The UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will be hosting Dr. Wei Xu, from the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in a virtual seminar where he will present his latest research.

Trina Basu, PhD, a postdoc in Jamie Maguire's lab at Tufts University, 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.

Abstract: Neuromatch Academy (NMA) was founded in spring 2020 in response to two catalysts: (1) the recognition that traditional intensive summer programs in computational neuroscience are expensive and exclusive, leaving out a large proportion of qualified and deserving trainee participants; and (2) the COVID-19 pandemic canceled these in-person summer schools anyway. We founded NMA with…