EMPOWERING COLLABORATIVE AND
DIVERSE NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AT UCLA.
Joint Seminars In Neuroscience
November 4, 2025
Joel Zylberberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA
Fellow of Learning in Machines and Brains
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California, Los Angeles
“Digital Twins Of The Eyes and Brain”
(Faculty Hosts: Lindsay De Biase & Idan Blank)
Upcoming Events/Seminars
- All Day
Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Conference
- 2:00pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Trainee Data Blitz
- All Day
Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Conference
- 11:00am
Semel Grand Rounds (SGR) – Dr. Mark DeAntonio Memorial Lecture – Matthew W. State, M.D., Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – TBD, Ph.D.
- All Day
Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Conference
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Dettmer Ulf, Ph.D.
- 11:00am
Brain Mapping Center (BMC) Seminar Series – Janelle Liu, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Scott Wilke, M.D., Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) Research Seminar – Konrad Hochedlinger, Ph.D.
- 8:00am
Pediatric Grand Rounds (PGR) – Perry Shieh, M.D., Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) Distinguished Lecture Series – Molly Losh, Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Michael Fanselow, Ph.D.
- 12:30pm
Memorial Service Honoring Peter C. Whybrow, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Lior Shmuelof, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Division of Population Behavioral Health (D-PBH) Research Seminar – Sara Hickmann, Ph.D.
- 11:30am
UCLA Neuroscience Genomics Core (UNGC) Lunch & Learn Session
- 9:00am
Kapland & Rothstein CAN REACH Training Program Seminar – Rujuta Wilson, M.D., M.S.
- 12:00pm
Special Seminar: Prof. Dun Mao – Hierarchical Chunking and Abstraction of Complex Events in the Primate Brain
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Laura DeNardo, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology (LNE) x Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Joint Seminar – Lindsay De Biase, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – TBD, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Dimitros Kapogiannis, M.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D.
- 2:00pm
Easton Center Dementia Colloquium
- 12:00pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Joint Seminar – Farzaneh Najafi, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – TBD, Ph.D.
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Image of the Month
Image: Expression of cofilin fused to mCherry in a P21 mouse spinal cord, 3 weeks post-injection of an AAV9 in the spinal cord. Yellow is the cofilin-mCherry labeled with Cy3, magenta is neurofilament labeled with AlexaFlour488 and cyan is the DNA labeled with Hoechst33342
By: Soiz Riche, Butler Lab
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Life Changing Research
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Outreach That Impacts Our Communities
The BRI aims to extend scientific knowledge into the community and inspire elementary and secondary school students to explore a career in neuroscience



