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Empowering nursing assistants

Empowering nursing assistants

Nov 22, 2023

Diego A. Pizzagalli named founding director of UC Irvine depression research institute

Diego A. Pizzagalli named founding director of UC Irvine depression research institute

Nov 16, 2023

CNLM Fellows

Welcome to the New CNLM Fellows

Oct 13, 2023

UC Irvine health psychologist Julian F. Thayer elected to National Academy of Medicine, understanding of stress and disease, aging

UC Irvine health psychologist Julian F. Thayer elected to National Academy of Medicine

Oct 9, 2023

Join us for the 2023/24 CNLM Colloquium Series

Oct 4, 2023

CNLM Team Welcomes Dr. Morgan Coburn!

Sep 6, 2023

Summer Institute in Neuroscience Cohort 2023

Meet the Summer Scholars!

Aug 28, 2023

Dr. Tallie Z. Baram -- UCI awarded grant to study sex-specific brain pathway responses to stress

UCI awarded grant to study sex-specific brain pathway responses to stress

Aug 17, 2023

T32 Researchers standing in front of research poster - T32 Updates 2023

Howard Schneiderman Training Program in Learning and Memory Updates

Aug 14, 2023

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Aug 1, 2023

Addressing disparities in Alzheimer’s disease research

Jul 10, 2023

Uncovering the Impact of Social Determinants on the Risk of Alzheimer Disease: Michael Yassa, PhD

Jun 30, 2023

Measuring the Impact of Scientific Outreach and Engagement

Measuring the Impact of Scientific Outreach and Engagement

Jun 12, 2023

Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of psychological science, criminology, law ; society, and law, talked about misinformation and false memories at the National Academy of Sciences Nobel Prize Summit 2023.

Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of psychological science, criminology, law & society, and law, talked about misinformation and false memories at the National Academy of Sciences Nobel Prize Summit 2023.

Jun 9, 2023

Nikhita Kaushik

ZOT ZOT! UCI Welcomes Southern California Youth Neuroscience Association Founding President into the class of 2027!

May 17, 2023

Yuan-Chen Tsai (left) Momoko Watanabe (right) - Postdoctoral fellow is awarded $100,000 to continue study of fragile X syndrome

Postdoctoral fellow is awarded $100,000 to continue study of fragile X syndrome

May 17, 2023

Lisa Flanagan

UC Irvine research team identifies glycosylation enzyme critical in brain formation

May 16, 2023

CNLM Awards Ceremony May 25, 2023

Congratulations to the 2023 CNLM Award Recipients!

May 16, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Leslie Thompson – May 23

May 16, 2023

Brain Bee 2023 Group Picture

2023 USA Brain Bee Championship Hosted at UC Irvine CNLM

May 8, 2023

Call for nominations: CNLM T32 in Learning and Memory

Call for nominations: CNLM T32 in Learning and Memory

May 8, 2023

Laura Ewell

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Laura Ewell – May 9

May 3, 2023

CNLM Award Submission Deadline Extended

CNLM Award Submission Deadline Extended!

May 3, 2023

Families are invited to join us for the LEARNMEM2023 Live Review and Brain Festival!

Families are invited to join us for the LEARNMEM2023 Live Review and Brain Festival!

Apr 11, 2023

megan peters

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Megan Peters – April 4

Mar 29, 2023

CNLM Award Submissions NOW OPEN!

Mar 28, 2023

Botox Injections In Forehead Can Change How Brains Process Emotions

Mar 23, 2023

CNLM Colloquium with Kevin Beier – March 28

Mar 22, 2023

CNLM Colloquium with Pierre Baldi Tuesday, March 21

Mar 14, 2023

Browse the 2022 Spring/Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Browse the 2023 Winter NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Mar 8, 2023

Welcome to the 2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory April 26-39, 2023 Registration now open!

LEARNMEM2023 – The 2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory

Feb 27, 2023

Tallie Z Baram

Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits, promoting disorders

Feb 27, 2023

Tagging Early Trauma

Feb 26, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Georg Striedter – Feb. 28

Feb 21, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium With Aaron Bornstein Feb 2 @11am

Feb 1, 2023

Irvine Brain Bee participants group picture.

