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EMPOWERING COLLABORATIVE AND
DIVERSE NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AT UCLA.
Member Publications
Joint Seminars In Neuroscience
May 26th, 2026
Lauren McElvain, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences and Neurobiology
University of Southern California
“Organization and Function of Basal Ganglia Outputs”
(Faculty Host: Lydia Daboussi)
Upcoming Events/Seminars
- All Day
2026 West Coast Neuroeconomics (WCNE) Symposium
- 12:00pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology (LNE) x Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Joint Seminar – Gregory Ball, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
- 2:00pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Marcelo Wood, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Jeffrey G. Ojemann, M.D.
- 12:00pm
Neuromodulation Seminar Series – Martijn Arns, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Seminar Series – Lawrence S.Kegeles, M.D., Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Armin Raznahan, M.D., Ph.D.
- 11:00am
Brain Mapping Center (BMC) Seminar Series – Janine Bijsterbosch, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) Research Seminar – James M. Wells, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
2026 CART Symposium: “Advances in Autism 2026: The Current State of Autism Science”
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Zachary Zeidler, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) Seminar Series – Stacey Dusing, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
- 11:00am
Semel Grand Rounds (SGR) – Marc A. Norman, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Health Equity & Translational Social Science (HETSS) Research Seminar – Shafali S. Jeste, M.D.
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Professor Dr. Med. Armin Curt
- 1:00pm
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Seminar Series – Philip Shaw, Ph.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.Psych
- 10:00am
2026 Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids (CCC) Symposium: “From Hemp-derived Products to Schedule III Cannabis: New Frontiers Impacting Patients and Policy”
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Pravesh Parekh, Ph.D.
- 3:30pm
22nd Jeffrey Lecture on Cognitive Neuroscience – Michael J. Frank, Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – David Glanzman, Ph.D.
- 10:00am
22nd Jeffrey Lecture on Cognitive Neuroscience – Michael J. Frank, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology (LNE) Joint Seminar – Beau Alward, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
- 7:00pm
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL: Engineering Life: From Antibody Therapies to Synthetic Biology
- 7:00pm
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL: The Times They Are a-Changin’
- 1:00pm
Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders Affinity Group (PDAG) Workshop: PD Grant Brainstorming
- 7:00pm
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL: A Night of Mathematical Wonders and Geological Treasures
- 7:00pm
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL: From The Gut to Brain: The Hidden Science of Behavior
- 7:00pm
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL: Invisible Forces: The Molecular Drama of Life
- 7:00pm
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL: Molecules & Picoseconds: Redefining Microscopic to Engineer the Future at Every Scale
- 7:00pm
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- 7:00pm
PINT OF SCIENCE FESTIVAL: The Company We Keep: Dogs, Partners and Algorithms
- 9:00am
2026 NeuroTheory Affinity Group (NTAG) Symposium
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Steven Mark Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Seminar Series – Michael Jacob, M.D.
- 11:00am
Brain Mapping Center (BMC) Seminar Series – Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Benjamin Neale, Ph.D.
- 12:15pm
Semel Institute Undergraduate Research Conference
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Image: Asymmetric macaque retinal ganglion cell labeled with GFP via retrograde viral injections into the superior colliculus (green), starburst amacrine cells labeled with ChAT (magenta).
By: Anushka Narasani, Greg Field Lab
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