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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220510T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220510T110000
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Ting\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:New opportunities for primate cellular neuroscience in the era of single cell genomics \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping for a hybrid seminar with Dr. Jonathan Ting from the Allen Institute for Brain Science. \nAbstract: \nHow many cell types exist in the brain and what are their unique functional properties?  Single cell transcriptomics provides a means to define discrete cell classes\, subclasses and types on the basis of gene expression signatures.  This approach has revolutionized neuroscience by providing foundational cell type taxonomies with unprecedented resolution and has led to the identification of previously unknown brain cell types.  In addition\, analytical tools enable precise alignment across diverse cell type taxonomies\, for example\, mapping of cell type homologies across species.  Such approaches will no doubt deepen our understanding of the evolution of brain cell types.  As a direct outcome of this progress\, a new challenge for the neuroscience field is to explore the unique cellular properties of these myriad brain cell types\, and to experimentally address whether transcriptomically distinct cell types serve functionally distinct roles in brain circuits.  Towards this aspirational goal\, how can we leverage the richness of single cell transcriptomics and epigenomics to target and manipulate this overwhelming diversity of brain cell types and across widely utilized mammalian model organisms?  In this talk I will describe the various projects and strategies my colleagues and I have developed at the Allen Institute to address these outstanding challenges\, with particular attention to creating new opportunities for primate cellular neuroscience.  I will focus on our published and unpublished biological discoveries coming from Patch-seq experiments exploring signature electrophysiological and morphological properties of transcripomically-identified primate neocortical cell types\, as well as the early implementation of first-in-class viral genetic tools for targeting brain cell types. \n  \nFor those registering for in-person there is a 22 max capacity. In addition\, to receiving your zoom virtual registration link\, you will receive a separate email reminder that you registered for the in-person.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/jonathan-ting-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220510T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220510T200000
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SUMMARY:Craig Walsh\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:The Impact of T Cells in Neurodegenerative Disease and Regenerative Therapies \nThis hybrid lecture will be held both in-person and online. If you would like to attend the lecture in person\, register here for the location details. \nCraig Walsh\, PhD\nDr. Walsh is a Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry\, Co-Director of the Institute for Immunology\, Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Center and a Member of the Cancer Research Institute. \nHis research focuses on the role apoptotic signal transduction plays in the development\, activation and homeostasis of the immune system. Current interests include the study of death-receptors and the regulation of T cell activation.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/craig-walsh-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220512T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220420T213355Z
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SUMMARY:Thomas A. Blanpied\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Dynamic control of synaptic nanostructure and function \nThe 2021 – 2022 Anatomy & Neurobiology Seminar Series presents\, Thomas A. Blanpied\, PhD\, Professor of Physiology from the University of Maryland School of Medicine\, in a virtual seminar where he will present his latest research. \n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/thomas-a-blanpied-phd/
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220517T110000
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CREATED:20210810T003628Z
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SUMMARY:CNLM Colloquium with Juliet Davidow\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Adolescent learning and goal-directed behavior \nThe CNLM will be hosting Juliet Davidow\, Ph.D.\,  Assistant Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University\, in a colloquium where she will present her latest research. \nAbstract:  \nAdolescence is a time of dynamic psychological and brain development. Previous research has shown that normative shifts in motivational processes during adolescence can relate to negative outcomes from risky actions\, driven by biased interactions among the brain’s striatocortical circuitry. However\, these brain systems support a range of functions\, including learning and goal-directed action selection. Could motivational and neurodevelopmental change during adolescence confer learning advantages? My work highlights how development of multiple learning and control systems in the brain contribute to different aspects of behavior\, associated with both benefits and costs in performance. Using fMRI and computational modeling approaches\, we revealed that adolescents can engage in better learning strategies compared to adults\, a behavioral profile that is supported by stronger interactions between the striatum and the hippocampus. However\, when contextual demands change\, stronger learning can become disadvantageous\, such as when previous learning interacts with inhibitory control – a set of processes supported by coordination among late-developing lateral and medial prefrontal cortical regions. Taken together\, we illustrate both the advantages and challenges that arise from emerging functional orchestration of the brain during adolescence. This work contributes to the characterization of this time of transition from childhood to adulthood. \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\n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/cnlm-colloquium-with-juliet-davidow-ph-d/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center\, Irvine\, CA\, 92697\, United States
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students,Students, Faculty, Staff Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220524T120000
