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Dyane Velazquez graduated from Vanguard University on Thursday morning, one of hundreds of graduates at the commencement ceremony at Mariners Church in Irvine. Velazquez looks forward to a bright future. The Santa…

2024 USA Brain Bee Championship Nurtures Neuroscience Enthusiasm Among Youth The 2024 USA National Brain Bee Championship was held April 19-21 at the University of Central Florida, drawing together 54…

April 19, 2024  Dear colleagues, As our Center continues to grow and thrive, we are also expanding our team. Please join me in welcoming Cecilia (Cece) Szarnyasi to the CNLM…

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a request for information last week about how to counteract the effects of structural racism on brain health and research. The request, or RFI,…

Celebrating Excellence in Mentorship   Dear Friends, We are thrilled to share that CNLM Director Professor Michael Yassa was recently awarded the University of California, Irvine Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award…

University of California, Irvine biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles. Traditionally believed to…

  Diversity to the rescue: Identifying novel molecular regulators of addiction liability     Tuesday, March 5, 2024 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT Herklotz Conference Center* David Jentsch, Ph.D.…

Irvine Brain Bee Ignites Passion for Neuroscience Among Southern California High School Students On Saturday February 10, 2024, the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University…