Dear NBB Community,
I hope everyone is having a great month of April! Below you will find the April newsletter. I would again like to thank Tina and Joann for their time and effort in putting this together. The newsletter will evolve as we find how best to use this resource to communicate with everyone in the department and celebrate successes, discoveries, and inventions. We are also hoping to highlight what we do when we are not in the lab—your hobbies. I know so many of you have pretty amazing things going on outside of work and it would be wonderful to hear about them, share a picture, etc. Who knows, maybe you will find some like-minded friends to join you as well (mountain biking anyone?). We will be sending out an email for you to answer some fun questions so please don't be shy! Please also send us things to share! Lastly, I wish you all the best for the Spring Quarter, which will hopefully bring some better spring-like weather. I love the rain, but it has kept us off the trails, so bring on the sun!
Warm Regards,
Marcelo A. Wood, Ph.D.
Chair of Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
UCI School of Biological Sciences
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NBB Reference Sheet
If you missed it in last month's newsletter, we have put together an NBB Reference Sheet that will hopefully give each of you some guidance on who you can reach out to within the Department or BioSci for all your questions and needs. Please give us your feedback as we continue to improve the Department and try to make things easier and better for each of you. We want to hear from you! LEARN MORE |
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BioSci Facilities
BioSci Facilities has launched their very own website! All Facilities needs have now been centralized to BioSci. If you need assistance with keys, access cards, work orders, conference room reservations, or any other Facilities needs, look no further! LEARN MORE |
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Conference Room Reservations
Need to reserve a conference room? We've linked up with BioSci Facilities. You can see available conference rooms within the Department and BioSci on their website. Check out the availability calendar and submit your next request. LEARN MORE |
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Lab Volunteers
There is a new volunteer packet for those who have volunteers interested in joining the lab. LEARN MORE |
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Our very own faculty group have developed a new mouse model that could help us understand Alzheimer’s disease better. READ MORE |
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Newly formed memories are spontaneously reactivated during sleep, leading to their strengthening. This reactivation process can be manipulated by reinstating learning-related stimuli during sleep, a technique termed targeted memory reactivation. Numerous studies have found that delivering cues during sleep improves memory for simple associations, in which one cue reactivates one tested memory. However, real-life memories often live in rich, complex networks of associations. READ MORE
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New memories are not quarantined from each other when first encoded; rather, they are interlinked with memories that were encoded in temporal proximity or that share semantic features. By selectively biasing memory processing during sleep, here Dr. Eitan Schechtman-Drayman test whether context influences sleep consolidation. READ MORE
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For many years, Physics education has centered around physics core concepts, and other disciplines have followed suit. However, neuroscience core concepts had yet to be identified. Dr. Audrey Chen Lew and her collaborators recently identified Neuroscience Core Concepts using an empirical approach involving over 100 neuroscience educators. Their results were recently published in the leading journal for biology education research. READ MORE
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Mindfulness and the Present Moment (on Kauai)
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In the coming months and years, I look forward to exploring ways to increase mental wellbeing together as a department, in part through activities planned by the NBB Wellbeing Group. I used to think of mental propensities as being static, but it is now known that traits such as happiness can be learned skills. As neuroscientists, this should seem obvious to us all, but it typically is not—it wasn’t to me until the past few years. READ MORE |
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UPCOMING SEMINARS & EVENTS
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April
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17
Monday
12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
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Emergine Scientists Symposium
Research & Education in Memory Impairments & Neurological Disorders (REMIND)
Join UCI MIND and REMIND in their 14th Annual Emerging Scientists Symposium.
This event will be held at the UCI Student Center & Event Services.
REGISTER
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April
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20
Thursday
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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ICAN Seminar Series
Dr. Arturo Zavala
Join NBB in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Arturo Zavala, Professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach.
This event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom.
REGISTER
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April
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25
Tuesday
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series
Dr. Elizabeth Gould
Join NBB in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Elizabeth Gould, Professor of Psychology at Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
This event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom.
REGISTER
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April
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26-30
Wednesday - Sunday
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LEARNMEM 2023 Conference
UCI Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM)
Join CNLM for their annual LEARNMEM Conference.
The Conference will be held at The Waterfront Beach Resort, a Hilton Hotel in Huntington Beach.
REGISTER
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May
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4
Thursday
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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ICAN Seminar Series
Dr. Tom Hnasko
Join us in a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Tom Hnasko, Professor of Neurosciences at UC San Diego.
This event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom.
REGISTER
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May
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16
Tuesday
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Series
Dr. Zayd Khaliq
SAVE THE DATE for James L. McGaugh Distinguished Seminar Speaker: Dr. Zayd Khalia
More information coming soon.
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May
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23
Tuesday
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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CNLM Colloquium UCI Spotlight Series
Dr. Leslie Thompson
Join the CNLM in a hybrid colloquium featuring Dr. Leslie Thompson, Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at UC Irvine.
This event will be held in-person in the Herklotz Conference Center and virtually via Zoom.
REGISTER
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May
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24
Wednesday
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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NBB Spring Social
Food, Games, and NEW Swag Giveaway!
Let's get together! Join NBB for our annual Spring Social. Party in the courtyard! There will be food, music, drinks, and FUN!
This event will be held at the Herklotz Courtyard.
RSVP HERE
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STUDENT UPDATES & REMINDERS
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Direct Deposit Update - UCPath
For those that were not paid last quarter in UCPath, the system automatically disenrolls your information from direct deposit. Please be advised to log into UCPath to confirm that your Direct Deposit is currently active. If not active, please go ahead and re-enroll as needed. If your direct deposit is not active, the system will default to mailing out a check to the mailing address you have on file through UCPath. |
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Degree Progress Incentive: Advancement to Candidacy (AtC) Perk
Students that complete AtC by Spring Quarter (usually defined as last day of instruction) of 3rd year receives a $1,000 fellowship payment.
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A variety of financial support options are provided for Graduate Students in both PhD and Master’s programs at UCI. LEARN MORE
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Planning to apply for NIH funding this Spring? Keep these key resources at hand! LEARN MORE
The NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience, or D-SPAN, is an F99/K00 managed by NINDS Diversity. It provides funding for the last 1-2 years of graduate school and 4 years of postdoc. LEARN MORE
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