Events

Tue, Feb 3 2026, 10 - 11am

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UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping | Philip L. Felgner, PhD

"mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles: Past, Present and Future," by Philip L. Felgner, PhD, Professor in Residence, Director of the UC Irvine Adeline Yen Mah Vaccine Center, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UC Irvine School of Medicine

Wed, Jan 28 2026, 2 - 3pm

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Anatomy & Neurobiology Dissertation Defense | Gregory De Varvalho, Graduate Student

"Early-Life Adversity Reveals Synaptic Mechanisms for Behavioral Flexibility in Striatal Circuits"

Tue, Jan 27 2026, 7 - 8pm

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UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center | 2026 Community Lecture Series | Munjal Acharya, PhD & Casey Hudson, PhD Candidate

“Combating Brain Fog After Cancer Therapies"

Tue, Jan 13 2026, 10 - 11am

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UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping | Charles Wang, MD, PhD, MPH

"Single-nucleus Sequencing and Spatial Transcriptomics Revealed Epigenetics Mechanism Underlying the Abnormal Brain Development Induced by Prenatal E-cigarette Vaping," by Charles Wang, MD, PhD, MPH, Director and Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Center for Genomics and Division of Molecular Genetics, Loma Linda University

Fri, Jan 9 2026, 2 - 3pm

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Anatomy & Neurobiology Dissertation Defense | Pooja Sakthivel, Graduate Student

"Microglia Compl(e)ment Themselves: A Novel Role for C1Q In Regulating Microglial State"

Tue, Dec 16 2025, 10 - 11am

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UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping | Emily Baum, PhD

"From Chinese Medicine to an American 'Alternative': China, the Cold War and the Americanization of Acupuncture," by Emily Baum, PhD, Professor, Department of History, UC Irvine School of Humanities

Tue, Dec 2 2025, 10 - 11am

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UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping | Fei Xia, PhD

"Imaging the Brain for Deeper and More Colorful Insight," by Fei Xia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering

Tue, Nov 25 2025, 10 - 11am

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UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping | Daniel Aharoni, PhD

“Towards Scalable Open-Source Platforms for Long-Term Neural and Behavioral Research in Naturally Behaving Animals," by Daniel Aharoni, PhD, Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Fri, Oct 31 2025, 8am - 12pm

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Center for Neuropolitics 2025 Symposium: The New Language of Politics

The current political landscape is filled with a bewildering terminology, with old terms redefined and new terms entered into the lexicon: Competitive Authoritarianism, Patrimonialism, Ungoverning, Populism and more. Join us for the UC Irvine Center for Neuropolitics 2025 Symposium, where we will address how these terms reflect our political moment.

Tue, Oct 28 2025, 10 - 11am

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UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping | Yin Shen, PhD

“Characterizing Cis-regulatory Elements and Genetic Variants Underlying Human Brain Development and Disease," by Yin Shen, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, UCSF School of Medicine