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SUMMARY:Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta: Structure and meaning in natural behavior
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nEthologists describing animals in the wild have long appreciated that naturalistic\, self-motivated behavior is built from modules that are linked together over time into predictable sequences. Many such sequences are built to extract information from the environment. And yet\, it remains unclear how the brain regulates the selection of individual behavioral modules for expression at any given moment\, or how it dynamically composes these modules into the fluid behaviors observed when animals act of their own volition\, and in the absence of experimental restraint\, task structure or explicit reward. Here we use novel methods for characterizing spontaneous mouse behavior — combined with neural recordings and closed-loop manipulations — to reveal mechanisms used by the brain to create the architecture of self-guided behavior. I will describe recent results in which we explain behavioral variation across timescales ranging from milliseconds to millennia.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-sandeep-robert-datta/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250404T110000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Sophie Caron: The ecological mind — making sense of the world with a tiny brain
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nBrains are evolved to learn\, enabling animals to respond flexibly to an unpredictable world and to draw on experience to guide future behaviors. To learn efficiently\, brains need to balance a high degree of flexibility in the representation of the outside world with the limited neuronal infrastructure available to them. Focusing on the Drosophila melanogaster olfactory system\, my research investigates how the neuronal circuits that enable efficient learning are pre-configured to interpret the world. In my presentation\, I will explore two key questions: First\, what are the neural pre-configurations that allow the brain to learn efficiently from the environment? Second\, how are these pre-configurations shaped by the ecological conditions in which brains evolve? Using a wide range of approaches — from neurogenetics and behavioral assays to cross-species comparisons and the study of species interactions — we reveal the subtle ways in which ecology shapes neuronal circuit architecture and function. \n 
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-sophie-caron/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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SUMMARY:UBC Giving Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 areas for the Faculty of Medicine. \nBrain health is at a critical crossroads—conditions such as Alzheimer’s\, Parkinson’s and depression are on the rise\, yet cutting-edge research remains underfunded. The Centre is dedicated to driving breakthroughs in prevention\, personalized therapies and treatments—but we need your help. \nYour support will advance a new era of brain health by helping researchers fast-track life-changing discoveries that could improve the lives of millions. \nDonate and make your impact today
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/ubc-giving-day-2025/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250328T150000
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SUMMARY:Anna Mazurenko: Direct measurement of free glucocorticoids in rodent serum using ultrafiltration and LC-MS/MS
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Anna Mazurenko from the Soma Laboratory. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1 \nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502\nPasscode: 1234 \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/anna-mazurenko-direct-measurement-of-free-glucocorticoids-in-rodent-serum-using-ultrafiltration-and-lc-ms-ms/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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SUMMARY:Dr. Anne Churchland: Movements and engagement during perceptual decision-making
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nSwitching between cognitive states is a natural tendency\, even for trained experts. To test how cognitive state impacts the relationship between neural activity and behavior\, we measured cortex-wide neural activity during decision-making in mice. Task variables and instructed movements elicited similar neural responses regardless of state\, but the neural activity associated with spontaneous\, uninstructed movements became highly variable during disengagement. Surprisingly\, this heightened variability was not due to an increase in movements: behavioral videos showed equally frequent movements in both cognitive states. But while the movement frequency remained similar\, movement timing changed: as animals slipped into disengagement\, their movements became erratically timed. These idiosyncratic movements were a strong predictor of task performance and drove increased variance in neural activity. Our results argue that movements constitute an embodied signature of cognitive state. These observations lay the foundation for future large-scale recording experiments in freely moving animals that we will conduct using novel tools that we have recently developed.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-anne-churchland/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250324T153000
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SUMMARY:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy findings in Bipolar disorder: Do they predict recurrences?
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Dr. Chithra Pream Raju from UBC Psychiatry/Richmond Hospital will present “Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy findings in Bipolar disorder: Do they predict recurrences?” \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:\nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/5936706150?pwd=bWFoeDNGMkk2ZVNOQk9FTFZIT0lZdz09&omn=62102214283 \nMeeting ID: 593 670 6150\nPasscode: 506627
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/magnetic-resonance-spectroscopy-findings-in-bipolar-disorder-do-they-predict-recurrences/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250321T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250321T160000
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CREATED:20250213T225220Z
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UID:15527-1742569200-1742572800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Brittany Docolas: Intranasal administration of estradiol to increase motivation to exercise in rats
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Brittany Docolas from the Soma Laboratory. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1 \nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502\nPasscode: 1234 \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/brittany-docolas-intranasal-administration-of-estradiol-to-increase-motivation-to-exercise-in-rats/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250321T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250321T120000
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UID:13292-1742554800-1742558400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Graham Collingridge: Glutamate receptors and synaptic plasticity in health and disease.
