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CNLM Colloquium with Tirin Moore, Ph.D.
2022-04-05 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Shared Neural Circuitry of Visuomotor Integration and Visual Cognition
The CNLM will be hosting Dr. Tirin Moore, Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University, in a colloquium where he will present his latest research.
This 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.

Sleep and Pain: Opportunities for Integrative Medicine
2022-04-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Sleep and Pain:
Opportunities for Integrative Medicine
Tuesday, April 5th
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
This lecture will be held via Zoom – Register Here

Abstract: This lecture will provide general background on sleep and chronic pain and discuss human experiments related to effects of sleep disruption on pain inhibition and morphine analgesia and measures of central sensitization. The treatment implications of this work will be discussed, highlighting an opportunity for novel integrative medicine approaches.

Conte Center Seminar Series with Katie McLaughlin, PhD
2022-04-05 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
Katie McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Harvard University
Seminar Topic: “Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms Linking Childhood Adversity with Psychopathology Across the Life-Course”
Host: Tallie Z. Baram

Neurobiology and Behavior Seminar: Dr. Eitan Schechtman
2022-04-11 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
Biasing memory processing during sleep to enhance cognition and improve wellbeing
Join the UCI Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Eitan Schechtman of the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at Northwestern University.
Hybrid Event
The seminar will be live-streamed via zoom and in person.
Please RSVP to receive zoom link.
In-Person Meeting: Dale Melbourne Herklotz Conference Room,
the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 300 Qureshey Research Lab

Abstract: Sleep is critical for the stabilization of memories. This process is thought to be supported by the reactivation of memories, thereby strengthening the neural infrastructure supporting them. Theoretical accounts of this consolidation process focus on the process through which memories are independently strengthened, but in natural settings, individual memories never exist in a vacuum. In this talk, I will present a series of studies exploring the extent of memory reactivation during sleep in humans, how interactions between memories impact the consolidation process and the role of encoding context in memory processing during sleep. The main technique used to explore memory reactivation in these studies is targeted memory reactivation, a behavioral manipulation that can selectively bias consolidation during sleep. The results demonstrate that multiple semantically related memories can be simultaneously consolidated during sleep. Additionally, they show that memory reactivation during sleep may involve contextual reinstatement, thereby impacting multiple contextually linked memories. These data suggest that reactivation during sleep is not limited to single memory items, and can occur at the network or brain-state level. Relatedly, we show that reactivating a suppression state during sleep can be used to selectively weaken memories. Taken together, these results inform our current understanding regarding memory consolidation processes and open new avenues for translatable research to alleviate memory-related symptoms in patients suffering from psychiatric disorders.

Wolfgang Löscher, PhD
2022-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
EpiCenter 2021-2022 Seminar Series
Join the UCI Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology in their EpiCenter Seminar Series featuring Wolfgang Löscher, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover.

Anatomy & Neurobiology Seminar with Christina Gremel, Ph.D.
2022-04-14 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
Join the Anatomy & Neurobiology department for a seminar with Christina Gremel, PhD on the topic of “Dependence-induced dysfunction to decision-making circuits.”

Culinary Medicine Webinar: Foods That Boost Your Memory
2022-04-15 00:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
This webinar will feature a cooking demo that will include cream of broccoli soup with cauliflower parmesan crisp and dark chocolate blueberry bark. Events will be limited to the first 100 registered participants.

For more information about UCI Campus Recreation, click here.

Lara Rangel, Ph.D.
2022-04-19 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
The CNLM will be hosting Dr. Lara Rangel, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego, in a colloquium where she will present her latest research.
The flexible coordination of hippocampal spiking activity in rhythms
During successful computation, brain regions must have an efficient method for filtering information from multiple sources and coordinating communication with other regions. A great system for examining this is the hippocampus, a brain structure critical for learning and memory that must integrate and associate various streams of information. Research conducted by Dr. Lara Maria Rangel suggests that successful processing of information in the hippocampus during an associative memory task is dependent on coordinated oscillatory activity, and more specifically the flexible engagement of hippocampal cells in distinct rhythmic circuits.
About Dr. Lara Rangel
Dr. Rangel is a systems neuroscientist, whose work characterizes the temporal dynamics of cross-regional oscillatory interactions and the flexible participation of neurons in local rhythmic networks during behavior.

This 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.

"How neurons encode memory: Mechanisms of memory formation and persistence"
2022-04-21 11:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 4201 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, CA 92697, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Abstract:
Learning and memory are essential for day-to-day living. Equally important, their alterations are thoughtto underlie neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Prior work in the field has found many key features of learning and memory—including long-term potentiation and memory engram neurons. However, many gaps in knowledge remain, particularly mechanisms at the molecular level. Here, I will discuss how postsynaptic proteins mediate memory formation and persistence and how they can be modified to improve memory ability.

