Special Symposium and Reception: “Your Brain on Art”
Join us for our special symposium and reception that will bring the scientific and creative community together to celebrate the intersection between brain science and art. This unique event aims to foster meaningful conversations about the transformative power of art and its deep connection to the self. Also we will celebrate collaborative achievements of our UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping during this holiday season.
Monday, December 9, 2024 (2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)
Registration is required to attend (21+ only)
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Fall 2024
19
November 2024
10 am PT
Li Gan, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Director, Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute
“Innate immunity and neurodegeneration: challenges and
opportunities”
In Person: ISEB 1200
03
December 2024
10 am PT
Bin He, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
Trustee Professor of Biomedical Engineering
“Brain-Computer Interface: Decoding and Modulating the Brain”
In Person: ISEB 1200
17
December 2024
10 am PT
Rui Chen, PhD
Center for Translational Vision Research, UCI
Professor, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Department of Ophthalmology
“Establishing a Comprehensive Cell Atlas of the Human Retina”
In Person: ISEB 1200
Winter 2025
14
January 2025
10 am PT
Gordon Shepherd, PhD
Northwestern University
Professor of Neuroscience
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
28
January 2025
10 am PT
Alan Jasanoff, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor, Biological Engineering, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Director, Center for Neurobiological Engineering
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
11
February 2025
10 am PT
William Allen, PhD
Harvard University
Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
18
February 2025
10 am PT
Oscar Marin, PhD
Kings College London
Professor of Neuroscience
Director of the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology
Director of the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
25
February 2025
10 am PT
Theodore Price, PhD
University of Texas, Dallas
Director of Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS)
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
11
March 2025
10 am PT
Lingyan Shi, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
“Multimodal Metabolic Nanoscopy for Studying Aging and Diseases”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
18
March 2025
10 am PT
Jennifer Cremins, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Associate Professor Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Bio-engineering and Genetics
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
Spring 2025
25
March 2025
10 am PT
Andy Alexander, PhD
University of California, Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
08
April 2025
10 am PT
Yoav Ben-Simon, PhD
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Assistant Investigator, Molecular Genetics Department
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
22
April 2025
10 am PT
Zheng-Yi Chen, PhD
Harvard University
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
“A new era in gene therapy for genetic hearing loss”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
29
April 2025
10 am PT
Suzana Herculano-Houzel, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Psychology
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
13
May 2025
10 am PT
Walter Royal III, MD
Morehouse School of Medicine
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology
Director, Neuroscience Institute
Associate Executive Director, Center for Visual and Neurorehabilitation Research, Atlanta VA Medical Center
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
20
May 2025
10 am PT
Peter Adams, PhD
University of California, San Diego
Director & Professor, NCI-designated Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program
“TBD”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom
27
May 2025
10 am PT
Ting Wang, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Head of Department of Genetics
“Transposable elements and cancer epigenome evolution”
Hybrid: ISEB 1200 & Zoom