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nWorking in the laboratory of the late Hugh McLennan (Department of Physiology\, UBC) Stephen Kehl and I discovered that NMDA receptors trigger the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus.  Since these early experiments\, the roles of glutamate receptors and their associated signalling processes have been extensively studied.  I will provide an overview of the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and how this information is being used to understand the molecular basis of\, and to develop treatments for\, a wide variety of brain disorders.  In this respect\, I will summarise some of our recent work in the areas of neurodevelopmental\, psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-graham-collingridge/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250314T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250314T120000
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CREATED:20240322T165733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T212207Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Anita Devineni: Neural processing for flexible feeding behaviors in Drosophila
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nHow does the brain process sensory information to generate adaptive behaviors that are innate\, yet flexible? My lab investigates this question in the taste system of the fruit fly Drosophila\, which offers unique tools to study how individual neurons contribute to neural circuit computations and behavior. First\, I will discuss our work using optogenetics\, behavior\, calcium imaging\, and connectomic analyses to investigate how taste circuits transform sensory signals into motor actions. Second\, I will discuss a project that bridges experimental and theoretical approaches to understand how flies make foraging decisions. Through these studies\, we hope to uncover principles of neural processing that generalize across species.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-anita-devineni/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250307T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250307T160000
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CREATED:20250213T224858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T225023Z
UID:15521-1741359600-1741363200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Alex Yu: Multiple neuropeptides underlie different forms of behavioural facilitation
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Alex Yu from the Behavioural Neurogenetics Lab.  \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1 \nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502\nPasscode: 1234 \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/michelle-jung-interaction-between-maternal-and-offspring-sucrose-consumption/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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UID:13096-1741345200-1741348800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Alex Kwan: Making synapses with psychedelics
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nNumerous drugs have the ability to alter our perception\, cognition\, and mood. Some of these compounds\, such as ketamine and serotonergic psychedelics\, have also shown promise as treatment for mental illnesses. The behavioral effects are often long-lasting\, presumably because the drugs act on synapses and dendrites to induce plasticity in the brain. In this talk\, I will describe a series of studies from my lab aimed at understanding the mechanism of action of psilocybin\, using subcellular-resolution two-photon imaging\, in vivo electrophysiology\, rabies viral tracing\, and other molecular and behavioral approaches in mice. The results provide insights into the drug action of psychedelics on neural circuits.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-alex-kwan/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250228T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250228T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20231101T161224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T225852Z
UID:12173-1740754800-1740758400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Michelle Jung: Effects of maternal sucrose consumption during pregnancy on maternal and fetal glucocorticoids
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Michelle Jung from the Soma lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-michelle-jung/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250228T120000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T190243Z
UID:13197-1740740400-1740744000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Boris Heifets: Psychedelics\, anesthesia and dreaming
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nIn this lecture\, I will discuss our group’s efforts to deconstruct the psychedelic ‘state’\, drawing on both human and mouse experiments. While dreaming\, anesthesia and psychedelics are often considered distinct\, I argue that they share an underlying physiology\, phenomenology and possibly therapeutic effect.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-boris-heifets/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20241205T191009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T001550Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Beatriz Rico and Dr. Oscar Marin
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Beatriz Rico\, King’s College London \nTitle: Assembly of cortical neurons in a dynamic circuit \nIn our daily life\, animal behaviours rely on precise connectivity between neurons in the brain that can be modulated by experience. In the mammalian cerebral cortex\, these connections reach an extraordinary complexity. How are these cortical circuitries built? How they respond to activity and what happens when they fail during development are questions that we are currently addressing in my lab. In this seminar\, I will focus on the precise integration of diverse neuronal populations during development\, regulated by intrinsic molecular mechanisms and dynamic fine-tuning mechanisms that maintain the balance between excitation and inhibition. For instance\, the development of excitatory pyramidal cells is simultaneously and precisely counterbalanced by the formation of inhibitory synapses during the maturation of neuronal circuits. Although this process relies on neuronal activity\, different types of pyramidal cells likely respond to changes in activity through the expression of cell-specific genes. \n  \nSpeaker: Dr. Oscar Marin\, King’s College London \nTitle: Maturation and plasticity of cortical interneurons \nGABAergic interneurons play crucial roles in regulating neuronal activity in the cerebral cortex. A hallmark of cortical interneurons is their remarkable structural and functional diversity\, yet the molecular determinants and the precise timing underlying their diversification remain largely unknown. The search for mechanisms controlling the diversity of GABAergic interneurons has primarily focused on transcriptional programs driving the initial specification of different types of interneurons. However\, relatively little is known about the mechanisms regulating their terminal differentiation. In this talk\, I will describe molecular mechanisms controlling the maturation and plasticity of PV+ interneurons\, a subclass of cortical interneurons that is particularly vulnerable across a broad spectrum of psychiatric disorders. \n\nZoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-beatriz-rico-and-dr-oscar-marin/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250224T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250224T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20250213T193848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T193848Z
