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Upcoming Events/Seminars
- 8:00am
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) 2nd Annual Spring Symposium
- 8:00am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Symposium
- 12:00pm
Women in Neuroscience (WiN) Affinity Group Meeting
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
- 12:00pm
Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN) Series – 3rd Annual Pride Month Lecture – Speaker TBD
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Jonathan C. Kao, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) Research Seminar – Vijay G. Sankaran, M.D., Ph.D.
- 2:00pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Hedy Kober, Ph.D.
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Paul Mathews, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Joint Pride Month Seminar – Saray Soldado Magraner, Ph.D. and Michael Apostol
- 12:00pm
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) Seminar Series – Alberto Cruz-Martin, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
- 11:00am
Semel Grand Rounds (SGR) – Scott Wilke, M.D., Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Jonathon Reeder, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Neuromodulation Seminar Series – Scott Aaronson, M.D.
- 6:30pm
2026 CELL Scholars Symposium
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Carlos A. Sanchez-Leon, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Anne Milasincic Andrews, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Biotech Entrepreneurship & Collaboration (BEC) Affinity Group Meeting
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Image of the Month
Image: Doxycycline-induced Kolf2.1 Ngn cells at Day 28 of differentiation, maintained as intact colonies and showing robust axonal outgrowth. Cells were plated on GelTrex, expressing dTomato under the Synapsin promoter and imaged at 10X magnification in the CY3 channel.
By: Anup Khanal. Ben Novitch Lab.
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