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Decoding the Brain: How Different Cells Contribute to Disease
The Forge 208 Carrall St, VancouverEver wondered what’s actually happening inside the brain when disease strikes, and how scientists figure it out? Decoding the Brain: How Different Cells Contribute to Disease is a free, after-hours science event that brings you inside the world of modern neuroscience, without the textbooks or technical jargon. Taking place at The Forge in Gastown, this evening features short, engaging […]
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Dr. Sheena Josselyn: Engrams and Memory in Mice
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverUnderstanding how the brain encodes, stores, and uses information is a central goal of neuroscience. Many neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and Alzheimer’s […]
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Salvatore Furfaro – BNS Seminar
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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Contributions of striatal astrocytes to drug addiction
DMCBH Room 3402 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverThis month, Dr. Tristan Hynes (Assistant Professor of Psychology at SFU and Associate Member at the DMCBH) will present "Contributions of striatal astrocytes to drug addiction." Zoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/5936706150?pwd=bWFoeDNGMkk2ZVNOQk9FTFZIT0lZdz09&omn=62102214283
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Dr. Leah Mayo: Lost in translation? Exploring the endocannabinoid system as a novel pharmacotherapeutic target in PTSD
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverDr. Mayo will talk about studies involving animal-to-human translational work highlighting how endocannabinoid function regulates stress reactivity and fear learning, leveraging human behavioral pharmacology and neuroimaging. She will also highlight […]
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Jordan Hamden: The intestinal microbiome modulates brain development and degeneration
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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Dr. Cris Niell: Neural circuits for natural vision
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverNatural visual processing entails a complex interplay between sensory input, behavioral context, and on-going brain dynamics. Our lab seeks to understand how these processes give rise to goal-directed visual behaviors, […]
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Peiying Wen: Optogenetic reactivation of electroconvulsive shock-impaired memory engram
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 DMCBH 3402A-C. This week's speaker is Peiying Wen from the Snyder and NINET Lab. Learn more
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Neuropizza with the Selvanathan & Miller labs
Koerner Pavilion Conference Centre F-106, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverCome and learn about some cool science and hang out with your neuroscience colleagues over pizza and drinks!! Neuropizza takes place monthly in the Koerner conference room starting at 5:00pm and is open to everyone.
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Dr. Keri Martinowich: Spatially-resolved molecular approaches for understanding human brain circuits and disease vulnerability
Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, VancouverThis talk will highlight recent efforts to generate and analyze spatially resolved molecular datasets to better understand structure–function relationships in the human brain, particularly in the context of complex brain […]
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Karina Thiessen: The Effects of Cannabinoids on Acute Stress Response in Humans: An MRI Study
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 DMCBH 3402A-C. This week's speaker is Karina Thiessen from the Schutz Lab. Learn more
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Neuroscience Research Colloquium
The Neuroscience Research Colloquium (NRC), is a series of lectures featuring local and international neuroscientists.