Thursdays at 10 am PT via Zoom

Speaker Lineup

October 7, 2021

“Insights into Hippocampal Function from Studies of Area CA2”

Serena M. Dudek, PhD
Deputy Chief, Neurobiology Laboratory and
Principal Investigator, Synaptic & Developmental Plasticity Group
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Host: Christine Gall, PhD

November 4, 2021

Pretty Gutsy: Endocannabinoids in the Periphery Tell Us to Eat

Nicholas DiPatrizio, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
UC Riverside School of Medicine
Host: Daniele Piomelli, PhD

January 13, 2022

“Mechanisms for Fast Dopamine Signaling”

Pascal Kaeser, MD
Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Host: Lulu Y. Chen, PhD

February 10, 2022

“Cell-specific expression of SAP97 links augmented glutamatergic synapse function to Schizophrenia”

Bruce Herring, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
University of Southern California
Host: Javier Diaz Alonso, PhD

March 10, 2022

Hippocampal Network Computations for Memories and Decisions

Jill Leutgeb, PhD
Walter F. Heiligenberg Professor of Neuroethology
Professor of Neurobiology
UC San Diego
Hosts: Laura Ewell, PhD and Kei Igarashi, PhD

April 14, 2022

“Dependence-induced dysfunction to decision-making circuits”

Christina Gremel, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
UC San Diego
Host: Lulu Y. Chen, PhD

May 12, 2022

“Dynamic control of synaptic nanostructure and functio

Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD
Professor of Physiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Hosts: Christine Gall, PhD and Javier Diaz Alonso, PhD

Event Contacts: 
Javier Diaz Alonso | jdiazalo@uci.edu
Laura Ng | lgng@hs.uci.edu