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Joint Seminars In Neuroscience
UP NEXT:
May 13, 2025
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Distinguished Lecture
“Decoding Decision-Making Dynamics“
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of California, Berkeley
Faculty Host: Alicia Izquierdo
Upcoming Events/Seminars
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- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Tony Capra, Ph.D.
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4
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Tanya Gupta, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology (LNE) Arthur Arnold Innovator Lecture – Zoe Donaldson, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
[POSTPONED] Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Michael Bonaguidi, Ph.D.
- 3:30pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) Seminar Series – Francesco Papaleo, Ph.D.
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2
- 3:00pm
Women in Neuroscience (WiN) Affinity Group Grant-Writing Workshop – Kate Wassum, Ph.D. and Laura DeNardo, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) Journal Club -Speaker TBD
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1
- 4:00pm
BRI Social Hour Series
07
3
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – David R. Liu, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Interoception Dynamics Affinity Group (IDAG) Seminar Series – Natalie Hauglund, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series – Thomas Clandinin, Ph.D.
08
3
- 10:00am
David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA Special Seminar – Gabriel Kreiman, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Department of Neurobiology Special Seminar – Meiyan Wang, Ph.D.
- 1:30pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Annalise Binette, Ph.D.
09
2
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – David Glanzman, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Momoko Watanabe, Ph.D.
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1
- 12:00pm
Frontiers in Computational Biosciences (FCB) Seminar Series – Roy Wollman, Ph.D.
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3
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Distinguished Lecture – Joni Wallis, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
BRI Social Hour Series
- 5:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Journal Club – Ramin Ali Marandi Ghoddousi, Ph.D.
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2
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Samuel Matthew Young, Jr., Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Neuromodulation Seminar Series – Michael Gongwer
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2
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Jack Fu, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Department of Neurobiology Special Seminar – Leonardo Parra-Rivas, Ph.D.
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5
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Taha Solakoglu, Ph.D.
- 11:00am
STAND ALACRITY Center Seminar Series – Christine T. Moody, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Rosalie Lawrence, Ph.D.
- 3:30pm
Computational Neuroscience (CNAG) x Decision Making (DMAG) x Visual Neurosciences (VNAG) Affinity Groups Joint Seminar – Josh McDermott, Ph.D.
- 3:30pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Neuroendocrinology (LNE) Joint Seminar – Moriel Zelikowsky, Ph.D.
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- 11:00am
Neuroimaging Affinity Group Colloquium – Caterina Gratton, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) Seminar Series – Rachel Fox
- 1:30pm
Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids (CCC) 50th Anniversary Event:Celebrating 50 Years of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research at UCLA
- 4:00pm
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) Journal Club -Sophia Villanueva
- 7:00pm
2025 Pint of Science
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3
- 11:00am
Neuroimaging Affinity Group Colloquium – Caterina Gratton, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders Affinity Group (PDAG) Meeting
- 7:00pm
2025 Pint of Science
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5
- 12:00pm
Invertebrate Neuroscience Affinity Group (INAG) Seminar Series – Sandra Watson, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Affinity Group Seminar Series – Eric C. Porges, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Department of Neurobiology Special Seminar – Mohammed Andres Mostajo Radji, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
2025 Undergraduate Neuroscience Outreach Day
- 7:00pm
2025 Pint of Science
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- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Linfan Gu
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Marat S. Pavlyukov, Ph.D.
- 3:30pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) Seminar Series – Nguyen Phi
Current Date
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- 11:00am
Department of Biological Chemistry Special Seminar – Ravi Nath, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
BRI Town Hall Series
- 5:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Journal Club – Jennifer Grundman
- 6:00pm
Project Inspire Seminar – Laura Adery, Ph.D.
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3
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Claire Clelland, Ph.D., M.D., M.Phil.
- 2:00pm
2025 Undergraduate Neuroscience Poster Day
- 4:00pm
Research-in-Progress Seminar (RiPS) Series – Matteo Mariani, Ph.D. and Carlos A. Sanchez Leon, Ph.D.
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1
- 8:30am
2025 NeuroTheory Affinity Group (NTAG) Symposium
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3
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Mengping Jiang, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Neuroendocrinology (LNE) Joint Seminar – Daniel Bayless, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Michael Bonaguidi, Ph.D.
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