2023 Irvine Brain Bee engages high schoolers in neuroscience!

Jan 31, 2023

Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters. Picture collage of researchers.

Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters

Jan 30, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Javier Diaz Alonso – Jan 31 @11am

Jan 24, 2023

Learnmem 2023 April 26-30, 2023 Register today

LEARNMEM2023 Early Registration Discount Extended

Dec 27, 2022

This small Chilean rodent could be the next boost to Alzheimer’s research.

The next breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research could come from old and ‘cognitively impaired’ Chilean rats

Dec 22, 2022

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Join us for the 2023/24 CNLM Colloquium Series

Oct 4, 2023

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Aug 1, 2023

Addressing disparities in Alzheimer’s disease research

Jul 10, 2023

Uncovering the Impact of Social Determinants on the Risk of Alzheimer Disease: Michael Yassa, PhD

Jun 30, 2023

megan peters

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Megan Peters – April 4

Mar 29, 2023

Botox Injections In Forehead Can Change How Brains Process Emotions

Mar 23, 2023

Browse the 2022 Spring/Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Browse the 2023 Winter NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Mar 8, 2023

Welcome to the 2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory April 26-39, 2023 Registration now open!

LEARNMEM2023 – The 2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory

Feb 27, 2023

Tallie Z Baram

Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits, promoting disorders

Feb 27, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Georg Striedter – Feb. 28

Feb 21, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium With Aaron Bornstein Feb 2 @11am

Feb 1, 2023

Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters. Picture collage of researchers.

Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters

Jan 30, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Javier Diaz Alonso – Jan 31 @11am

Jan 24, 2023

This small Chilean rodent could be the next boost to Alzheimer’s research.

The next breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research could come from old and ‘cognitively impaired’ Chilean rats

Dec 22, 2022

UC Irvine-led study links metabolism changes in certain brain cells to Huntington’s disease

Dec 21, 2022

Sammy Alhassen, Wedad Alhassen, Amal Alachkar, Kiki Jiaqi Chen and Roudabeh Vakil Monfared (from left) of UCI’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

UCI researchers discover crucial role of brain’s striatum cilia in time perception

Nov 30, 2022

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Alyson Zalta, Ph.D. – Nov. 8 @ 11AM

Oct 25, 2022

The adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness, study finds

The adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness, study finds, featuring CNLM Fellow, Sunil Gandhi

Oct 6, 2022

LEARNMEM2023 Submission Deadline Extended ONE WEEK!

LEARNMEM2023 Submission Deadline Extended ONE WEEK!

Sep 29, 2022

UCI study IDs what brings our senses and thoughts together, featuring CNLM Fellow, Gyorgy Lur

Sep 26, 2022

Browse the 2022 Spring/Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Browse the 2022 Spring/Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Sep 22, 2022

CNLM Fellow Katherine Thompson Peer

CNLM Fellow, Katherine Thompson-Peer, One of Seven UCI faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2022-23

Sep 21, 2022

UCI Alzheimer’s project wins $47 million grant from National Institute on Aging

UCI Alzheimer’s project wins $47 million grant from National Institute on Aging

Sep 20, 2022

Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders - image of Pierre Baldi and Amal Alachkar

Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders, featuring CNLM Fellows, Pierre Baldi and Amal Alachkar

Sep 1, 2022

Congratulations to CNLM High Risk, High Reward Pilot Awardees! - Image of High rise, high reward web banner

Congratulations to CNLM High Risk, High Reward Pilot Awardees!

