmar, Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. This event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom. Biologically inspired robot navigation We take inspiration from recent neurophysiological findings…
J. Zoe Klemfuss, Ph.D.
Hybrid Event (This event will be held virtually via Zoom and In-Person in the Herkltoz Conference Room) 300 Qureshey Research Lab Irvine, Irvine, CA, United StatesJoin the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) for a hybrid event featuring Dr. J. Zoe Klemfuss, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. This event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom. Children’s memory reports in legal contexts Millions of US…
Katalin Gothard, MD, Ph.D.
CNLM Herklotz Conference Center Irvine, CA, United StatesThe James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar will host guest speaker Dr. Katalin Gothard, Professor of Physiology, Neurology, and Neuroscience, from The University of Arizona “A context-dependent switch from sensing to feeling in the primate amygdala” Tactile signals elicited in the periphery by social and affective touch acquire emotional significance in the brain. As the amygdala…
James Antony, PhD
CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via ZoomThe UC Irvine Department of Neurobiology and Behavior will host guest speaker Dr. James Antony, Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University. Making memories last: Factors that promote memory persistence How do memories persist? In this talk, I will investigate various factors that promote long-term memory. First, I will show how moment-to-moment predictions made during…
Bin He, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) 1200 Irvine, CA, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Bin He, Trustee Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Brain-Computer Interface: Decoding and Modulating the Brain Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a neurotechnology that enables direct brain-based communication between an individual and the rest of the world. BCI is a system that decodes…
Anna Leshinskaya, Ph.D.
Hybrid Event (This event will be held virtually via Zoom and In-Person in the Herkltoz Conference Room) 300 Qureshey Research Lab Irvine, Irvine, CA, United StatesJoin the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) for a hybrid event featuring Dr. Anna Leshinskaya, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. This event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom. Processes of learning and integration to build relational memory in the…
Rui Chen, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) 1200 Irvine, CA, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Rui Chen, Professor of Ophthalmology at University of California, Irvine. Establishing a Comprehensive Cell Atlas of the Human Retina Single-cell sequencing has dramatically enhanced the scale and resolution of molecular profiling for tissues and organs. We have recently generated an integrated dual-modal reference atlas…