ICNG Seminar Series
The Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series aims to cover a diverse array of topics relevant to neurogenetics through presentations of unpublished results by our Training Program’s mentors and research talks by speakers outside of UCLA. Topics range from the genetic architecture of autism to microglial activity in neurodegenerative disorders to diet-microbiome interactions.
The series is hosted biweekly throughout the academic year and co-sponsored by the Brain Research Institute (BRI) and the Semel Institute for Neurobehavioral Genetics at UCLA. Seminars are typically scheduled on a Thursday, 12 pm – 1 pm.
In the Winter Quarter, we offer the NS215 Course “Current Research Topics in Neurobehavioral Genetics” to allow Neuroscience graduate students, predoctoral trainees, and postdoctoral trainees the opportunity to delve more deeply into the work of each speaker.
Upcoming Seminars & Workshops
Past Seminars & Workshops
Recordings of past seminars hosted on Zoom are available for viewing through UCLA Health Box. Please note access is restricted to UCLA faculty, staff, and students with a valid UCLA Logon ID.
ICNG Seminar: “Using Genetics and Development to Parse Heterogeneity in Schizophrenia”
Jen Forsyth, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychology University of Washington
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Unraveling the complexity: biological insights from human cellular models of psychiatric disorders”
Ralda Nehme, PhD Associate Director Stem Cell Program Broad Institute
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Gene-environment interplay in psychiatric risk and resilience”
Karmel Choi, PhD Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Director, Precision Prevention Program, MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Sleep architecture predicts behavioral outcomes to stress”
Ketema Paul, PhD Professor Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Autophagy and neurodegeneration”
David C Rubinsztein MB ChB, BSc(Hons), PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci, FRS Professor of Molecular Neurogenetics Deputy Director, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research UK Dementia Research Institute Professor Honorary Consultant, Department of […]
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Genetic approaches to understanding substance use disorder and other behaviors: integrative studies using humans and rats”
Abraham Palmer, PhD Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research Department of Psychiatry UC San Diego
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Comparing living and postmortem human brain biology”
Alexander Charney, MD, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics & Genomic Sciences Director, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Genomic analyses on two Brazilian admixed cohorts: novel variants, effect size modulation and PRS transferability”
Michel Naslavsky, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology University of São Paulo (USP)
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Promises and caveats of polygenic scoring for precision medicine”
Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD Professor Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
ICNG Seminar: “Breaking Barriers in human genetics research: Novel mechanisms and Diversity efforts”
Janitza L. Montalvo-Ortiz, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry Division of Human Genetics Yale School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
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