Aug 29, 2022

LEARNMEM2023: April 26 - 30, 2023

2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory LEARNMEM2023

Aug 22, 2022

Trouble sleeping? It could mean higher Alzheimer's risk. - Image of senior woman sleeping

Trouble sleeping? It could mean higher Alzheimer’s risk. Featuring CNLM Fellow, Bryce Mander

Aug 16, 2022

Why the Human Mind Is 'Not Designed' to Stay Awake Past Midnight - image of person looking at their phone in bed

Why the Human Mind Is ‘Not Designed’ to Stay Awake Past Midnight, featuring CNLM Fellow, Sara Mednick

Aug 9, 2022

UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation - image of Tallie Z Baram

UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation, featuring CNLM Fellow, Tallie Z. Baram

Jun 2, 2022

Warning! Nicotine poses special risks to teens - Image of teen smoking cigarette

Warning! Nicotine poses special risks to teens, featuring CNLM Fellow, Frances Leslie

May 19, 2022

What is eidetic memory: the poor man’s photographic memory - Image of after image photo effect

What is eidetic memory: the poor man’s photographic memory, featuring CNLM Founder, James McGaugh

Apr 21, 2022

Feeling forgetful? How stress may impact memory- abstract image of brain with glowing neurons

Feeling forgetful? How stress may impact memory, featuring CNLM Fellow, Sara Mednick

Apr 12, 2022

Frequent and Feared. But Can Dementia Be Avoided? Featuring CNLM Fellow, Claudia Kawas - Image of older woman staring out window

Frequent and Feared. But Can Dementia Be Avoided? Featuring CNLM Fellow, Claudia Kawas

Mar 17, 2022

CBD for Schizophrenia featuring CNLM Fellow, Daniele Piomelli - Image of water color painting featuring a close up graphic of a face

CBD for schizophrenia, featuring CNLM Fellow, Daniele Piomelli

Mar 16, 2022

Inside the brain: The role of neuropathology in Alzheimer’s disease research, featuring CNLM Fellow, Claudia Kawas - graphic of Amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain

Inside the brain: The role of neuropathology in Alzheimer’s disease research, featuring CNLM Fellow, Claudia Kawas

Mar 14, 2022

UCI researchers develop hybrid human-machine framework for building smarter AI

UCI researchers develop hybrid human-machine framework for building smarter AI, featuring CNLM Fellow, Mark Steyvers

Mar 8, 2022

Determining if Dementia Is Uniquely Human, featuring CNLM Fellow, Elizabeth Head - Image of chimpanzees looking at camera

Determining if Dementia Is Uniquely Human, featuring CNLM Fellow, Elizabeth Head

Feb 22, 2022

Memory encoding found to differ between the sexes, before and after puberty featuring CNLM Fellow, Christine Gall - Image of woman contemplating data

Memory encoding found to differ between the sexes, before and after puberty, featuring CNLM Fellow, Christine Gall

Feb 18, 2022

UCI poised to advance depression research following $55-million gift to establish center, featuring CNLM Fellows, Tallie Z. Baram and Michael A. Yassa - students examining human brain on computer screen in neuroscience lab

UCI poised to advance depression research following $55-million gift to establish center, featuring CNLM Fellows, Tallie Z. Baram and Michael A. Yassa

Feb 16, 2022

UCI team uncovers key brain mechanisms for organizing memories in time - images of Norbert Fortin and Babak Shahbaba

UCI team uncovers key brain mechanisms for organizing memories in time

Feb 15, 2022

News & Announcements

How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory

How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory

March 29, 2021

CNLM Fellow, Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD, Announced New Donald Bren Professor in the UCI School of Medicine

March 16, 2021

Why You Should Make 2021 the Year of Prioritizing Sleep

Why You Should Make 2021 the Year of Prioritizing Sleep, featuring CNLM fellow, Dr. Ruth Benca

March 15, 2021

Total Recall: What It’s Like To Remember Every Day Like It Was Yesterday, featuring CNLM Founder, Dr. James McGaugh

March 12, 2021

Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Awards

CNLM Young Scholar Awards – Now Accepting Submissions

March 9, 2021

Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain; current research in neuroscience

Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain featuring CNLM Director, Michael Yassa

March 8, 2021

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2021 Winter NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

March 4, 2021

Katie Thompson Peer Regeneration

Dr. Thompson-Peer Discusses the Excitement of Pioneering a New Field: Dendrite Regeneration