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SUMMARY:Ted Abel\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:James L. McGaugh Distinguished Lecture \nMolecular Mechanisms of Long-Term Memory Storage \nPlease join the UCI Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in a hybrid event featuring Dr. Ted Abel of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute from the University of Iowa. \n \nAbstract: Research in the Abel lab at the University of Iowa focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying the persistence of memory.  New experiences are initially encoded as labile short-term memories\, which are converted into stable long-term memory by gene transcription-dependent processes during memory consolidation.  In the hours after learning\, the induction of gene expression follows a specific pattern that involves transient waves of transcriptional activity\, which are needed for memory consolidation. This transcriptional regulation is meditated by epigenomic mechanisms such as histone acetylation. These epigenetic modifications are critical for the long-lasting regulation of gene expression during development and may be a major mechanism of information storage in the brain. Changes in these epigenetic modifications contribute to impairments in synaptic plasticity and cognitive function associated with many neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. Histone acetylation in an important epigenetic mark\, and we have shown that the metabolic enzyme acetyl-CoA synthetase 2 (ACSS2) directly regulates histone acetylation important for long-term spatial memory. ACSS2 is present in the nucleus where it generates acetyl co-A ‘on-site’ at chromatin for histone acetylation and the transcription of key neuronal genes. A critical question has been to identify the genes targeted by these epigenetic regulatory processes. The NR4A “orphan” nuclear receptors are important targets of epigenetic mechanisms mediating memory storage\, and they act as molecular switches for long-term memory storage. In our recent work\, we have shown we have found that NR4A proteins regulate the transcription of genes encoding chaperones that localize to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). These chaperones function to traffic plasticity-related proteins to the cell surface during long lasting forms of synaptic plasticity and memory. Our understanding of the transcriptional cascades that mediate the consolidation and storage of long- term memory may ultimately lead to the development of new treatments for the debilitating cognitive deficits associated with neuropsychiatric\, neurodevelopmental\, and neurodegenerative disorders.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/ted-abel-phd/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
CATEGORIES:All,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220525T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220525T170000
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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:20260422T150823
CREATED: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
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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:20220614T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220614T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220524T202757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T214025Z
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SUMMARY:Xiaoyu Shi\, PhD & Weian Zhao\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:CNCM Seminar \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Xiaoyu Shi and Dr. Weian Zhao of UC Irvine where they will be discussing: Molecular-resolution label-retention expansion microscopy (LR-ExM) and its application in brain mapping and Spatial omics using fluorescence spectral and lifetime imaging. 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/xiaoyu-shi-phd-weian-zhao-phd/
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220614T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220614T140000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220524T200759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T201123Z
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SUMMARY:C. Neill Epperson\, M.D.
DESCRIPTION:Enduring Impact of Childhood Adversity: Multimodal Investigations Across the Lifespan \n\n\n\nJoin the Conte Center @ UCI in a virtual seminar featuring\, C. Neil Epperson\, M.D.\, Robert Freedman Endowed Chair and Professor of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/c-neill-epperson-m-d/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220621T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220621T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220524T201753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220627T220326Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Wenzel\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:EpiCenter Seminar Series\nJoin the UCI Epilepsy Research Center for a seminar featuring Michael Wenzel\, PhD\, Group Leader in the Department of Epileptology of the University Hospital Bonn. \n 
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/michael-wenzel-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220909T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220909T153000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
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:20220920T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220920T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220829T180611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T180611Z
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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:20220928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220928T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220913T183033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T183033Z
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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:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220929T153733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T154020Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221004T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221004T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220913T175619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T175640Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221007T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20221004T205910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221004T210115Z
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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:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220929T154800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T154800Z
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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/
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
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:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220929T155114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T171916Z
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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:20260422T150823
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/
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221025T140000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221028T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20221027T192301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T192301Z
