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Joint Seminars In Neuroscience
UP NEXT:
March 11, 2025
“Mechanisms of Body-Brain Communication”
Stephen Liberles, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cell Biology
HHMI Investigator
Harvard Medical School
Faculty Host: Larry Zipursky
Upcoming Events/Seminars
- 8:30am
2025 Southern California Learning and Memory (SCLM) Symposium
- 3:00pm
NeuroTheory Affinity Group (NTAG) Meeting
- 4:00pm
Weekly BRI Social Hour
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds – Martha Morrell, M.D.
- 12:00pm
Invertebrate Neuroscience Affinity Group (INAG) Seminar Series – Patricia Mendez
- 1:00pm
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Seminar Series – Alexander P. Lin, Ph.D.
- 11:00am
Brain Mapping Center (BMC) Seminar Series – Leanna Hernandez, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Molecular Biology Institute (MBI) Research Seminar – Matthew Rasband, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) Distinguished Lecture Series – Xin Jin, Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Gabriel Rojas Bowe
- 12:00pm
Stand Up for Science 2025 (Los Angeles Chapter)
- 3:30pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) and Synapse to Circuit (S2C) Club Affinity Group Joint Seminar- Natalia De Marco Garcia, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Department of Neurobiology Research Seminar – Sarah Kocher, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) Journal Club -Speaker TBD
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – Stephen Liberles, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Women in Neuroscience (WiN) Affinity Group Meeting: Mentorship Luncheon
- 4:00pm
BRI Social Hour Series
- 9:30am
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Instructional Workshop
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Rebecca Birnbaum, M.D.
- 12:30pm
Decision Making Affinity Group (DMAG) Research Seminar – Vinny Costa, Ph.D.
- 2:00pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Tod Kippin, Ph.D.
- 10:00am
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Instructional Workshop
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Seminar Series – Gal Bitan, Ph.D.
- 3:30pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) Seminar Series – Jun Reichl
- 12:00pm
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) Seminar Series – Christine M. Gall, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
BRI Social Hour Series
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds – Robert Postuma, M.D., M.Sc.
- 1:00pm
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Seminar Series – Hugh Garavan, Ph.D.
- 11:00am
Interoception Dynamics Affinity Group (IDAG) Research Seminar – Sarah Light, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Research-in-Progress Seminar (RiPS) Series – Zeena Rivera and Ari Schaler
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Zachary Zeidler, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) Journal Club -Speaker TBD
- 4:00pm
BRI Social Hour Series
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds – Gottfried Schlaug, M.D., Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Training in Neurotechnology Translation (TNT) Research Seminar – Russell Scott Ray, Ph.D.
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