Academic Year 2020-2021
October 6, 2020
TAKAKI KOMIYAMA, Ph.D. (Hosted by Peyman Golshani; pgolshani@mednet.ucla.edu)
Departments of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego
“Principles of Circuit Plasticity During Learning”
October 20, 2020
The Brain Research Institute 28th Annual Samuel Eiduson Student Lecture
LYLE KINGSBURY (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
Departments of Biological Chemistry and Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles
“The Social Brain in Action: Neural Dynamics Within and Across Interacting Animals”
October 27, 2020
WIELAND HUTTNER, Ph.D. (Hosted by Ye Zhang; yezhang@ucla.edu)
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
“Neural Stem Cell, Human-Specific Genes, and Neocortex Expansion in Development and Human Evolution”
November 3, 2020
The Arnold Scheibel Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience Lecture(Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
Departments of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics JIANNIS TAXIDIS, Ph.D.
Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry
November 10, 2020
Charles H. (Tom) Sawyer Distinguished Lecture
LARRY YOUNG, Ph.D. (Hosted by Paul Micevych and LNE; pmicevych@mednet.ucla.edu )
Department of Psychiatry, Emory University
“The Neurobiology of Social Bonding, Empathy and Social Loss: Implications for Autism”
November 17, 2020
ELIZABETH PHELPS, Ph.D. (Hosted by Jennifer Silvers; silvers@ucla.edu)
Department of Psychology, Harvard University
“Mechanisms of Threat Control”
December 1, 2020
MELISSA WARDEN, Ph.D. (Hosted by Avishek Adhikari; avi@psych.ucla.edu)
Departments of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
“Neuromodulation and The Balance Between Goal-Directed and Reactive Behavior”
December 8, 2020
TAMAS HORVATH, DVM, Ph.D. (Hosted by Jonathan Flint; jflint@mednet.ucla.edu)
Departments of Comparative Medicine, Neuroscience, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine
“Hunger Promoting Hypothalamic Neurons Drive Healthy Ageing”
January 5, 2021
DAMIEN FAIR, PA-C, Ph.D. (Hosted by Carrie Bearden; cbearden@mednet.ucla.edu)
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
“Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Era of Big Data”
January 12, 2021
Prof. Dr. MICHAEL BRECHT (Hosted by Stephanie White; sawhite@ucla.edu)
Department of Neurobiology, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin
January 19, 2021
CAGLA EROGLU, Ph.D. (Hosted by Samantha Butler; butlersj@ucla.edu)
Departments of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Duke University
“How do Astrocytes Sculpt Synaptic Circuits?
January 26, 2021
The Integrative Center for Learning and Memory Distinguished Lecturer
ILANA WITTEN, Ph.D. (Hosted by Kate Wassum/Michele Basso, and ICLM; kwassum@ucla.edu)
Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University
“Specialized and Spatially Organized Dopamine Signals
February 2, 2021
ANDRE FENTON, Ph.D. (Hosted by Carlos Portera-Cailliau; CPCailliau@mednet.ucla.edu)
Department of Neuroscience, New York University
“Memory, Learning to Learn, and Control of Cognitive Representations
February 9, 2021
The Eleanor Leslie Term Chair in Pioneering Brain Research
SAMANTHA BUTLER, Ph.D. (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles
“Molecular Pathways That Accelerate the Regeneration of Axons Following Nerve Injury
February 16, 2021
SHERNAZ BAMJI, Ph.D. (Hosted by Samantha Butler; butlersj@ucla.edu)
Department of Cellular Physiological Science, The University of British Columbia
“Regulation of Synapse Formation and Plasticity by Palmitoylating Enzymes
February 23, 2021
COREY HARWELL, Ph.D. (Hosted by Ben Novitch; bnovitch@ucla.edu)
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
“Development and Diversity of Neural Cell Types in the Septum
March 2, 2021
The Integrative Center for Learning and Memory Distinguished Lecture
ERIC KLANN, Ph.D. (Hosted by Alcino Silva; silvaa@mednet.ucla.edu)
Departments of Neuroscience, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, New York University
“Local and Cell Type-Specific Translation in Emotional Memory
March 9, 2021
The Brain Research Institute 32nd Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture
DEAN BUONOMANO, Ph.D. (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
Departments of Neurobiology and Psychology, University of California Los Angeles
March 30, 2021
DANIEL SALZMAN, M.D., Ph.D. (Hosted by Michele Basso; mbasso@mednet.ucla.edu)
Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Columbia University
April 6, 2021
Charles H. (Tom) Sawyer Distinguished Lecture
LARRY SWANSON, Ph.D. (Hosted by Paul Micevych and LNE; pmicevych@mednet.ucla.edu)
Departments of Biological Sciences, Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Southern California
“Understanding the Basic Plan of the Nervous System
April 13, 2021
LILA DAVACHI, Ph.D. (Hosted by Barbara Knowlton; knowlton@psych.ucla.edu)
Department of Psychology, Columbia University
April 27, 2021
ELSA ROSSIGNOL, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.P. (Hosted by Peyman Golshani pgolshani@mednet.ucla.edu)
Departments of Neuroscience and Pediatrics Universite de Montreal
“Disrupted Cortical Inhibition in Genetic Epileptic Encephalopathies”
May 4, 2021
The Annual Brain Research Institute and Molecular Biology Institute Joint Lecture
LIQUN LUO, Ph.D. (Hosted by Weizhe Hong and Akin Orkun; whong@ucla.edu)
Department of Biology, Stanford University
“Wiring Specificity of Neural Circuits”
May 11, 2021
MARISELA MORALES, M.S., Ph.D. (Hosted by Catherine Cahill; cmcahill@ucla.edu)
National Institute On Drug Abuse Intramural Reseach Program
“Neuronal Diversity Within The Ventral Tegmental Area and Co-Release of Neurotransmitters”
May 18, 2021
The Brain Research Institute 29th Annual Samuel Eiduson Student Lecture
BRYCE BAJAR (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
Laboratory of Dr. Larry Zipursky, Department of Biological Chemistry; Laboratory of Dr. Orkun Akin, Department of Neurobiology
“Title to be Determined”
May 25, 2021
Speakers to be Announced
“Title to be Determined”
June 1, 2021
New Brain Research Institute Member Short Talks
Speakers to be Announced (Hosted by Felix Schweizer; felixs@ucla.edu)
“Title to be Determined”