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UBC Giving Day 2025
OnlineJoin us for the fifth annual UBC Giving Day on Thursday, April 3. This year, the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health has been selected as 1 of 4 focus […]
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Dr. Sophie Caron: The ecological mind — making sense of the world with a tiny brain
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverZoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Brains are evolved to learn, enabling animals to respond flexibly […]
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Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta: Structure and meaning in natural behavior
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverZoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Ethologists describing animals in the wild have long appreciated that […]
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Career Paths in Translational Research (MATRIX-N Trainee Mentorship Session)
DMCBH Room 3402 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverIn this trainee mentorship session organized by UBC’s MATRIX-N cluster, a multidisciplinary panel of preclinical, clinical, and industry researchers/experts, including Dr. Catharine Winstanley (UBC Psychology), Dr. Brittany Dennis (UBC Psychiatry) […]
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Dr. Simon Chen: Probing the temporal dynamics of noradrenaline release at fine spatial scales during motor learning in healthy and diseased brains
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverZoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Noradrenaline (NA) is a strong modulator of neuronal activity, and […]
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Nikolas Kokan: Understanding the impact of timing on habituation
DMCBH Room 3402 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverJoin us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS), a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in […]
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Informing treatment strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic using pharmacometrics
DMCBH Room 3402 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverThis month, Sahithi Thotakura and Dr. Anil Maharaj from UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences will present "Informing treatment strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic using pharmacometrics." Zoom link if unable to attend […]
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Dr. Sarah Morrow: Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis:The importance of integrating research findings into clinical practice.
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverZoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 The objectives of this talk are to: Understand the importance […]
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Dr. Julie Lefebvre: Molecular strategies for wiring neurons into circuits
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverZoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 A critical step in neural circuit assembly is the integration […]
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Dr. Cheryl Wellington: New CFI funded Core Facility
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverZoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Dr. Wellington will be introducing a new CFI funded Core […]
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KK-103, a novel prodrug of leu-enkephalin for antinociception and mood-improving
DMCBH Room 3402 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverThis month, Dr. Shyh-Dar Li from UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences will present "KK-103, a novel prodrug of leu-enkephalin for antinociception and mood-improving." Zoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/5936706150?pwd=bWFoeDNGMkk2ZVNOQk9FTFZIT0lZdz09&omn=62102214283
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Dr. Pinar Ayata: Neurodegenerative functions of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverZoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 The brain’s primary immune cells, microglia, are a leading causal cell type in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Yet, the mechanisms by which microglia can drive neurodegeneration remain unresolved. Here, we discover that a conserved stress signaling […]
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Neuroscience Research Colloquium
The Neuroscience Research Colloquium (NRC), is a series of lectures featuring local and international neuroscientists.