February 26, 2021

CNLM Colloquium with Alicia Izquierdo on Neuroscience and Behavior

Virtual Colloquium with Alicia Izquierdo – Tuesday, March 9 @ 11AM

February 23, 2021

2021/22 CNLM T32 Training Program now open, UCI Learning and Memory

Call for nominations CNLM T32 in Learning and Memory

February 23, 2021

CNLM Brain Awareness Week 2021

The CNLM host Brain Awareness Week Community Events March 14-21

February 22, 2021

Passing of Ivan Izquierdo

Passing of Ivan Izquierdo

February 12, 2021

UCI undergraduate summer research in neuroscience; Orange County neuroscience research

UC Irvine launches paid undergraduate summer research opportunity in neuroscience

February 10, 2021

CNLM Evenings to Remember - Image of participants on Zoom Call

From Circuits to Synapses: Panelists Discuss Research into Making Memories Stronger

February 5, 2021

UCI Neuroscience Professor receives NIH grant to study working memory interventions in older adults - image of Susanne Jaeggi working with older adult woman

CNLM Fellow, Professor Susanne Jaeggi, receives NIH grant to study working memory interventions in older adults

February 3, 2021

BlackinNeuro Angeline Dukes

The inspiration behind Black In Neuro

February 1, 2021

UCI Virtual Brain Camp

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp – Registration Now Open!

January 29, 2021

A Fun Way to Keep Your Memory Sharp - image of younger adult showing senior how to use phone

A Fun Way to Keep Your Memory Sharp featuring CNLM Director, Michael Yassa

January 27, 2021

CNLM Colloquium featuring Beth Stevens

Virtual Colloquium with Beth Stevens – Tuesday, Feb. 9

January 26, 2021

Black and white image of older woman smiling

‘Super Agers’: These Older Adults Show Increased Resistance to Alzheimer’s featuring CNLM fellow, Dr. Claudia Kawas

January 25, 2021

Unexpected role of physiological estrogen in acute stress-induced memory deficits by Rachael Hokenson

Unexpected role of physiological estrogen in acute stress-induced memory deficits

January 11, 2021

How the Right Noise and Smell Can Boost Your Memory During Sleep - image of old over-ear headphones

How the Right Noise and Smell Can Boost Your Memory During Sleep

January 7, 2021

Virtual Colloquium with Staci Bilbo, PhD

Jan. 12 – Virtual Colloquium with Staci Bilbo, Ph.D.

January 5, 2021

DW Documentary - Can we trust our memories?

Watch the DW Documentary, “When our minds play tricks on us” featuring CNLM fellows: Elizabeth Loftus, Michael Yassa, and James McGaugh

December 20, 2020

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2020 Fall NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

December 17, 2020

CNLM Fellow, Charles Glabe Named 2020 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

CNLM Fellow, Charles Glabe Named 2020 National Academy of Inventors Fellow

December 17, 2020

Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science - image of Neuroscience expert, Angeline Dukes in lab

Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science

December 16, 2020

Why you cannot trust your memory - image of Dr. Elizabeth Loftus

Why you cannot trust your memory with CNLM fellow, Dr. Elizabeth Loftus

December 7, 2020

Cannabis More Potently Impacts the Brains of Adolescent Females than Adolescent Males Featuring CNLM Fellow, Stephen Mahler. UCI Neuroscience Faculty, current research in neuroscience

Cannabis More Potently Impacts the Brains of Adolescent Females than Adolescent Males

December 3, 2020

Cartographers on the brain, UCI Brain Research; current research in neuroscience; orange county neuroscience research

Cartographers of the brain

November 18, 2020

College student struggling on computer

Have coronavirus lockdowns made us more forgetful? UCI launches study to investigate

November 17, 2020

New Grant to Help Study Drug Addiction’s Effect on the Brain

November 13, 2020

CNLM Virtual Colloquium Series 2020

CNLM 2020/21 Virtual Colloquium Series Line-Up Announced

November 10, 2020

UCI Neuroscience Professor, Dr. Sunil Gandhi gives presentation to Neuroscholars

NeuroScholars support one another in shift to remote learning

November 5, 2020

Cognitive decline distorts political choices, UCI-led study says

October 29, 2020

Researchers Across Campus and Awarded $100 Million in NIH funding to Examine Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome - Image of Happy doctor sees patient