If you are unable to join the seminar in person feel free to connect to our live stream via zoom.

Meeting ID: 935 0482 6445
Password: [REDACTED]

Functional organization of cortical circuits underlying perception and behavior, Guest Speaker: Michael Higley, MD, PhD
2022-04-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
James L. McGaugh Distinguished Lecture

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Functional organization of cortical circuits underlying perception and behavior

Michael Higley, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine

Hybrid Event
Note: this event will be held virtually via Zoom and In-Person in the Herkltoz Conference Room

"New Mouse Models to Ask Old Questions About the Role of Complement in Alzheimer’s Disease"
2022-04-28 12:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pacific Ballroom D, 311 W Peltason Dr, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
We are excited to announce that the 13th Annual Emerging Scientists Symposium has been rescheduled to occur on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Pacific Ballroom D, UCI Student Center & Event Services. Please join REMIND and UCI MIND with keynote speaker, Cynthia Lemere, PhD, HMS Associate Professor at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Her talk is titled, “New mouse models to ask old questions about the role of complement in Alzheimer’s disease.”

Register and submit abstract HERE by Thursday, March 17, 2022

Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars involved in research associated with memory impairments and neurological disorders are invited to submit abstracts for the poster competition. A selection of abstracts will be considered for 15-min oral presentations.

Questions? Please email remind@uci.edu.
Please share this with your colleagues and students. We look forward to you joining us.

CNLM Colloquium with Duane Watson, Ph.D.
2022-05-03 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Understanding the link between language experience and language processing
The CNLM will be hosting Duane Watson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, in a colloquium where he will present his latest research.
Abstract: A speaker’s language environment plays an important role in language use. The language environment is critical for language learning and vocabulary growth in children, and in predicting the difficulty of processing words and sentences in adults. In this talk I will present a set of studies that will show that the relationship between language exposure and language use is complex. I will present experimental evidence suggesting that daily internet reading habits are linked to language processing skills. On the other hand, I will also present evidence showing that multiple exposures to complex sentences do not necessarily make these sentences easier to understand. Finally, I will discuss some of the ways in which the spoken language environment can play a role in language use, and will present a pilot study showing that social factors, such as a shared opinion with a conversational partner, can influence subtle linguistic factors such as speech prosody.

This 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.

How Educational Inequities in the U.S. South Pre- and Post-Brown Shape Dementia Risk for Black and White Older Adults
2022-05-03 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
Although education is a key determinant of cognitive function, its role in determining Black-White disparities in cognitive function is unclear. This may be due, in part, to data limitations that have made it difficult to account for systemic educational inequities in the U.S. South experienced by older adults. In this talk, guest speaker and health policy expert Dr. Katrina Walsemann of the University of Maryland, College Park, will present results from her ongoing projects funded by the NIA and the Alzheimer’s Association. RSVP >>

2022 CNLM Spring Conference
2022-05-05 09:00 - 2022-05-06 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
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.
To learn more about past conferences, visit: https://cnlm.uci.edu/scientific-activities/spring-meeting/

Conte Center Seminar Series - Mathias V. Schmidt - Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
2022-05-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual/Hybrid Event (In person at Gross Hall 4th Floor Conference Room), Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Mathias V. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Research Group Leader
Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Routes to Enhance Stress Resilience: Manipulation of Genes or Environment
Host: Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD
Monday, May 9th, 2022, 4 – 5 p.m. PT
In-person at Gross Hall 4th Floor Conference Room
Refreshments and Pastries to be provided
Also will be Telecast via Zoom

Event Contact: James Weinstock | jweinsto@hs.uci.edu

Jonathan Ting, PhD
2022-05-10 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
New opportunities for primate cellular neuroscience in the era of single cell genomics
Join the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping for a hybrid seminar with Dr. Jonathan Ting from the Allen Institute for Brain Science.
Abstract:
How 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.

For 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.

Craig Walsh, PhD
2022-05-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
The Impact of T Cells in Neurodegenerative Disease and Regenerative Therapies
This 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.
Craig Walsh, PhD
Dr. 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.
His 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.

Neuro-ophthalmology with Vivek R. Patel, MD
2022-05-10 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
Join the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute for a virtual community lecture in which Vivek R. Patel, MD, will talk about neuro-ophthalmology.

Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD
2022-05-12 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Dynamic control of synaptic nanostructure and function
The 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.

CNLM Colloquium with Juliet Davidow, Ph.D.
2022-05-17 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Adolescent learning and goal-directed behavior
The 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.
Abstract:
Adolescence 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.
This 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.

Ted Abel, PhD
2022-05-24 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center and Virtually via Zoom
James L. McGaugh Distinguished Lecture
Molecular Mechanisms of Long-Term Memory Storage
Please 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.

Abstract: 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.

2022 CNLM Awards Ceremony
2022-05-25 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CNLM Herklotz Conference Center, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
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.

