Elizabeth Head, MA, PhD
Alzheimer Disease in Down Syndrome: Cerebrovascular and Neuroinflammation Contributions Please join the UCI Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in a virtual seminar with Dr. Elizabeth Head, from the UCI School of Medicine. Free to attend. Registration required. Click here for more information.
Sleep to feel, to think, and to remember
We spend nearly one-third of our lives asleep. Despite its universal nature and apparent necessity, why we sleep remains largely a mystery. Sleep to feel, to think, and to remember is a virtual panel discussion featuring three UCI experts studying how sleep affects our emotions and the way we think, and how stress impacts a…
NextGen Epilepsy Seminars – Young Kim, PhD
Young Kim, PhD, a postdoc in Robert Hunt's lab at UC Irvine, will present her latest epilepsy-related research. This event is part of the NextGen Epilepsy Seminar Series which features postdocs and graduate students. This event is sponsored by the Epilepsy Research Center and the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology.
ICAN Seminar -Dr. Arif Hamid
Dopamine waves as a mechanism for spatiotemporal credit assignment. Join the UC Irvine Center for Addiction Neuroscience in a virtual ICAN Seminar featuring Arif Hamid, PhD, from Brown University. Abstract Significant evidence supports the view that dopamine shapes reward-learning by encoding prediction errors. However, it is unknown whether dopamine decision-signals are tailored to the functional specialization…
4th Annual Skin Symposium
Please join UCI SKIN for their 4th Annual Skin Symposium: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Skin Biology and Disease, featuring talks on neuro-skin and neuroscience-immunology connections. To register, please visit: https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_53ZCeMefSDCdwTwg7LaqKg
A Snapshot of Emotional Well-Being in Orange County during COVID-19
Please join the UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science in a virtual seminar with Dr. Sharon Ishikawa, where she will be presenting the results of two surveys completed toward the end of 2020 to understand how COVID-19 has impacted the mental health of adults and children in our county. Sharon Ishikawa is the…
4C the Future: Consciousness
Join UCI Brain virtually for our UCI Brain Dialogue Series, 4C the Future. UCI faculty from across the UCI campus will discuss Consciousness. Featured speakers for this event are: Yama Akbari, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery Donald Hoffman, Professor of Cognitive Sciences and Philosophy Megan Peters, Assistant Professor of Cognitive Sciences Theresa Jean…
CNCM Seminar with Orkide Koyuncu, PhD
Alpha-Herpesvirus Neuroinvasion: Deciphering the Long Path Toward Latency Please join the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping in a virtual seminar with Dr. Orkide Koyuncu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics of the UCI School of Medicine. Free to attend. Registration required. For more information, please visit: www.cncm.som.uci.edu/seminars
Steven Petrou, Ph.D.
Dr. Steven Petrou, professor and director of the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, is one of the speakers in the 2020/21 EpiCenter Seminar Series. Dr. Petrou is a leader in the field of ion channel neuropathies, with a particular focus on rare epileptic encephalopathies. These are a range of genetic epilepsies affecting infants and…
Works-In-Progess Series: Cognition and Political Ideology: A Study of Neuropolitics, by Mark J. Fisher, Davin L. Phoenix, and Sierra Powell
The relationship between political ideology and cognition has received little attention. In this presentation, we will describe our pioneering investigation into the relationship between cognitive decline and political ideology. This work, supported in part by the UCI Medical Humanities Initiative, analyzed ideological self-identification, political policy choices, and cognition in individuals participating in the landmark UCI…
CNLM Virtual Colloquium with Corey Harwell, Ph.D.
Development and diversity of neural cell types in the septum The CNLM will be hosting Dr. Corey Harwell, from the Department of Neurobiology of Harvard Medical School, in a virtual colloquium where he will present his latest research. Abstract: The septum is ventral forebrain structure responsible for the regulation of emotional states including anxiety, fear and…
Conte Center Seminar Series with Catherine J. Peña, PhD
Transcriptomic and epigenomic consequences of early life stress The Conte Center @ UCI will be hosting Catherine J. Peña, PhD, Assistant Professor, from Princeton Neuroscience Institute. To attend, please visit: https://zoom.us/j/95134666233?pwd=QitYQnZXVXVJY09WZlhzdzJBSGU3QT09