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EMPOWERING COLLABORATIVE AND
DIVERSE NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AT UCLA.
Joint Seminars In Neuroscience
March 10th, 2026
Erik Musiek, M.D., Ph.D.
Charlotte & Paul Hagmann Professor
Department of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
“Circadian Clocks and Alzheimer’s Disease“
(Faculty Host: Gina Poe & Lindsay De Biase)
Upcoming Events/Seminars
- 2:00pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Melissa Herman, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Un Jung Kang, M.D.
- 12:00pm
Neuromodulation Seminar Series – Vaughn R. Steele, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Seminar Series – Ravi Bansal, Ph.D.
- 11:00am
Brain Mapping Center (BMC) Seminar Series – Ileana Jelescu, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Junmin Peng, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids Grand Rounds – Hilary Marusak, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Broad Stem Cell Research Center (BSCRC) Research Seminar – Clifford J. Tabin, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART) Distinguished Lecture Series – Brian Boyd, 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 – Nitish Patel
- 1:00pm
Special Lecture – Matt Kaplan
- 9:00am
Neuroprotective Greek Herbs Seminar
- 12:00pm
Special Seminar – Bai Lu, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) Journal Club
- 4:00pm
Research in Progress Seminar (RiPS) Series – Arielle Hogan
- 9:30am
Integrative Center for Learning and Memory (ICLM) Journal Club – Carlos A. Sanchez Leon, Ph.D.
- 12:00pm
Synapse to Circuit (S2C) x Integrative Center for Neural Development, Degeneration, and Repair (ICNDDR) Joint Seminar – Victoria Turnbill
- 12:00pm
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC) Seminar Series – Debha Amatya, M.D., Ph.D.
- 2:00pm
Integrative Center on Addictions (ICA) Seminar Series – Ream Al-Hasani, Ph.D.
- 1:00pm
Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders Affinity Group (PDAG) Meeting – Jing Wen, Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Stephen G. Waxman, M.D., Ph.D.
- 9:00am
Division of Population Behavioral Health (D-PBH) Stress, Trauma,and Resilience (STAR) Research Seminar – Emily Ricketts, Ph.D., M.S.
- 12:00pm
Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series – Elaine Hsiao, Ph.D.
- 10:00am
Electrophysiology of Brain Dynamics Affinity Group (EBDAG) Research Seminar – Mingzhou Ding, Ph.D.
- 4:00pm
Integrative Center for Sleep and Performance (ICSP) Journal Club
- 9:00am
Neurology Grand Rounds (NGR) – Charles E. Argoff, M.D.
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Image of the Month
Image: High magnification (20X) confocal image of coronal section of prefrontal cortex in a mouse injected with two retrograde tracers in the dorsolateral (red) and dorsomedial (green) striatum. All cells stained with NeuroTrace (blue).
By: Michael Ryan, Anne Churchland Lab
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