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The Distracted Mind

Irvine Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Dr., Irvine, CA, United States

The Nineteenth UCI Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning and Memory Our brains, despite remarkable capabilities, have distinct limitations. Dr. Gazzaley explores how our brains manage the river of data that constantly floods it, how its capacities can be exceeded, the consequences of this on our performance, and if a solution to the distracted mind...

The Ralph Gerard Lectureship: Detecting Neurotransmitters

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA, United States

The School of Biological Sciences presents The Ralph Gerard Lectureship “Detecting Neurotransmitters–A Journey from Beaker to the Behaving Brain” featuring R. Mark Wightman, Ph.D. W.R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry Faculty, Neuroscience Center University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Description: My research seeks to understand the process by which nerve cells in the brain communicate...

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CNLM Colloquium Series

Herklotz Conference Center Irvine

Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) Colloquium Aryeh Routtenberg, Ph.D. Department of Physiology Northwestern University A Novel View of Synaptic Tagging:Regulation of  presynaptic terminal plasticity  Terminal-specific and behavior-selective presynaptic structural plasticity has been linked to long-term memory (McGonigal, R. et al., Hippocampus, 2012).  Hippocampal granule cell axon (mossy fibers, MF) terminals specifically...

Schneiderman Bioethics Lecture

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA, United States

UCI School of Biological Sciences proudly presents  The Howard A. Schneiderman Memorial Bioethics Lecture Series Join us April 23, 2013 at 7 p.m. for  “Stoners, Junkies, Science and the State” Presented by Ethan Nadelmann Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance Abstract:  Given recently-passed laws in various states, marijuana prohibition appears headed for the same fate as...

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The Nineteenth UCI Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning and Memory

Irvine Barclay Theatre 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA, United States

The Nineteenth UCI Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning and Memory Supported by: UCI’s Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM) and Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND)  Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:30 p.m. at the Irvine Barclay Theatre Leslie Thompson, Ph.D....

Funding Success with the Department of Defense

Nat Sci I, Rm. 1114 1114 Natural Sciences 1, Irvine, CA, United States

On Thursday, Oct. 17 from 3:30 - 5:00 pm in Nat Sci I, Rm. 1114, the UCI Office of Research will host a workshop for faculty and post-docs interested in applying for Department of Defense (DoD) research grants. The workshop will consist of a 30-minute general overview of the agency and the proposal process, followed...

Allergan Lecture in Modern Biology – Nov 19

The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA, United States

UCI School of Biological Sciences proudly presents The Allergan Lecture Series in Modern Biology Join us November 19, 2013 at 7 p.m. for “Global Implications of the Biofuel Revolution” Presented by Markus Ribbe, Ph.D. Chancellor’s Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences Abstract: Imagine using recycled greenhouse gases as fuel...

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