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Upcoming Events/Seminars
- 4:00pm
Neuroscience Trainee Town Hall #1
- 8:30am
Neuroscience Trainee Town Hall #2
- 3:00pm
NeuroTheory Affinity Group (NTAG) Meeting
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds – Jack Parent, M.D.
- 4:00pm
Research-in-Progress Seminar (RiPS) Series – Michael Ryan, Ph.D. and Linfan Gu
- 9:00am
Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) 21st Annual Stem Cell Symposium – Aparna Bhaduri, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) Distinguished Lecture Series – Conor Liston, M.D., Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Diego Espino
- 11:00am
Interoception Dynamics Affinity Group (IDAG) Research Seminar – Yameng Zhang
- 4:30pm
[POSTPONED] BRI Weekly Social Hour
- 12:00pm
Training in Neurotechnology Translation (TNT) Research Seminar – Tor Wager, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) Seminar Series – Shulamite Green, Ph.D.
- 3:00pm
Women in Neuroscience (WiN) Affinity Group Meeting: Documentary Screening
- 4:00pm
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) Journal Club -Gina Poe, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – Yuki Oka, Ph.D.
- 2:00pm
The UCLA STAND ALACRITY Speaker Series
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds – Amy Kuceyeski, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Research-in-Progress Seminar (RiPS) Series – Speakers TBD
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Giorgio Ascoli, Ph.D.
- 2:00pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Ronald McGregor, Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Brian Kearney
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Elizabeth Crouch, M.D., Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – Beatriz Rico, Ph.D.
- 3:00pm
NeuroTheory Affinity Group (NTAG) Meeting
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds – David J. Reinkensmeyer, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series – Oscar Marín, F.Med.Sci., F.R.S.
- 4:00pm
Research-in-Progress Seminar (RiPS) Series – Speakers TBD
- 5:00pm
Friends of the Semel Institute (FotSI) Open Mind Series: “The Best Minds”
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Anand Suresh, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Melissa Spencer, Ph.D.
- 8:30am
UCLA Symposium on Neurotechnology
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – 4th Annual Black History Month Special Lecture – Lauren Whitehurst, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Research-in-Progress Seminar (RiPS) Series – Speakers TBD
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Brady J. Maher, Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Soraya Dunn, Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Soraya Dunn, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Fayal Abderemane-Ali, Ph.D.
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Image: Confocal microscope imaging of mouse brain periventricular white matter. Blood vessel cells are seen in red (CD31 staining), cell nuclei are seen in blue (DAPI) and viral labeled ribosomes are seen in green.
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