Applications for the 2021 CNLM Awards are due in February. Stay tuned!
For more information, please visit: https://cnlm.uci.edu/awards/

Dr. Lim, Stanford Neurosurgery Distinguished Lecture
2022-05-25 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hybrid Event (In person at Tamkin Hall, Telecast via Zoom), Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
The UCI Medical Scientist Training Program will be hosting the Chair of Neurosurgery at Stanford University, Dr. Michael Lim, for our final Distinguished Lecture of the year, to present his research entitled “Overcoming Immune cell Exhaustion in Glioblastoma”. If you could distribute our attached fliers and info to your department’s faculty, students, and other members, we would be very grateful. The lecture will available on May 25th in person at 4pm in Tamkin Hall or on Zoom, register here: https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtf-2vqj8pG9TUevwfkJf9fTKZ3coGH8ZQ. This information is also included in the attached HTML file. Thank you very much, we are looking forward to learning from Dr. Lim and hope that members of your departments will be able to join the discussion.

James L. McGaugh Distinguished Lecture: Kay Tye, PhD
2022-06-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
Neural Representations of Social Homeostasis
Join the UCI Department of Neurobiology and Behavior for a virtual seminar featuring, Dr. Kay Tye of the Salk Institute.
Abstract:
How 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?
The 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.

Society of Behavioral Medicine Information Event: Margaret Schneider, PhD
2022-06-09 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Thorp Conference Center, Gross Hall, 4th Floor, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
An introduction to the Society of Behavioral Medicine: Professional development & networking opportunities for students & early-career scientists
The 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.

Xiaoyu Shi, PhD & Weian Zhao, PhD
2022-06-14 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
CNCM Seminar
Join 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.

Albert La Spada, PhD
2022-06-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom, 419 Physical Sciences Quad, Irvine, 92697, United States
Deconstructing Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies: From Pathology of Neuron Demise to Therapeutic Interventon
Join the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Albert La Spada.

Abstract:Both rare inherited neurodegenerative disorders and common sporadic neurodegenerative diseases are caused by misfolded proteins that accumulate in neurons and glia of affected patients. The CAG – polyglutamine (PolyQ) repeat diseases are one category of inherited neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by the expansion of a CAG triplet repeat, resulting in a protein with an abnormally extended polyglutamine (polyQ) tract. The repeat expansions in these diseases occur in the coding region, and lead to the production of aggregate-prone proteins. Of the nine CAG-PolyQ diseases, I have been studying the disease pathogenesis of three such disorders: X-linked spinal & bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA/Kennedy’s disease), Huntington’s disease, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 7. To determine the cellular and molecular basis of these diseases, I have relied upon mouse models and human stem cell models, and through these efforts, I have uncovered a central role for transcription dysregulation, altered proteostasis, and bioenergetic abnormalities in the pathogenesis of these disorders. Unbiased transcriptome analysis and directed studies of cell-type contribution have yielded crucial insights into the nature of these diseases, and have revealed targets and pathways likely amenable to therapeutic manipulation.
Hybrid Event
The seminar will be live-streamed via zoom and in person.
Please RSVP to let us know how you will attend and receive zoom link.
In-Person Meeting: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) auditorium

C. Neill Epperson, M.D.
2022-06-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
Enduring Impact of Childhood Adversity: Multimodal Investigations Across the Lifespan

Join 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.

Virtual Lunch and Learn: Turning the Page as a Scientific Editor
2022-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
George Inglis, PhD
Associate Editor at Communications Biology

Virtual Lunch and Learn:
Turning the Page as a Scientific Editor
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
12 PM PT
Telecast via Zoom
Free to attend. Registration required.

Dr. Inglis is available for 1:1 meetings with any faculty or trainees interested in talking about their work. If interested, please feel free to contact Dr. Inglis directly at george.inglis@us.nature.com or complete the journal’s meet-the-editor form via this link.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. George Inglis is an Associate Editor at Communications Biology, an open-access journal in the Nature Portfolio that considers research articles, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences. In this session, Dr. Inglis will demystify the life science publishing landscape, the role of an editor in the publication process, and the career path to becoming an academic editor. He will also discuss the daily life of a research editor and ways to get involved in the editing or peer review process. Dr. Inglis received his BS in Biology from Pennsylvania State University in 2014, and PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Emory University in 2020. While at Emory, he studied epigenomics, mouse models of voltage-gated sodium channel dysfunction, and in vitro models of neuronal development. George joined Communications Biology as an Associate Editor in September 2020 and is based in the New York office.
Event Contact: Robert Hunt, PhD | robert.hunt@uci.edu

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Michael Wenzel, PhD
2022-06-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual Event
EpiCenter Seminar Series
Join the UCI Epilepsy Research Center for a seminar featuring Michael Wenzel, PhD, Group Leader in the Department of Epileptology of the University Hospital Bonn.