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SUMMARY:Patrick J. Lao\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Please join the UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS) Oct. 28 at 11 am PT  for their Seminar Series presentationtitled Alzheimer’s disease and vascular neuroimaging in adults with Down syndrome\, presented by Patrick J. Lao\, PhD. \nPatrick J. Lao\, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Neurology Sciences at the Taub Institute\, Sergeivsky Center\, and Department of Neurology at Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Medical Physics and completed his postdoctoral training at Columbia University in vascular MRI and applied cross-cultural neuropsychology. His research uses multimodal neuroimaging and plasma-based biomarkers to study Alzheimer’s disease. Areas of interest include applying these methods to adults with Down syndrome and in community-based settings. \nThis event will take place via Zoom: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://ucihealth.zoom.us/j/92151970794?pwd=NkMxbWh2aklXWFU4K1hsRUZqOEpKZz09 \nMeeting ID: 921 5197 0794\nPasscode: 954508
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/patrick-j-lao-phd/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Community,Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221104T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221104T150000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20221027T154020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T154020Z
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SUMMARY:Takaki Komiyama\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Motor cortex circuits for learned movements \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Takaki Komiyama\, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurobiology at UC San Diego. \nThis hybrid seminar will be taking place in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB)2020 & Telecast via Zoom. \n \nAbstract: \nMotor cortex circuits are highly plastic\, enabling adaptive control and learning of body movements. I will discuss two projects. In the first project\, we studied the spatial and functional specificity of synaptogenesis that occurs during motor learning. This was done by longitudinal functional imaging of dendritic spines followed by correlated electron microscopy. In the second project\, we are investigating the roles of motor cortex ensemble activity in the control of learned movements. This is done by population calcium imaging combined with holographic two-photon optogenetic stimulation of neural ensembles.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/takaki-komiyama-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:20221108T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221108T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20221027T162454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T162454Z
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SUMMARY:Trygve Bakken\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:Cellular diversity and evolutionary specializations in human neocortex \nJoin the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Trygve Bakken\, Assistant Investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in a hybrid seminar.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/trygve-bakken-ph-d/
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:20221108T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221108T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20220922T151235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221005T181006Z
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SUMMARY:Alyson Zalta\, Ph.D
DESCRIPTION:Exploring morning light therapy as a novel treatment for traumatic stress \nCNLM Colloquium UCI Spotlight Series \nJoin the CNLM in a hybrid colloquium featuring Dr. Alyson Zalta\, Associate Professor of Psychological Science at UC Irvine. \nDescription: \nTrauma contributes to a wide variety of mental health problems including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)\, depression\, anxiety\, substance use\, and suicidality. Although front-line psychotherapies and pharmacotherapies exist for traumatic stress\, evidence suggests that many individuals fail to receive treatment\, remain symptomatic despite treatment\, or drop out of treatment before its conclusion. Uptake of these treatments is poor for several reasons including stigma\, avoidance\, unpleasant side effects\, and poor accessibility. New treatments are needed for traumatic stress that can overcome these critical barriers to care while targeting the underlying biological mechanisms of the pathology. Morning light treatment has good potential as a novel non-invasive\, low risk\, scalable treatment for traumatic stress. Evidence suggests that morning light may improve traumatic stress by reducing reactivity in the amygdala\, a brain region implicated in the pathophysiology of PTSD and anatomically linked to circadian photoreceptors in the eye. This seminar will describe the results of a randomized pilot trial that provides initial proof-of-concept that light treatment can improve traumatic stress and preliminary results from an ongoing randomized clinical trial aimed at evaluating the brain mechanisms underlying morning light therapy for traumatic stress. \n  \nThis event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/alyson-zalta-ph-d/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
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:20221108T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221108T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20221027T170403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T170403Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Chrastil\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:NBB Tenure Seminar\nJoin the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Elizabeth Chrastil. \nAbstract:  \nNavigation is a central part of daily life. For some\, getting around is easy\, while others struggle. Some clinical populations\, such as those with Alzheimer’s Disease\, display wandering behaviors and extensive disorientation. Working at the interface between immersive virtual reality and neuroimaging techniques\, my research uses these complementary approaches to inform questions about how we acquire and use spatial knowledge. In this talk\, I will discuss both some of my recent work and current experiments that center on three main themes: 1) how we learn new environments\, 2) how the brain tracks spatial information\, and 3) how individuals differ in their spatial abilities. More broadly\, I will discuss how navigation lends insight into processes of human learning and memory. The behavioral and neuroimaging studies presented in this talk inform new frameworks for understanding spatial knowledge\, leading to novel approaches to answering the next major questions in navigation\, learning\, and memory.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/elizabeth-chrastil-phd/
LOCATION:CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Scientific,Staff,Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221109T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T150823
CREATED:20221027T165046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T165046Z
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Gelinas\, MD\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:EpiCenter Seminar Series\nJoin the UCI Epilepsy Research Center for a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Jennifer Gelinas\, Assistant Professor of Neurology from Columbia University.
URL:https://brain.uci.edu/event/jennifer-gelinas-md-phd/
CATEGORIES:Faculty,Scientific,Staff,Students
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