CNLM Fellows Collaborate with Researchers Across Campus and Awarded $100 Million in NIH funding to Examine Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome

October 23, 2020

Fall 2020 New CNLM Fellows Announced- Image of Gold Brain Award Statue

Fall 2020 New CNLM Fellows Announced

October 15, 2020

CNLM student assistant, Angela Prvulovic holding human brain

Now Hiring: Web Communications Student Assistant Position

October 5, 2020

Southern California high schoolers form youth neuroscience association to grow and give back

September 10, 2020

Community Outreach

CNLM Team Welcomes Dr. Morgan Coburn!

September 6, 2023

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

August 1, 2023

Addressing disparities in Alzheimer’s disease research

July 10, 2023

Uncovering the Impact of Social Determinants on the Risk of Alzheimer Disease: Michael Yassa, PhD

June 30, 2023

CNLM Award Submissions NOW OPEN!

March 28, 2023

Welcome to the 2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory April 26-39, 2023 Registration now open!

LEARNMEM2023 – The 2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory

February 27, 2023

Tagging Early Trauma

February 26, 2023

Irvine Brain Bee participants group picture.

2023 Irvine Brain Bee engages high schoolers in neuroscience!

January 31, 2023

UC Irvine-led study links metabolism changes in certain brain cells to Huntington’s disease

December 21, 2022

The 2022 CNLM Annual Report is Here!

Browse the 2022 CNLM Annual Report

December 14, 2022

Irvine Brain Bee 2023 Register Today Jan 28, 2023 9am-4pm

Calling all high schoolers! Join us for the Irvine Brain Bee Jan 28!

December 13, 2022

brain camp 2023

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp – Registration Now Open!

December 10, 2022

3 Unique Ways We Can Remember The Past

November 8, 2022

How to Improve Your Memory (and Stop Losing Your Keys)

November 3, 2022

Summer Institute in Neuroscience Students

UCI Summer Institute in Neuroscience trains tomorrow’s leaders in neuroscience

September 20, 2022

LEARNMEM2023: April 26 - 30, 2023

2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory LEARNMEM2023

August 22, 2022

Support the UCI CNLM on Giving Day 2022

May 10, 2022

UCI poised to advance depression research following $55-million gift to establish center, featuring CNLM Fellows, Tallie Z. Baram and Michael A. Yassa - students examining human brain on computer screen in neuroscience lab

UCI poised to advance depression research following $55-million gift to establish center, featuring CNLM Fellows, Tallie Z. Baram and Michael A. Yassa

February 16, 2022

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp - Registration Now Open! - Brain Campers participating in orange county neuroscience research

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp – Registration Now Open!

December 21, 2021

Browse the 2021 CNLM Report - 3D image of the CNLM Annual Report

Browse the 2021 CNLM Report

December 20, 2021

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2021 Fall NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

October 25, 2021

CNLM Ambassadors Host Panel Discussion on “How addiction hijacks the brain: what animal models can tell us about the neurobiology of drugs of abuse” - panel pictured discussing over a Zoom call

CNLM Ambassadors Host Panel Discussion on “How addiction hijacks the brain: what animal models can tell us about the neurobiology of drugs of abuse”

August 26, 2021

The hashtags that brought Black scientists together - Image of Angeline Dukes

The hashtags that brought Black scientists together

August 16, 2021

UCI receives grant to support 30 HBCU students in Summer Institute in Neuroscience - abstract image of a girl thinking with glowing lights representing her brain

UCI receives grant to support 30 HBCU students in Summer Institute in Neuroscience

July 28, 2021

Celebrating the Fourth with Neuroscience Fireworks, featuring CNLM Co-Director, Sunil Gandhi

Celebrating the Fourth with Neuroscience Fireworks, featuring CNLM Fellow, Sunil Gandhi

June 30, 2021

Nurturing an early interest in neuroscience, featuring CNLM Director of Outreach and Education, Manuella Oliveira Yassa

Nurturing an early interest in neuroscience, featuring CNLM Director of Outreach and Education, Manuella Oliveira Yassa

June 23, 2021

Congratulations to the 2021 CNLM Junior Scholar Award Recipients - image of Zoom meeting screenshot of awardee

Congratulations to the 2021 CNLM Junior Scholar Award Recipients

May 18, 2021

UCI Neuroscience Faculty presenting current research in neuroscience

3rd Annual Irvine Brain Bee goes VIRTUAL!

