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DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Ruixuan Gao, from the University of Illinois Chicago

4201 Natural Sciences II 4201 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, California

"Expansion microscopy-based spatial biology technologies for biomedical research” Dr. Rui Gao,Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences & Chemistry University of Illinois Chicago Abstract: Understanding the molecular profile and function of a complex biological system requires investigation of its molecular composition and dynamics at high spatiotemporal resolution. Conventional imaging methods, however, suffer from trade-offs between factors such as...

Meet A Scientist/Engineer Night

Pacific Ballroom, UCI Student Center 311 W Peltason Dr A, Irvine, CA 92697, Irvine, CA, United States

Event Description A night of learning, entertainment, and networking for Orange County underrepresented minority high school students. With the help of underrepresented minority undergraduate level, graduate level, Junior Staff and Faculty of UC Irvine, we hope to show your students a tangible path to a career in STEM-related fields. Our first annual “Meet a Scientist/Engineer...

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Jill Wildonger, from the University of California San Diego

Dr. Jill Wildonger, Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of California San Diego “Building functional neurons with motors and microtubules” Abstract: We perceive the world around us through our sensory neurons. The sensory capacity of a neuron depends on the elaboration of its dendritic arbor and the localization of sensory ion...

DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. Julie Biteen, from the University of Michigan

4201 Natural Sciences II 4201 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, California

“Determining the nature of interactions and biomolecular condensates in microbes” Abstract: Single-molecule microscopy accesses nanometer-scale information with a benchtop microscope, providing a platform to super-resolve fluorescence emission, position, and dynamics, even in living cells. The Biteen Lab is developing new single-molecule methods to answer fundamental, unanswered questions in microbiology with applications including elucidating cell regulation...

NBB Presents: Wellbeing Dialogue Series – Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency

NBB Wellbeing Dialogue Series – Music, Mind, and Wellbeing with acclaimed harpist and Sony Classical recording artist Tomoko Sato Lavinia Meijer is widely considered one of the greatest living harpists. She is a bold innovator who is redefining the possibilities of the harp through her transcriptions and performances of works from contemporary composers such as...

Donuts with the Dean – Winter 2024

Join us for the return of BioSci's quarterly Donuts with the Dean! Please join us on Monday, February 5 from 4 - 5 p.m. on the 5th Floor of Natural Sciences II. You'll have an opportunity to meet BioSci Dean Frank LaFerla and hear from our guest speaker, Pascal Krotee, PhD. Afterwards, enjoy a donut...

Dr. Katalin Gothard – James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series

James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 11:00AM - 12:00PM The seminar will be live streamed via Zoom and In-Person. Katalin M. Gothard, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Physiology, Neurology, and Neuroscience The University of Arizona College of Medicine Department of Physiology Abstract: Tactile signals elicited in the periphery by social and affective...

Winter 2024 – Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

Crystal Cove Auditorium - UCI Student Center 4113 Pereira Dr., Irvine, California, United States

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the event for registration. Light lunch hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be available during the reception from 12 to 1 p.m. Designing Drugs for Human Diseases Using Structural Biology About the Lecture This lecture will discuss how structural biology provides the required information for designing specific therapeutic agents and will present a...

NBB Presents: Wellbeing Dialogue Series – Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency

NBB Wellbeing Dialogue Series Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency Wednesday, February 28, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM This seminar will be in-Person. Light refreshments will be provided. Negar Shekarabi, Psy.D. Program Director Faculty and Staff Support Services Samueli Office of Wellbeing “Cultivating Psychological Flexibility for Lasting Wellbeing" In this session we will explore...

Cholsoon Jang, Biological Chemistry – Thursday, March 7

Natural Sciences I

Join us for our monthly microbiome series! We are happy to announce the return of Monthly Microbiome Meetings with a series highlighting UCI faculty. The seminars are open to the UCI community and beyond and take place on the first Thursday of each month, 3-4pm in Natural Sciences I, room 1114. Refreshments will be served. This...

Dr. Paul J. Kenny – James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar

James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series Friday, March 8th, 2024 11:00AM - 12:00PM The seminar will be live streamed via Zoom and In-Person. "A master regulator of opioid reward in ventral prefrontal cortex" Paul J. Kenny, Ph.D. Ward-Coleman Professor and Chair, Nash Family Department of NeuroscienceDirector, Drug Discovery Institute (DDI), Icahn School of Medicine at...

UCI School of Medicine – Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology Seminar

Plumwood Room 166

Krishna Jayant, PhDAssistant ProfessorPurdue University, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering UCI School of Medicine - Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology Seminar A translaminar space-time code supports touch-evoked traveling waves. March 14, 2024, 11:00 AM, Plumwood Room 166 Event Contact: Laura Ewell | lewell@hs.uci.edu