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NBB Presents: Wellbeing Dialogue Series – Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency

NBB Wellbeing Dialogue Series – Music, Mind, and Wellbeing with acclaimed harpist and Sony Classical recording artist Tomoko Sato Lavinia Meijer is widely considered one of the greatest living harpists. She is a bold innovator who is redefining the possibilities of the harp through her transcriptions and performances of works from contemporary composers such as...

Donuts with the Dean – Winter 2024

Natural Sciences II, 5th Floor 5120 Natural Sciences II, Irvine, California

Join us for the return of BioSci's quarterly Donuts with the Dean! Please join us on Monday, February 5 from 4 - 5 p.m. on the 5th Floor of Natural Sciences II. You'll have an opportunity to meet BioSci Dean Frank LaFerla and hear from our guest speaker, Pascal Krotee, PhD. Afterwards, enjoy a donut...

Dr. Katalin Gothard – James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series

James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 11:00AM - 12:00PM The seminar will be live streamed via Zoom and In-Person. Katalin M. Gothard, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Physiology, Neurology, and Neuroscience The University of Arizona College of Medicine Department of Physiology Abstract: Tactile signals elicited in the periphery by social and affective...

Winter 2024 – Dean’s Distinguished Lecture

Crystal Cove Auditorium - UCI Student Center 4113 Pereira Dr., Irvine, California, United States

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the event for registration. Light lunch hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be available during the reception from 12 to 1 p.m. Designing Drugs for Human Diseases Using Structural Biology About the Lecture This lecture will discuss how structural biology provides the required information for designing specific therapeutic agents and will present a...

NBB Presents: Wellbeing Dialogue Series – Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency

NBB Wellbeing Dialogue Series Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency Wednesday, February 28, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM This seminar will be in-Person. Light refreshments will be provided. Negar Shekarabi, Psy.D. Program Director Faculty and Staff Support Services Samueli Office of Wellbeing “Cultivating Psychological Flexibility for Lasting Wellbeing" In this session we will explore...

Cholsoon Jang, Biological Chemistry – Thursday, March 7

Natural Sciences I

Join us for our monthly microbiome series! We are happy to announce the return of Monthly Microbiome Meetings with a series highlighting UCI faculty. The seminars are open to the UCI community and beyond and take place on the first Thursday of each month, 3-4pm in Natural Sciences I, room 1114. Refreshments will be served. This...

Dr. Paul J. Kenny – James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar

James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series Friday, March 8th, 2024 11:00AM - 12:00PM The seminar will be live streamed via Zoom and In-Person. "A master regulator of opioid reward in ventral prefrontal cortex" Paul J. Kenny, Ph.D. Ward-Coleman Professor and Chair, Nash Family Department of NeuroscienceDirector, Drug Discovery Institute (DDI), Icahn School of Medicine at...

UCI School of Medicine – Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology Seminar

Plumwood Room 166

Krishna Jayant, PhDAssistant ProfessorPurdue University, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering UCI School of Medicine - Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology Seminar A translaminar space-time code supports touch-evoked traveling waves. March 14, 2024, 11:00 AM, Plumwood Room 166 Event Contact: Laura Ewell | lewell@hs.uci.edu

Alejandra Rodriguez Verdugo, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology – Thursday, April 4

Natural Sciences I

Join us for our monthly microbiome series! We are happy to announce the return of Monthly Microbiome Meetings with a series highlighting UCI faculty. The seminars are open to the UCI community and beyond and take place on the first Thursday of each month, 3-4pm in Natural Sciences I, room 1114. Refreshments will be served. This...

NBB Presents: Wellbeing Dialogue Series – Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency

NBB Wellbeing Dialogue Series Ideas & Tools for Wellbeing & Resiliency Wednesday, April 10, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM This seminar will be in-Person. Light refreshments will be provided. Joel Milam, PhD. Professor Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Program in Public Health Department of Medicine, School of Medicine “Optimism" Optimism and Hope are two protective...

Dean’s Distinguished Lecture – Spring 2024

Crystal Cove Auditorium - UCI Student Center 4113 Pereira Dr., Irvine, California, United States

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the event for registration. Lecture from 4 to 5 p.mLight refreshments and beverages will be available during the reception from 5 to 6 p.m. Precious Birds and Flying Flowers: The Sensory World of Butterflies The mysterious beauty of butterflies has dazzled us from ancient times to modern. What makes...

Constructing Emotional Representations in the Brain

Joshua Johansen, PhDTeam Leader, Neural Circuitry of Learning and MemoryRIKEN Center for Brain Science Location (in person): Plumwood room 166 Refreshments provided. Event Contact: Javier Diaz Alonso | jdiazalo@uci.eduJanet Hong | janetkh@hs.uci.edu