UID:15505-1740411000-1740416400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:The Relationship Between Pain and Opioids and its Role in Opioid Use Disorder
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Jane Kim\, from UBC Psychiatry/Vancouver General Hospital will present “The Relationship Between Pain and Opioids and its Role in Opioid Use Disorder.” \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:\nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/5936706150?pwd=bWFoeDNGMkk2ZVNOQk9FTFZIT0lZdz09&omn=62102214283 \nMeeting ID: 593 670 6150\nPasscode: 506627
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/the-relationship-between-pain-and-opioids-and-its-role-in-opioid-use-disorder/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250221T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250221T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20250213T224800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T224800Z
UID:15519-1740150000-1740153600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Daria Oleinichenko: Role of the PAG signaling in opioid withdrawal-induced hyperalgesia
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Daria Oleinichenko from the Phillips and Snutch Labs.  \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1 \nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502\nPasscode: 1234 \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/daria-oleinichenko-role-of-the-pag-signaling-in-opioid-withdrawal-induced-hyperalgesia/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20240326T182656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T192603Z
UID:13117-1740135600-1740139200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Caroline Menard: Neurovascular adaptations underlie stress vulnerability vs resilience in mice and human depression
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nOur research program aims to shed light on the biological mechanisms underlying stress vulnerability vs resilience\, with help of state-of-the-art photonic technology\, in order to develop innovative treatments and identify biomarkers of mood disorders. Our multidisciplinary approach combines behavioral experiments to functional\, cellular\, molecular\, and imaging studies and validation of our rodent findings in human samples. We showed that chronic stress exposure promotes blood-brain barrier hyperpermeability leading to passage of circulating inflammatory mediators into the brain and the establishment of depressive behaviors. These changes occur in a sex-specific manner which may contribute to sex differences in depression prevalence\, symptoms and treatment responses. \n 
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-caroline-menard/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250214T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250214T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
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UID:15517-1739545200-1739548800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Elena Greenall: Impacts of psilocybin and the 5-HT2A antagonist M100\,907 on behaviours in the cued rat Gambling Task
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Elena Greenall from the Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioural Neuroscience.  \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1 \nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502\nPasscode: 1234 \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/elena-greenall-impacts-of-psilocybin-and-the-5-ht2a-antagonist-m100907-on-behaviours-in-the-cued-rat-gambling-task/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250214T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250214T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20240502T163317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T183541Z
UID:13294-1739530800-1739534400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Dorothy Schafer: Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk governing synapse remodeling
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nMicroglia and astrocytes have been implicated in remodeling synapses\, but whether and how these cells coordinate to remodel synapses remain open questions. Here\, we have identified key mechanistic underpinnings by which microglia instruct astrocytes to modify their synaptic coverage to enable synapse removal. We are further identifying how the degree of astrocyte synapse ensheathment can dictate windows of plasticity to enable microglia-mediated synapse remodeling in health and disease.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-dorothy-schafer/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T224541Z
UID:15515-1738940400-1738944000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Jackson Schumacher: Fiber photometry and optogenetic investigation of mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic regulation of risk/reward decision making
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Jackson Schumacher from the Neural Circuits and Cognition Lab.  \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1 \nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502\nPasscode: 1234 \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/jackson-schumacher-fiber-photometry-and-optogenetic-investigation-of-mesocorticolimbic-dopaminergic-regulation-of-risk-reward-decision-making/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250207T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250207T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20240314T172306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T192407Z
UID:13060-1738926000-1738929600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:UBC Kickstart Updates
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/ubc-kickstart-updates-2/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250131T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250131T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20250127T204721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T204721Z
UID:15353-1738335600-1738339200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Kyler Pressman-Cyna and Nahanni Musiani: Delay in Discounting and Decision-Making: How Time Shapes Probabilistic Choice
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speakers are Kyler Pressman-Cyna and Nahanni Musiani from the Winstanely lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1 \nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502\nPasscode: 1234 \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/kyler-pressman-cyna-and-nahanni-musiani-delay-in-discounting-and-decision-making-how-time-shapes-probabilistic-choice/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250131T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250131T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20240328T170932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T192427Z
UID:13160-1738321200-1738324800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:UBC Kickstart Updates
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/ubc-kickstart-updates-3/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250127T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20250108T201316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T201316Z
UID:15214-1737991800-1737997200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:From idea into action: implementation of Road to Recovery at St. Paul’s Hospital and 1-year findings