May 14, 2021

Join us for the CNLM Virtual Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 18th

Join us for the CNLM Virtual Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 18th

May 13, 2021

The effects of vaping on the teen brain

The effects of vaping on the teen brain, featuring CNLM Fellow, Shahrdad Lotfipour

May 3, 2021

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2021 Spring NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

April 27, 2021

We Have All Hit a Wall; current research in neuroscience - image of person with legs as a head

We Have All Hit a Wall featuring CNLM Director, Mike Yassa

April 3, 2021

Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Awards

CNLM Young Scholar Awards – Now Accepting Submissions

March 9, 2021

Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain; current research in neuroscience

Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain featuring CNLM Director, Michael Yassa

March 8, 2021

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2021 Winter NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

March 4, 2021

Katie Thompson Peer Regeneration

Dr. Thompson-Peer Discusses the Excitement of Pioneering a New Field: Dendrite Regeneration

February 26, 2021

CNLM Brain Awareness Week 2021

The CNLM host Brain Awareness Week Community Events March 14-21

February 22, 2021

UCI undergraduate summer research in neuroscience; Orange County neuroscience research

UC Irvine launches paid undergraduate summer research opportunity in neuroscience

February 10, 2021

CNLM Evenings to Remember - Image of participants on Zoom Call

From Circuits to Synapses: Panelists Discuss Research into Making Memories Stronger

February 5, 2021

UCI Virtual Brain Camp

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp – Registration Now Open!

January 29, 2021

K-12 Education

CNLM Team Welcomes Dr. Morgan Coburn!

September 6, 2023

CNLM Award Submissions NOW OPEN!

March 28, 2023

Irvine Brain Bee participants group picture.

2023 Irvine Brain Bee engages high schoolers in neuroscience!

January 31, 2023

The 2022 CNLM Annual Report is Here!

Browse the 2022 CNLM Annual Report

December 14, 2022

brain camp 2023

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp – Registration Now Open!

December 10, 2022

UCI Brain Camp taps into the teenage brain

UCI Brain Camp taps into the teenage brain

October 24, 2022

2022 Irvine Brain Bee participants pose together in front of UCI - That was fun! We look forward to seeing you next year for the 2023 Irvine Brain Bee!

2022 Irvine Brain Bee Inspires Teens to Explore the Brain

March 11, 2022

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp - Registration Now Open! - Brain Campers participating in orange county neuroscience research

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp – Registration Now Open!

December 21, 2021

Browse the 2021 CNLM Report - 3D image of the CNLM Annual Report

Browse the 2021 CNLM Report

December 20, 2021

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2021 Fall NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

October 25, 2021

UCI Neuroscience Faculty presenting current research in neuroscience

3rd Annual Irvine Brain Bee goes VIRTUAL!

May 14, 2021

Join us for the CNLM Virtual Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 18th

Join us for the CNLM Virtual Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 18th

May 13, 2021

The effects of vaping on the teen brain

The effects of vaping on the teen brain, featuring CNLM Fellow, Shahrdad Lotfipour

May 3, 2021

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2021 Winter NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

March 4, 2021

UCI Virtual Brain Camp

UC Irvine Summer Brain Camp – Registration Now Open!

