UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping
Dorote Lucci, Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom 419 Physical Sciences Quad, Irvine, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Dorote Lucci, Chair of the Global Conference on Advancing Mental Health. Exploring the Intersection of AI, Neuroscience, and Transformative Learning: A Whole-Person Perspective from Transpersonal Psychology
Jing Zhang, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom 419 Physical Sciences Quad, Irvine, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Jing Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine.
Wei-Chung Lee, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom 419 Physical Sciences Quad, Irvine, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Wei-Chung Lee, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard University. "Circuit Motifs of Sensorimotor Integration" Neuronal circuits transform sensory information into behavior. I will present our recent work to understand the neuronal circuit basis of decision making and motor control. First, we studied synaptic connectivity…
Masakazu Agetsuma, Ph.D.
Plumwood House Room 166 1003 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617, Irvine, CA, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Masakazu Agetsuma, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan “Activity-dependent organization of prefrontal hub-networks for associative learning and signal transformation” Associative learning is crucial for adapting to environmental changes. Interactions among neuronal populations involving the dorso-medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC)…
Vahid Yaghmai, MD, MS, FSAR
The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Vahid Yaghmai, Professor and Chair in the Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine "Medical Imaging Research: From Bench to Bedside" Current areas of basic and clinical research in Radiological Sciences department will be highlighted. An overview of resources in the preclinical and…
Daniele Canzio, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom 419 Physical Sciences Quad, Irvine, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Daniele Canzio, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco. How do neurons recognize self from non-self? My lab investigates how neurons distinguish self from non-self, a process also known as neural self-avoidance. This process is critical…
Mark Wagner, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom 419 Physical Sciences Quad, Irvine, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Mark Wagner, Stadtman Investigator at NIH/NINDS. Cerebellar computations across motor and cognitive behaviors The cerebellum contains most of the brain’s neurons and interconnects with the entire neocortex, forming a basic neuroanatomical motif. With evolution, the cerebellum expanded by orders of magnitude but mainly by…
Li Gan, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) 1200 Irvine, CA, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Li Gan, Director of the Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute at Cornell University. Innate immunity and neurodegeneration: challenges and opportunities As the resident immune cells in the brain, microglia serve as liaisons between the immune system and CNS and are strategically…
Bin He, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) 1200 Irvine, CA, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Bin He, Trustee Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Brain-Computer Interface: Decoding and Modulating the Brain Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a neurotechnology that enables direct brain-based communication between an individual and the rest of the world. BCI is a system that decodes…
Special Symposium and Reception “Your Brain on Art”
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) 1200 Irvine, CA, United StatesJoin us for our special symposium and reception that will bring the scientific and creative community together to celebrate the intersection between brain science and art. This unique event aims to foster meaningful conversations about the transformative power of art and its deep connection to the self. Also we will celebrate collaborative achievements of our…
Rui Chen, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) 1200 Irvine, CA, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Rui Chen, Professor of Ophthalmology at University of California, Irvine. Establishing a Comprehensive Cell Atlas of the Human Retina Single-cell sequencing has dramatically enhanced the scale and resolution of molecular profiling for tissues and organs. We have recently generated an integrated dual-modal reference atlas…
Gordon Shepherd, PhD
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) and Virtually Via Zoom 419 Physical Sciences Quad, Irvine, United StatesThe Center for Neural Circuit Mapping will host guest speaker Dr. Gordon Shepherd, Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern University.