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Dr. Seonaid Nolan and Dr. Brittany Dennis\, from BCCSU and UBC will present “From idea into action: implementation of Road to Recovery at St. Paul’s Hospital and 1-year findings.” \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:\nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/5936706150?pwd=bWFoeDNGMkk2ZVNOQk9FTFZIT0lZdz09&omn=62102214283 \nMeeting ID: 593 670 6150\nPasscode: 506627
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/from-idea-into-action-implementation-of-road-to-recovery-at-st-pauls-hospital-and-1-year-findings/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250124T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250124T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20240722T194917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T192339Z
UID:14113-1737716400-1737720000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Florian Engert:  Focus versus Competence: Attentional Switching in Larval Zebrafish
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nDecision making strategies in the face of conflicting or uncertain sensory input have been successfully described in many different species.  Here we analyze large behavioral datasets of larval zebrafish engaged in a ‘coherent dot’ optomotor assay. We find that animal performance is bimodal and can be separated into two ‘states’\, an engaged state where performance is high and fish consistently turn into the direction of the coherent motion\, and a second\, disengaged state\, where performance drops to chance. We find that a simple HMM is sufficient to model these transitions and fits our experimental data well. We find that this addition can be incorporated into an existing DDM framework that has previously been used to model perceptual decision making in larval zebrafish. Further\, we leverage the large behavioral data sets to fit a mixture model of performance distributions and extract two latent variables which we term ‘focus’ and ‘competence’. Whereas ‘competence’ quantifies performance while the fish is in the engaged state\, the ‘focus’ variable captures the relative duration for which each animal persists in the engaged state. We show that ‘focus’ may be largely inherited from the parents\, while ‘competence’ is more likely to be influenced by environmental context. This quantitative framework for analyzing decision making can be used to screen genetic perturbations for their impact on these two aspects of performance\, and potentially help to identify a genetic basis\, and a neural mechanism for attention\, that extends across organisms.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-florian-engert/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250117T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20240927T212841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T214454Z
UID:14592-1737111600-1737115200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Ami Citri: Cocaine to Volition: A research arc driven by automated behavioral analysis
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nI will discuss unpublished projects exploring the circuit basis of action selection\, describing how in-house development of an automated tool for behavioral annotation modified our research arc. Starting from cocaine-driven stereotypic actions\, we are exploring the neural circuit basis of involuntary and spontaneous actions\, and developing a framework for studying the neural circuit basis of volition.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-ami-citri/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250110T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250110T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20241218T004133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241221T014947Z
UID:15107-1736526600-1736533800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Healthy Aging Visual Art Prize: Artists' Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Artists’ Night on January 10th\, 2025 to celebrate the incredible submissions of the finalists from over 50 submissions to the Healthy Aging Visual Art Prize! Click here to learn more about the art contest. \nThis exciting evening will feature an art exhibition\, conversation\, food\, and beverages\, culminating in the announcement of the contest winners. Don’t miss this chance to explore artistic representations of “Healthy Human Aging” and connect with the participating artists and community members. This event is free and open to all (UBC-affiliated individuals and members of the public)! \nDue to an overwhelming response\, registration is at capacity but if you would like to join the waitlist\, please email healthy.aging@ubc.ca
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/healthy-aging-visual-art-prize-artists-night/
LOCATION:Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241206T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20241017T220246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T191228Z
UID:14733-1733497200-1733500800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Peiran Zhou: Monoaminergic modulation of behavioral inhibition: insights from a novel rodent task
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Peiran Zhou from the Floresco lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1\nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502 | Passcode: 1234 \nVisit the BNS website to view the full presentation schedule for the term and to subscribe to the mailing list for updates: https://bnsseminar.psych.ubc.ca/ 
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/peiran-zhou-bns/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241206T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20240325T184430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T201215Z
UID:13108-1733482800-1733486400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Fergil Mills: Novel amygdalostriatal circuits for valence and fear
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nThe amygdalostrital transition zone (ASt) is situated at a crossroads between the amygdala and striatum\, but its role in motivated behaviors is poorly understood. We have explored the functional role and genetic identity of this structure\, and found the first evidence that the ASt encodes negative valence across behavioral timescales and is essential for orchestrating behavioral fear responses.”
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-fergil-mills/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241129T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241129T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T172352
CREATED:20241017T220047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241128T223826Z
UID:14731-1732892400-1732896000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Tony Fong: Automated Home-Cages for High-Throughput Assessments of Rodent Behaviors
DESCRIPTION:Join 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 and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Tony Fong from the Murphy lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62773707502?pwd=SW9DrCTkXaS2LbDf9TEdVXgOHqTGAq.1\nMeeting ID: 627 7370 7502 | Passcode: 1234 \nVisit the BNS website to view the full presentation schedule for the term and to subscribe to the mailing list for updates: https://bnsseminar.psych.ubc.ca/ 
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-tony-fong/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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