January 29, 2021

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2020 Fall NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

December 17, 2020

Southern California high schoolers form youth neuroscience association to grow and give back

September 10, 2020

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2020 Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

July 31, 2020

Elena Dominguez with young brain scientists during BlackinNeuro week

CNLM Graduate Students Launch International #BlackInNeuroWeek – Begins July 28

July 27, 2020

Children’s Hospital Orange County (CHOC) Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute (MI3) summer interns participate in UCI neuroscience panel - image of electrode demonstration on Zoom call; Orange County neuroscience research

Children’s Hospital Orange County (CHOC) Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute (MI3)

July 23, 2020

UCI Brain Camp Student Selected to Present Research at International Conference - image of Siddhant Karmali in neuroscience lab at Brain Camp

UCI Brain Camp Student Selected to Present Research at International Conference

July 20, 2020

Brain Awareness Week Lab Spotlights

2020 Brain Awareness Week: Exploring memory through different lenses

March 16, 2020

2020 Irvine Brain Bee Inspires Teens to Pursue Brain Science Careers - image of Brain Bee Participants at UC Irvine

2020 Irvine Brain Bee Inspires Teens to Pursue Brain Science Careers

February 21, 2020

UCI CNLM Neuro Times

Browse the 2019 Winter NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

December 15, 2019

UCI Brain Camp students study human brain in learning ways to improve learning and memory

UCI Brain Camp prepares children for careers in science

August 21, 2019

CNLM's Brain Explorer Academy expands young minds - image of student examining human brain in neuroscience research lab

CNLM’s Brain Explorer Academy expands young minds

July 22, 2019

Spring 2019 Brain Explorer Academy Mentors

Meet the Spring 2019 Brain Explorer Academy Mentors!

May 5, 2019

Students examine human brains at Irvine Brain Bee

CNLM Hosts the Irvine Brain Bee – Winner Received Two Tickets to National Bee

May 4, 2019

Neuroscience Grad student working with public during Brain Awareness Week 2019

Brain Awareness Week 2019!

February 28, 2019

Allergan Foundation partners with UCI to sponsor Irvine Brain Bee- image of Brain Bee students in front of McGaugh Hall

Allergan Foundation partners with UCI to sponsor Irvine Brain Bee

January 24, 2019

Professor David Reinkensmeyer to present keynote lecture at 2019 Irvine Brain Bee

Professor David Reinkensmeyer to present keynote lecture at 2019 Irvine Brain Bee

December 6, 2018

Young students embrace science at UCI’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Training the world’s youngest brain scientists

May 24, 2018

Neuroscience researchers discuss human brain with students

CNLM partners with BrainFacts.org to create Brain Awareness Week Webinar: Memory and the Brain

March 5, 2018

Young neuroscience student looks through magnifying glass at Brain Explorer Academy

Meet the Spring 2018 Brain Explorer Academy Team

January 14, 2018

CNLM Researchers take the Girl Scout Pledge

CNLM Researchers take the Girl Scout Pledge

November 28, 2017

Fellows

CNLM Fellows

Welcome to the New CNLM Fellows

October 13, 2023

Join us for the 2023/24 CNLM Colloquium Series

October 4, 2023

CNLM Team Welcomes Dr. Morgan Coburn!

September 6, 2023

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

Sweet smell of success: Simple fragrance method produces major memory boost

August 1, 2023

Uncovering the Impact of Social Determinants on the Risk of Alzheimer Disease: Michael Yassa, PhD

June 30, 2023

Laura Ewell

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Laura Ewell – May 9

May 3, 2023

megan peters

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Megan Peters – April 4

March 29, 2023

CNLM Award Submissions NOW OPEN!

March 28, 2023

Botox Injections In Forehead Can Change How Brains Process Emotions

March 23, 2023

Browse the 2022 Spring/Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Browse the 2023 Winter NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

March 8, 2023

Tallie Z Baram

Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits, promoting disorders

February 27, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Georg Striedter – Feb. 28

February 21, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium With Aaron Bornstein Feb 2 @11am

February 1, 2023

Irvine Brain Bee participants group picture.

2023 Irvine Brain Bee engages high schoolers in neuroscience!

January 31, 2023

Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters. Picture collage of researchers.

Study finds how our brains turn into smarter disease fighters

January 30, 2023

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Javier Diaz Alonso – Jan 31 @11am

January 24, 2023

The 2022 CNLM Annual Report is Here!

