Learn from the latest webinars about newly released neuroscience research and advances in experimental techniques. Topics include research news in neuroscience, neurology, psychology, brain science and cognitive sciences.
Disability activists have sometimes claimed their disability has actually increased their well-being. Some even say they would reject a cure to keep these gains. Yet, these same activists of...
Neural networks are a powerful tool for modeling neural activity in the brain. In this talk, I will discuss how these models have helped in my own research and highlight recent work building...
Selective vulnerability of brain regions and specific neural populations in neurodegeneration remains little understood. We hypothesize that pre-existing physiological differences in neurons...
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases (AD, PD) are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders. Both diseases are characterized by abnormal aggregates in the brain, which incl...
Black Americans have an increased risk for age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared to other ethnic and racialized groups. However, risk factors for age-relate...
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are immortal cell lines that can be derived from skin or blood of any individual. Their unique property of pluripotency means they can be differe...
Date: March 01, 2023 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00am (EST), 4:00pm (CET) Determining the three-dimensional structure of membrane proteins has historically been a huge challenge for scientists du...
Date: February 15, 2023 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00pm (EST), 4:00pm (CET) While not all microscopy samples can fluoresce, all can scatter light, and this scattered light can be imaged. This ha...
Date: February 08, 2023 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CEST) Understanding cell-to-cell interactions in a tumor microenvironment are increasingly challenging due to the complexit...
Date: December 13, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CEST) Plasmid DNA (pDNA) is an essential component of molecular biotechnology applications, such as protein expression and...
Date: January 31, 2023 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CEST) Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is a standard technique for scientists and pathologists to detect antigens. Examining one o...
Date: January 25, 2023 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CET) The field of proteomics is poised for a single-molecule revolution – enabling more comprehensive analysis of the...
Date: October 26, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CEST) Current protein biomarkers are only moderately predictive in identifying individuals with mild traumatic brain injury...
Date: December 06, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PST), 12:00pm (EST), 6:00pm (CET) Spatial biology: high parameter spatial analysis of intact specimens, including both image-based and sequencing-based...
Date: November 29, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CET) The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been acknowledged worldwide by leading health The glymphatic system w...
Date: November 16, 2022 Time: 2:00pm (AEST) Date: November 17, 2022 7:00pm (PST), 10:00pm (EST), 4:00am (CET) The growth in FDA-approved cell and gene therapy products for the treatment of d...
Date: November 09, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CET) The field of cell and gene therapy is rapidly growing. In particular, the use of lentiviruses in CAR-T applications is...
Date: November 2, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00pm (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) As part of the immune response, inflammation plays a vital role in the host defense and is dictated by the balance bet...
Date: November 01, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CET) Molecular imaging of living specimens offers a means to draw upon the growing body of high-throughput molecular data t...
Date: October 20, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Over the past three decades, baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) has become one of the most powerful and robus...
Date: October 19, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) Stem cell therapy, in which stem cells are used for disease treatment or tissue repair, is an increasingly active area...
Date: October 05, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Cancer is a complex disease at the level of both cells and tissues, and uncovering novel treatments requires understan...
Date: October 04, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) The ability to derive induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from differentiated cell types such as fibroblasts, has r...
Date: September 29, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing is a dynamic and fascinating application for genetic testing. We'll review the bas...
Date: September 29, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) Development and evolution are controlled, to a large degree, by regions of genomic DNA called enhancers that encode...