Stephan Feske, MD.
UCI Medical Scientist Training Program Distinguished Lecture Series Ion Channels as Critical Regulators of Immunity Dr. Stephan Feske's research focuses on signaling pathways in cells of the immune system, particularly store-operated calcium entry (SOCE), mediated by the calcium release–activated calcium (CRAC) channel, and other ion channels. The Feske lab investigates how CRAC channels are activated,…
Why do Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials fail?
Live online Q&A with Joshua Grill, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Neurobiology & Behavior. Attend the video live on our Facebook page or view archived episodes on our YouTube channel.
MSTP 35th Annual Distinguished Lecture Series
A critical role for lysomes in neurodegenerative disease. The 35th MSTP Annual Distinguished Lecture will feature Aimee Kao, MD, PhD, a professor of neurobiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Joan L. Luby, M.D.
Early childhood depression: clinical and neural characteristics. The Conte Center @ UCI will host Dr. Joan L. Luby, a professor of child psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. For more information, contact Dina Jankowski at djankows@uci.edu.
The Secret Power of Music for Dementia
Joshua Grill, Ph.D., Director, UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) In the battle against Alzheimer’s disease, Joshua Grill invokes a deceased jazz singer, iPods and a 35,000-year-old vulture bone that cavemen fashioned into a flute. Grill is a neuroscientist whose research interests focus on clinical trials in neurodegenerative disease. He…
The 26th Distinguished Lecture on Brain, Learning and Memory
Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition Dr. Patricia Churchland, neurophilosopher and professor emerita of philosophy at UCSD, will present the 26th Annual Distinguished Lecture on Brain, Learning and Memory. This event is co-hosted by the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and the School of Social Ecology.
Autumn S. Ivy, M.D., Ph.D.
Exercise during early life enables memory and synaptic plasticity: role of the epigenome. The CNLM Colloquium Series brings learning and memory scientists from around the world to UC Irvine. This month, Autumn S. Ivy, M.D., Ph.D., from the UCI School of Medicine, will present the latest research from her lab.
Sally Temple, Ph.D.
I Need a New Brain. Are Stem Cells the Answer? Sally Temple, Ph.D. from the Neural Stem Cell Institute will be the featured speaker during the Stem Cell Science Symposium sponsored by the Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center.
IMBS Colloquium Series with Michael Yassa, PhD
Episodic Memory Processes and Computations Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow in Neurobiology and Behavior of Learning and Medicine at UC Irvine Michael Yassa, Ph.D.
NBB Seminar with Kevin Beier, PhD
Elucidating the sources of experience-dependent plasticity directing behavioral adaptation On February 4th, UCI scientist Kevin Beier, PhD, will be presenting his research at the NBB Seminar Series.
AJAY S. MATHURU, PH.D.
The UCI Department of Physiology and Biophysics brings Dr. Ajay Mathuru to present his research on the neurogenetics of addiction. "Addiction to substances of abuse is a complex phenomenon with a very large footprint on the global burden of diseases. One interventional strategy is to build an evidence base of the underlying biological and genetic…