2025 UCLA Symposium on Neurotechnology

February 24, 2025

8:30am – 2:30pm

Venue

Neuroscience Research Building

Neural Dynamics & Computational Modeling
(Chair: Mario Dipoppa)

“Neural Dynamics”
Alex Huk, Ph.D.
Departments of Ophthalmology and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

“Locus Coeruleus Activation ‘Resets’ Hippocampal Event Representations and Separates Adjacent Memories”
David Clewett, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology

“Uncovering Brain Network Dynamics Involved in Behavioral Flexibility Using Functional Ultrasound Imaging (fUSI)”
Paul Mathews, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology

Engineering
(Chair: Anne Andrews)

“AI-Based Neurotechnologies”
Maryam Shanechi, Ph.D.
Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
USC Viterbi School of Engineering

“Ubiquitous Bioelectronics: Personalizing Medicine for Everyone”
Xuanbing Cheng, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

“Brain Machine Interface Control with Artificial Intelligence Copilots”
Jonathan Kao, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Clinical Applications
(Chair: Daniel Lu)

“Alternative Splice Variant-Derived Neoantigen-Targeted Immunotherapy in Diffuse Hemispheric H3 G34-Mutant Glioma”
Anthony Wang, M.D.
Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology

“Deep Brain Stimulation of Affective Circuits for Chronic Pain”
Ausaf Bari, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurosurgery

“Decoding Memory with Transformer Models: Toward Targeted Brain Stimulation for Specific Memories”
Soraya Dunn, Ph.D.
Department of Neurosurgery

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In-Person Event
Neuroscience Research Building

For more information, please contact the Translation in Neurotechnology (TNT) program team at tnt@mednet.ucla.edu.