Excited to announce Dr. Katrine Whiteson (UCI) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"The Future is Fiber: Building Resilient Microbiomes for Brain Health and Beyond” 🗓️April 28 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

Last chance! Make sure to register for the upcoming 6th Annual CNCM Conference: “Neural Circuits in Health & Disease” 📅 August 17–19, 2026 | Irvine Marriott Abstract submission and registration deadline: May 1, 2026 cncm.medschool.uci.edu/2026-cncm-co...

Join us this summer for discussions about how neural circuits operate under normal conditions & disease states, with specialized workshops & hands-on experience ✨ Registration & abstract submissions open through May 1. All career stages welcome! Learn more: cncm.medschool.uci.edu/2026-cncm-co...

Excited to announce Dr. Paul Gershon (UCI) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Vaccinia virus, proteomics, structural proteomics, spatial proteomics” 🗓️April 21 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

Excited to announce Dr. Chongyuan Luo (UCLA) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Dissecting Human Brain Development and Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Single-Cell and Spatial 3D-Multiomics” 🗓️April 14 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 4110

🔍March In Focus! This month, we thank our speakers👏 - Dr. Lee A. Shapiro (Texas A&M) @tamu.bsky.social - Dr. Laszlo Zaborszky (Rutgers) @rutgersifh.bsky.social - Dr. Tonatiuh Melgarejo (WesternU) - Dr. Hong-Wei Dong (UCLA) @domucla.bsky.social CNCM Moving Forward! 🎉

Excited to announce Dr. Bai Lu (Director of the Shanghai Academy of Natural Sciences and Professor at Fudan University) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Novel strategies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases” 🗓️March 11 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 4110

Excited to announce Dr. Hong-Wei Dong (UCLA) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Decoding the Mouse Brain: A Decade of Neural Network Mapping” 🗓️March 31 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

Excited to announce Dr. Tonatiuh Melgarejo (Western Health University) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"From the African Savannah to My California Home: How a Little Elderly Dog Inspired My Brain to Pursue Species-Spanning Dementia Research” 🗓️March 31 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

Excited to announce Dr. Laszlo Zaborszky (Rutgers University) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Forebrain Cholinergic System: Architecture, Function and Dysfunction” 🗓️March 10 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

Excited to announce Dr. Lee Shapiro (Texas A&M University) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Immune mechanisms of neuronal circuit dysfunction in post-traumatic epilepsy, addiction, and dementia” 🗓️March 3 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

🔍February in Focus! This month, we thank our speakers👏 - Philip Felgner , PhD (UCI) ucirvinemedschool.bsky.social - Jerry Chen, PhD (Boston University) chenlabneuro.bsky.social Looking forward to what's ahead for CNCM! 🎉

We sincerely thank our sponsors for their generous support of the UAMAA 2026 Conference. Your partnership helped make this meeting possible and supported the growing research community 🏆✨ TissueVision Quanterix @completegenomics.bsky.social @brukercorporation.bsky.social

We sincerely thank our incredible speakers for their outstanding presentations at the UAMAA 2026 Conference. Your insights, discoveries, and leadership inspired meaningful discussions and new collaborations. We are grateful for your contributions to advancing Alzheimer’s disease and aging research.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the UAMAA 2026 Conference at UC Irvine! Your talks, posters, and discussions made this meeting a tremendous success and advanced Alzheimer’s disease and aging research. We’re grateful for this community and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Excited to announce Dr. Jerry Chen (Boston University) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Cell Type Differences Underlying Individual Learning” 🗓️February 24 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

Excited to announce Dr. Jorge Ferreira (Springer Nature) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Behind the pages of Lab Animal: Insights into publishing at Springer Nature and my career journey” 🗓️February 12 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

⏳ Countdown to #UAMAA2026! CNCM is excited to welcome researchers working with unconventional animal models to UCI, Feb 9–11. From non-traditional systems to cross-disciplinary dialogue, we’re looking forward to three days of innovative science and connection. See you at UCI!

Excited to announce Dr. Philip Felgner (UCI) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"mRNA Lipid nanoparticles: Past, Present, and Future” 🗓️February 3rd @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 2200

Excited to announce Dr. Antoine Besnard (Montpellier Institute of Functional Genomics) as our next seminar speaker! 📢"Calibration of mouse defensive behaviors across danger states and their neural correlates” 🗓️January 20 @ 10 - 11 AM 📍Falling Leaves 4120

🚨 Final call! 🚨 Today is the last day to register for UAMAA 2026 and submit abstracts. 🧠🐭 Join us Feb 9–11 at UCI. 🔗 Register here: cncm.medschool.uci.edu/uamaa-2026/

🔍November in Focus! This month, we thank our seminar speakers👏 - Fei Xia, PhD (UCI) @feixia.bsky.social - Emily Baum, PhD (UCI) @emilybaum.bsky.social Looking forward to what's ahead for CNCM! 🎉

We spent an incredible few days exploring information processing, brain development, neuropathologies, therapeutic progress, transcriptomics and more at this year’s Changing Brain conference. Thank you to @ucirvine.bsky.social, @cajalclub.bsky.social & @alleninstitute.org for such a memorable event!

🔔#TRCI Call for Papers🔔 Transforming the relevance of preclinical research in AD and related dementias by development and use of novel animal models and cellular systems #AlzSky ⏰Deadline: May 1, 2026 alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Stay connected with CNCM! 🧠 Seminar Updates 🧬 Conference and Travel Grant Announcements 🧪 Viral Core & Viral Production Facility 💼 Job Opportunities 🧑‍🔬Workshops ... and more! 🔗 Sign up here → cncm.medschool.uci.edu/contact-us/ or email us at [email protected]

We’re counting down to the 6th Annual CNCM Conference: “Neural Circuits in Health & Disease” 📅 August 17–19, 2026 | Irvine Marriott Stay tuned for speaker announcements, registration details, and travel updates. cncm.medschool.uci.edu/2026-cncm-co... #CNCM2026 #NeuralCircuits #UCIMed

Save the Date! UAMAA 2026: “Unconventional Animal Models of Alzheimer’s Disease & Aging” 📅 February 9–11, 2026 | UC Irvine A global forum advancing Alzheimer’s research beyond traditional models. 🔗 cncm.medschool.uci.edu/uamaa-2026 #UAMAA2026 #AlzheimersResearch #CNCM

From viral vector design to advanced imaging, CNCM’s research cores support scientists across disciplines. 🔹 Viral Vector Core 🔹 Imaging Core 🔹 Data & Computational Analysis Learn more about how our cores support innovation: cncm.medschool.uci.edu

🧠 The CNCM is dedicated to understanding how neural circuits function and how their disruption leads to brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Our multidisciplinary team develops transformative technologies to probe brain circuitry at multiple scales #Neuroscience #BrainMapping #UCI

We’re excited to join the @Bluesky community! Follow the Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM) at UC Irvine for updates on our research, events, and collaborations advancing the understanding of neural circuits in health and disease. 🌐 cncm.medschool.uci.edu #Neuroscience #UCI #new #CNCM