The Nineteenth UCI Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning and Memory Our brains, despite remarkable capabilities, have distinct limitations. Dr. Gazzaley explores how our brains manage the river of data that constantly floods it, how its capacities can be exceeded, the consequences of this on our performance, and if a solution to the distracted mind...
The School of Biological Sciences presents The Ralph Gerard Lectureship “Detecting Neurotransmitters–A Journey from Beaker to the Behaving Brain” featuring R. Mark Wightman, Ph.D. W.R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry Faculty, Neuroscience Center University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Description: My research seeks to understand the process by which nerve cells in the brain communicate...
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) Colloquium Aryeh Routtenberg, Ph.D. Department of Physiology Northwestern University A Novel View of Synaptic Tagging:Regulation of presynaptic terminal plasticity Terminal-specific and behavior-selective presynaptic structural plasticity has been linked to long-term memory (McGonigal, R. et al., Hippocampus, 2012). Hippocampal granule cell axon (mossy fibers, MF) terminals specifically...
UCI School of Biological Sciences proudly presents The Howard A. Schneiderman Memorial Bioethics Lecture Series Join us April 23, 2013 at 7 p.m. for “Stoners, Junkies, Science and the State” Presented by Ethan Nadelmann Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance Abstract: Given recently-passed laws in various states, marijuana prohibition appears headed for the same fate as...
The Nineteenth UCI Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning and Memory Supported by: UCI’s Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) and Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:30 p.m. at the Irvine Barclay Theatre Leslie Thompson, Ph.D....
On Thursday, Oct. 17 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm in Nat Sci I, Rm. 1114, the UCI Office of Research will host a workshop for faculty and post-docs interested in applying for Department of Defense (DoD) research grants. The workshop will consist of a 30-minute general overview of the agency and the proposal process, followed...
UCI School of Biological Sciences proudly presents The Allergan Lecture Series in Modern Biology Join us November 19, 2013 at 7 p.m. for “Global Implications of the Biofuel Revolution” Presented by Markus Ribbe, Ph.D. Chancellor’s Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences Abstract: Imagine using recycled greenhouse gases as fuel...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 4:00 PM Crystal Cove Auditorium, UC Irvine Student Center Reception to follow the Lecture at 5:00 PM About the Lecture: Recently the zebrafish, a small freshwater fish commonly found in your home aquarium, has emerged as a powerful new gene discovery and disease model system. Much of what we know about...
Thank you for your interest in the Dean's Distinguished Lecture! Due to overwhelming response, we have reached capacity and registration is now closed.Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 4:00 PM Crystal Cove Auditorium, UCI Student Center Reception to follow Craig Stark, Ph.D.James L. McGaugh Chair in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior Director, Facility for...
Join us on Thursday, Feb. 4 to hear from researchers at UCI’s School of Biological Sciences and of Public Health and from DiaSorin Molecular LLC as they discuss developments in their areas of expertise and findings in the battle against COVID-19. Click here for more information about the lecture: https://www.bio.uci.edu/event/ddl_2-4-21/.
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