Browse the 2022 CNLM Annual Report

December 14, 2022

Sammy Alhassen, Wedad Alhassen, Amal Alachkar, Kiki Jiaqi Chen and Roudabeh Vakil Monfared (from left) of UCI’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

UCI researchers discover crucial role of brain’s striatum cilia in time perception

November 30, 2022

Art of a woman with artistic interpretations of panic attack symptoms such as chills, increased heart rate, and nausea

The Anatomy of a Panic Attack

November 10, 2022

How to Improve Your Memory (and Stop Losing Your Keys)

November 3, 2022

RSVP Today! CNLM Colloquium with Alyson Zalta, Ph.D. – Nov. 8 @ 11AM

October 25, 2022

Join us for the UCI CNLM Colloquium Spotlight Series

Join us for the 2022/23 CNLM Colloquium Series

October 19, 2022

Welcome to the New CNLM Fellows - image of mounted gold brain trophy

Welcome to the New CNLM Fellows

October 7, 2022

The adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness, study finds

The adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness, study finds, featuring CNLM Fellow, Sunil Gandhi

October 6, 2022

UCI study IDs what brings our senses and thoughts together, featuring CNLM Fellow, Gyorgy Lur

September 26, 2022

Browse the 2022 Spring/Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

Browse the 2022 Spring/Summer NeuroTimes e-Newsletter

September 22, 2022

CNLM Fellow Katherine Thompson Peer

CNLM Fellow, Katherine Thompson-Peer, One of Seven UCI faculty members named Hellman Fellows for 2022-23

September 21, 2022

Summer Institute in Neuroscience Students

UCI Summer Institute in Neuroscience trains tomorrow’s leaders in neuroscience

September 20, 2022

UCI Alzheimer’s project wins $47 million grant from National Institute on Aging

UCI Alzheimer’s project wins $47 million grant from National Institute on Aging

September 20, 2022

Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders - image of Pierre Baldi and Amal Alachkar

Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders, featuring CNLM Fellows, Pierre Baldi and Amal Alachkar

September 1, 2022

Congratulations to CNLM High Risk, High Reward Pilot Awardees! - Image of High rise, high reward web banner

Congratulations to CNLM High Risk, High Reward Pilot Awardees!

August 29, 2022

Trouble sleeping? It could mean higher Alzheimer's risk. - Image of senior woman sleeping

Trouble sleeping? It could mean higher Alzheimer’s risk. Featuring CNLM Fellow, Bryce Mander

August 16, 2022

Why the Human Mind Is 'Not Designed' to Stay Awake Past Midnight - image of person looking at their phone in bed

Why the Human Mind Is ‘Not Designed’ to Stay Awake Past Midnight, featuring CNLM Fellow, Sara Mednick

August 9, 2022

Tallie Z. Baram, University of California, Irvine – Early Adversity and Brain Development

July 28, 2022

UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation - image of Tallie Z Baram

UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation, featuring CNLM Fellow, Tallie Z. Baram

June 2, 2022

Warning! Nicotine poses special risks to teens - Image of teen smoking cigarette

Warning! Nicotine poses special risks to teens, featuring CNLM Fellow, Frances Leslie

May 19, 2022

What is eidetic memory: the poor man’s photographic memory - Image of after image photo effect

What is eidetic memory: the poor man’s photographic memory, featuring CNLM Founder, James McGaugh

April 21, 2022

Feeling forgetful? How stress may impact memory- abstract image of brain with glowing neurons

Feeling forgetful? How stress may impact memory, featuring CNLM Fellow, Sara Mednick

April 12, 2022

The Role of the Downstate for Sleep, Restoration and Longevity Podcast with Sara Mednick - New Frontiers In Functional Medicine Podcast graphic with Sara Mednick and Kara Fitzgerald

The Role of the Downstate for Sleep, Restoration and Longevity Podcast featuring CNLM Fellow, Sara Mednick

March 17, 2022

Frequent and Feared. But Can Dementia Be Avoided? Featuring CNLM Fellow, Claudia Kawas - Image of older woman staring out window

Frequent and Feared. But Can Dementia Be Avoided? Featuring CNLM Fellow, Claudia Kawas

March 17, 2022